FORT PIERCE HARBOR MAINTENANCE DREDGING, ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to award a single firm fixed-price contract. Project work includes maintenance dredging of Fort Pierce Harbor with excavated material being placed onto Fort Pierce Beach. Due to the extensive hardbottom areas located offshore of the fill area, offshore pipeline access to the beach site is prohibited. Offloading the beach fill will be done inside the South Jetty of Fort Pierce Inlet, as shown on the drawings. A staging area and beach access to the beach placement area are located at the end of Seaway Drive and near the south jetty pumpout location. Work also includes but is not limited to environmental and water quality monitoring, sea turtle trawl sweeping (hopper dredges only), screening, beach tilling, beach fill quality control, construction support, and vibration control and monitoring. Work will be divided into a base and two options. A pre-bid site visit will be held on Monday, 28 September 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. Refer to Site Visit in Section 00 73 00 of the Specifications for additional details regarding location and registration instructions. A pre-bid conference will also be held virtually on Tuesday, 29 September 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. Utilize the following link and call-in information Microsoft Teams Meeting: HTTPS://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM/EN-US/MICROSOFT-TEAMS/JOIN-A-MEETING Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 993 213 964 588 | Passcode: qQ9LT3zi Dial-In: +1 601-262-2433 | Passcode: 453 007 326#. NAICS Code is: 237990, Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities The Small Business Standard is $37 million. The Estimated Magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The anticipated period of performance associated with this requirement is: The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within SIXTY (60) calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the Notice to Proceed (NTP), (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than 30 May 2027, and be off the beach by 30 June 2027 for the entire contract work. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises. NOTE: Notice to Proceed (NTP) will be issued between 60 and 90 calendar days after award or after all required bonds are in place, whichever is later. THIS WILL BE AN UNRESTRICTED SOLICITATION. U.S. COAST GUARD CERTIFIED DREDGE EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE WORK. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued on or about 10 September 2026 and bids will be due on or about 22 October 2026. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Sam.gov website at https://sam.gov/. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR on the Sam.gov website at https://sam.gov/. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any amendments to this solicitation. You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. For additional information, please call 866-606-8220 or visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/. All inquiries must be in writing via ProjNet. Instructions on how to access ProjNet will be included in the solicitation. All answers will be provided in writing via ProjNet. The only authorized transmission method for a bid in response to this solicitation is electronically via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module. NO OTHER TRANSMISSION METHODS (EMAIL, FACSIMILE, REGULAR MAIL, HAND CARRIED, ETC.) WILL BE ACCEPTED. The bids must be received by the Government by the date/time specified in the solicitation. Bidders shall submit their bid via the PIEE website?s Solicitation Module using the following link: https://piee.eb.mil/. Instructions on how to submit a bid can be found using the following link: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/sol/Posting_Offer.pdf