National Enterprise Dredging Center Scope Dredge to Budget Shallow Draft
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enterprise Dredging Center is conducting a Sources Sought/RFI for a potential small business set-aside Scope-Dredge to Budget contract for shallow-draft maintenance dredging within U.S. boundaries. Performance locations include the Channel to Victoria, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Channel, and Channel to Harlingen in Texas. The acquisition is planned in two phases: Phase One evaluates technical qualifications, past performance, bonding capacity, and proposed plant, with a down-select to no more than five offerors; Phase Two uses competitive proposals to determine best value. The scope-dredge-to-budget approach seeks to maximize achievable dredging scope within a target budget to be provided in the solicitation, with Phase Two evaluation factors covering channel maintenance time, beneficial use, schedule, and management approach. The applicable NAICS is 237990 with a $37 million size standard, and interested firms should submit a capability narrative (max 30 pages) addressing specialized experience, past performance, key personnel, bonding, equipment, teaming, and recent comparable dredging projects over $10 million.