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W9123626BA007: James River Maintenance Dredging between Rocklanding Shoal and Richmond Harbor Channel. THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. DO NOT SUBMIT BIDS OR QUESTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. The IFB and accompanying documents will be issued electronically and will be uploaded to the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/ in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026. The solicitation is anticipated to be posted for 30 calendar days. THIS ACQUISITION IS A 100% TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE SOLICITATION The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for the acquisition of new work and maintenance dredging for the James River between Rocklanding Shoal and Richmond Harbor Channel. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 14, Sealed Bidding Procedures. DESCRIPTION OF WORK Required work includes performing maintenance dredging by hydraulic cutter-head dredge, in various shoals between Rocklanding Shoal and Richmond Harbor Channel. The James River Federal Navigation project is broken into three-segments that include Lower, Middle and Upper James River Shoals. The Lower James River segment includes Rocklanding and Tribell Shoals. The Middle James River segment includes Goose Hill, Dancing Point to Swann Point, Jordan Point-Harrison Bar Channel to Windmill Point, and City Point channel. The Upper James River segment includes Richmond Deepwater Terminal (RDWT) to Hopewell, RDWT Channel & Berthing Area, Richmond Harbor to RDWT, and Richmond Harbor channels. Richmond Harbor to RDWT and Richmond Harbor channels are not included in the Scope of Work for the FY2026 maintenance dredging contract since there is no active placement site suitable for receiving dredged material in the vicinity of these shoals. From Rocklanding Shoal to RDWT Channel and Berthing area, the Channel is maintained to a required depth of -25 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). From RDWT Channel and Berthing to Richmond Harbor, the Project is maintained to a required depth of -18 feet MLLW. No widening or other channel framework modifications are proposed at this time. For the entire James River Project, one foot of advance maintenance and one foot of allowable over-depth dredging will be considered as part of the contract dredging pay prism. The maximum dredging pay depth is – 27 feet MLLW. The Lower and Middle James River shoals utilize overboard placement sites in the vicinity of the channels to place dredged material. The Upper James River shoals utilize upland placement sites to place dredged material generated by the project. The dredged material removed from the Upper James River shoals is expected to be placed in one of the designated upland placement sites that include RDWT, Willis Road, Hatcher's Island, Curles Neck, and Jones Neck. Annual maintenance dredging activities are estimated to generate up to approximately 2 MCY of pay volu…

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