THIS IS A PRE-SOLCITATION NOTICE. THIS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR INVITATION FOR BID.
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District is seeking contractors with the capability to provide construction services for Charlevoix Harbor Maintenance Dredging.
The project requirements includes: Mobilize dredge to the Charlevoix Harbor, located in Charlevoix County, MI. Dredge will take place within entire channel with open water placement. Demobilize when dredging work is completed.
NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS are available for this Notice.
The Government intends to solicit this opportunity as an Invitation for Bid (IFB). The IFB is intended to be issued as a 100% Small Business Set Aside, and the Government intends to award to the lowest priced bid that is determined to be responsible.
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, which has a small business size standard of $37.0 million in average annual receipts with the Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities exception.
General Information:
The Government intends to issue a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Construction Contract.
Anticipated Solicitation Posting Date: August 2025
Anticipated Bid Due Date: October 2025
The estimated date for completion of work is December 2025
The estimated magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.
Product Service Code is Y1KF – Construction of Dredging Facilities.
The solicitation package materials, documents, drawings, specifications, and attachments to the anticipated solicitation will be available only electronically and via the System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors can access SAM free of charge at www.sam.gov. The solicitation posted on SAM.gov will include a link to all solicitation documents which will be stored in the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) system. Contractors may register for PIEE free of charge at https://piee.eb.mil/.
In order for interested contractors to conduct business with the Federal Government, contractors must be registered in PIEE prior to the bid due date and in SAM.gov prior to any award. Hard copy documents will NOT be supplied by the Government to any interested parties as a result of this Pre-Solicitation Notice or the upcoming solicitation. Electronic bid submissions will be required through the PIEE Solicitation Module suite at https://piee.eb.mil/.
Please note the Government will not be maintaining a bidders list during the solicitation period. However, vendors are strongly encouraged to review the "Interested Vendors List" found on sam.gov for this requirement.