SOURCES SOUGHT Rudee Inlet Maintenance Dredging

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, NOR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Norfolk District is anticipating a future procurement for a firm-fixed-price construction contract for maintenance dredging of the Rudee Inlet Federal Navigation Channel in Viginia Beach, Virginia.

Description of Work:

The Rudee Inlet Maintenance Dredging Project will consist of dredging up to approximately 220,000 cubic yards of sandy maintenance material from the Rudee Entrance Channel, Sand Trap, Entrance Channel Transition Area, North Jetty Area, South Jetty Area, and Outer Deposition Basin located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 50,000 cubic yards (CY) of material shall be placed on Croatan Beach. This material will be sourced exclusively from the Deposition Basin and is considered optional work under this contract. All other dredged material not designated for Croatan Beach shall be placed to the north on Resort Beach.

Dredging will take place in the Atlantic Ocean and it is expected that dredging conditions will be in an ocean environment. The contractor is expected to work in the vicinity of large groups of bystanders and tourists during placement operations and work at a project with high recreational traffic through the Entrance Channel. The contractor will not be allowed to use Lake Wesley as a staging and safe harbor area for plant and equipment but may use the Croatan Point Dock facilities or the Safety Area of the Federal Project. The contractor is expected to have the ability to pump sandy dredged material up to 1.25 miles.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the estimated construction price range for this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. NAICS Code 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, applies to this project. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.

Sources are sought for all interested firms with a NAICS code of 237990 with a small business size standard of $37,000,000.

Construction Time:

The work will commence first with performance beginning within 10 calendar days of receipt of Notice-to-Proceed (NTP). The construction period of performance will be approximately 180 calendar days from issuance of the NTP.

INDUSTRY SURVEY

The following confidential survey questionnaire is designed to apprise the Corps of prospective dredging contractors' project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. All questions are in regard to the maintenance dredging of the Rudee Inlet Federal Navigation Channel in Viginia Beach, Virginia.

1. Please provide company’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.
2. Would you be interested in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued? If the answer is No, please explain why not?
3. Have you worked on jobs similar in nature, complexity and magnitude to this project within the past 5 years? If so, please describe the project(s) and for whom the work was performed. Indicate the dollar value of the project(s). Identify a point of contact (s) and phone number, as a reference of relevant experience.
4. Would you be bidding on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s) or as a joint venture?
5. Is there a dollar limit on the size of contract that you would bid? If so, what is that limit?
6. What is your bonding capacity per contract? What is your total bonding capacity?
7. What is your firm’s business size (e.g., LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOB)?
8. Are you familiar with the safety and health requirements of EM 385-1-1?

Please only include a narrative of the requested information. Additional information will not be reviewed. This Sources Sought Synopsis should not be construed in any manner to be an obligation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District to issue a contract, or result in any claim for reimbursement of costs for any effort you expand responding to this request. No solicitation is currently available.

The Government will utilize this information in determining an acquisition strategy. Please state all of the socio-economic categories in which your company belongs—(8)(a), Hub-zone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned.

Please submit capability packages and responses to the above questions via email to MAJ George Jackson at george.jackson@usace.army.mil, CC’d Tifany Kirtsey at tiffany.n.kirtsey@usace.army.mil. Responses must be submitted no later than 07 November 2025.

The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on SAM.gov at https://sam.gov/content/home.

All prospective contractors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to contract award. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov . Representations and Certifications Applications apply to this solicitation. Representations and Certifications may be completed online via the SAM.

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