Maintenance Dredging of the New Haven Harbor Federal Navigation Project in New Haven, CT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement for a maintenance dredging project located in New Haven, CT.  This announcement is to determine the interest, availability, and capability of HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Small Business concerns as described below.  The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990.  The project is planned to be issued on or about April 15, 2025.  The construction will occur in the fall/winter of 2025/26 and is expected to take 4 to 6 months to complete.  The estimated construction cost is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.

The New Haven Harbor O&M dredging project consists of dredging the 35-foot navigation channel and 35-foot turning below mean lower low water (MLLW) from Long Island Sound to the confluence at the Quinnipiac River.  Approximately 800,000 cubic yards of predominantly silt and very fine sand material will be dredged from the 35-foot main channel and 35-foot turning basin during this phase of the project. It is expected that a mechanical dredge will remove material from the shoaled portions of New Haven Harbor channel and place it into scows before being delivered to the Central Long Island Sound Disposal Site. Dredging and disposal operations are anticipated to take four months, and will be performed during the period from October 1, 2025 to March 1, 2026 to meet environmental time of year (ToY) restrictions.

In order to accomplish all dredging requirements within the specified dredging window it is expected that the Contractor will need to meet a production rate of 200,000 CY per 30 calendar days. Environmental coordination and permitting has been completed by the U.S. Army of Engineers, New England District.

Interested firms should demonstrate their project experience, by providing two (2) projects within the last ten (10) years, which meet the following requirements:

• Dredging by mechanical means demonstrating a minimum production rate of 175,000 cubic yards in one consecutive 30-day period.

• Experience with placement of dredged material at an open water placement site in New England during the fall/winter months of October through March.

Interested firms should submit a capabilities package to include the following: business classification (i.e. HUBZone, etc.), type of equipment the firm is proposing to use on the project, and two (2) example projects performed by the firm in the last ten (10) years (including Points of Contact for those projects) showing experience with the proposed equipment at the production rate listed above. Please indicate the team subcontractor(s) (if any), including their prior experience and qualifications meeting the same qualifications listed above, which will be used to support the bidder's effort. Firms may use subcontractor experience to demonstrate experience with the requirements, but the role and work performed by each team member (prime and subcontractors) on projects demonstrating that team member's experience shall be the same as the role for that team member for this project. Bid bond will need to be provided with the bid.

Responses are limited to twenty pages and due by January 3, 2025. Responses should be addressed to Contract Specialist Tyler Maryak at Tyler.S.Maryak@usace.army.mil. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. This notice is for information purposes only and is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. The results of this survey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.