FY27 San Francisco District Maintenance Dredging
Updated
Sources Sought from the Department of the Army, for work in San Francisco, California. Due Dec 4, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-8), 29 days left.
| Solicitation number | W912P727S0002 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Army |
| Office | W075 Endist San Fran |
| Notice type | Sources Sought |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990) |
| Product or service code | Z1KF |
| Place of performance | San Francisco, California |
| Posted | Nov 4, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Dec 4, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-8) (29 days left) |
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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: California Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
Sources sought synopsis / request for information (RFI) U.S. Army Corps of engineers SAN Francisco district this is a sources sought synopsis / request for information (RFI). This RFI is released pursuant to revolutionary FAR OVERHUAL (RFO) federal acquisition regulation (FAR) 10.001 for market research purposes only. This announcement is not a request for proposals (RFP) and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to seek proposals or award a contract at this time. SUMMARY: The Government is seeking sources for Market Research ONLY to support the services listed below for which the applicable NAICS code is 237990, Dredging Services.
The Product Service Code (PSC) will be Z1KF. The size standard for small businesses is $37,000,000.00. Interested parties sought for a maintenance dredging of the projects described in Table 1 below.
The projects will be solicited as an Invitation for Bids (IFB) contract. Interested parties will be invited to attend a Dredging Industry Day held in the spring and hosted by the San Francisco District to receive the latest project related information as well as information on available permitted upland placement sites and Government–furnished disposal sites. NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought.
No solicitation, specification, or drawings are available at this time. Potential offerors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the described services below are invited to provide feedback via email to: [email protected] and [email protected]. All responses will be analyzed in order to determine the appropriate strategy for a potential future acquisition.
Particularly, the purpose of this NOTICE is to gain knowledge of potential small business sources including certified HUBZone small business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned small business, Veteran-Owned small business, Certified 8(a) small business, Women-Owned small business, etc. Other than Small Business may respond to this notice in the event the market does not indicate significant Small Business interest.
Additional project descriptions: The work includes maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channels of the projects listed in Table 1 to the required project depths with 1- ft paid over-depth and 1-ft unpaid over-depth. Please refer to Table 1 for disposal site, dredge windows, and other project related information. Upland disposal placement for San Joaquin River and Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channels (DWSC) are at contractor furnished upland beneficial reuseuse sites or at the various Government-furnished sites located along the channels.
If a Government-furnished site is chosen, the and the material shall be pumped to the sites based on various pumping distances and depth of material. Both these projects have water quality and fish entrainment monitoring requirements that need to be performed by a third- party Contractor hired by the either by the Government or the dredging Contractor. For Oakland Harbor and Richmond Harbor, the Contractor is responsible for preparing a light monitoring plan and performing that task during daylight hours where dredging occurs within 250m of eelgrass beds and at monitoring reference sites not influenced by turbidity above ambient for that area.
Surveys shall also be conducted prior to and following completion of dredging per SPN’s Light Monitoring Protocol. For Oakland Harbor, in addition to the standard alternative of ocean disposal at SF-DODS or placement at a beneficial use site, approximately 250,000 cubic yards of dredged material may be placed at a nearshore placement site shallow depths (-5 to +5 ft MLLW) near Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve in shallow water depths ranging from -5 to +5 ft MLLW.
For Redwood City Harbor, the Government is contemplating a contract for dredging services with an anticipated ordering/performance period of up to two years, consisting of a one-year base period and one one-year option period. The final contract type, structure, scope, and period of performance will be determined if and when a solicitation is issued. All proposed Contractor furnished upland beneficial use sites must be fully permitted.
Acceptance will be based on achieving project depth in 100 percent of the project footprint within the contract period of performance. Anticipated solicitation issuance dates are shown in Table 1. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Business Opportunities (www.sam.gov) and will invite firms to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.
Capabilities and qualifications: Interested parties must have qualified personnel with recent knowledge and experiences as well as: 1. The capability to dredge using appropriately sized dredge plant and support equipment suitable for the project site condition and requirements in order to complete all work within the contract period of performance, which will be identified in the contract.
Hopper dredging is prohibited for these projects. Interested parties must have the capability and equipment necessary for dredging and disposal placement of material at the various upland beneficial reuseuse sites furnished either by the Government or the Contractor. Interested parties must also have the capability and equipment necessary for dredging and disposal of material at the Government-furnished deep ocean disposal site as required by the specific contract.
Interested parties are required to submit proof of ownership, or access to, a minimum 18-inch diameter pipeline dredge plant for Sacramento and San Joaquin/Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel project, as part of the response to this Market Research if hydraulic cutterhead pipeline is to be used for these two projects. All proposed equipment must be identified including the current location of the dredge plant as part of the response to this Market Research.
Interested parties must identify the capability
The description continues in the official notice.
Contracting contact
- Logan Champlin · [email protected] · (415) 503-6953
- Nairi Freeman · [email protected] · (415) 503-6574
As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 237990, a business counts as small if it has no more than $45.0 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
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