The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is conducting a sources-sought market survey for a Providence, Rhode Island, maintenance dredging project involving construction of the Edgewood Shoals North confined aquatic disposal cell and access channel, followed by maintenance dredging of the Providence River and Harbor Federal Navigation Project. The work includes mechanical dredging of approximately 5,500,000 cubic yards using closed clamshell buckets, with disposal at Port Edgewood Basin, Fox Point Reach CAD cells, Prudence Island Disposal Site, and Rhode Island Sound Disposal Site, and requires a production rate of about 300,000 cubic yards per 30 calendar days within prescribed environmental work windows. The estimated construction cost is $80,000,000 to $100,000,000. The solicitation is anticipated on or about March 15, 2027, with construction beginning in September 2027 and expected to take approximately two years. Interested firms would need to demonstrate relevant mechanical dredging and open-water disposal experience, including prior production rates and fall/winter placement in New England.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is gauging small- and large-business interest and capability for the Providence River Maintenance Dredging project in Providence, Rhode Island, with an estimated construction cost of $80 million to $100 million. A solicitation is anticipated around 15 March 2027; construction is expected to start in September 2027 and take about two years, ending around September 2029. The project has two major sequences: construct the Edgewood Shoals North confined aquatic disposal cell and access channel (about 3.2 million cy), then maintenance dredge the Providence River Federal Navigation Project (about 2.3 million cy) to -40 MLLW plus allowable overdepth. Total mechanical dredging is about 5.5 million cy using closed clamshell buckets, with disposal at multiple locations and work constrained by environmental/recreational windows and a required production rate of about 300,000 cy per 30 calendar days. Interested firms should show relevant experience, including two qualifying projects in the last 10 years, and provide proposed equipment and subcontractor roles/capabilities.