Market Research and Sources Sought Notice for information on capability and availability of potential contractors to perform maintenance dredging of the Mobile Harbor navigation project in Mobile, AL.This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE and is not a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified Small Business firms who own dredges of the sizes specified below. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will be used by the government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, anticipates a future procurement in fiscal year 2026 for unit price of dredging equipment to perform maintenance dredging of the Mobile Harbor. The requirement will be for trailing suction hopper dredges and/or mechanical dredges with scows. Required minimum hopper dredge capacity is 3,600 cubic yards. Equipment will be required to dredge to a depth of 54 feet and be complete with crew, management staff and support equipment including tugs and various other floating plants as would normally be expected to support a large dredging operation. The material type expected for this requirement will be maintenance dredging material typical for Mobile Harbor composed of sands and silts, with minimal clays. Hopper dredges and/or scows will be required to transport dredged material to the Ocean Disposal Management Site located south of Dauphin Island, AL.The solicitations will be for the award of single standalone ?C? contract issued for the Mobile Harbor. The estimated cost range for this project is $10,000,000 to $25,000,000. The proposed construction duration will be 6 months after the Notice of Award of the contract. Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 237990 with a Small Business Size Standard of $37 Million. Responses are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight pages. 1. Bidder?s name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. 2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, or 8(a) shall be indicated on first page of submission. 3. Bonding capability: Please provide a letter from your bonding company to support current bonding capability of at least $25million. 4. Description of capability to perform the proposed dredging, manage subcontractors, prepare, and comply with various environmental permits, and capacity to execute this project with other ongoing dredging contracts. 5. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope, describing no more than five (5) projects that are at least 50% construction complete within the past five years of the issue date of this Notice. The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the dredging to demonstrate relevance to the proposed project, the bid…