FY27 San Francisco District Maintenance Dredging

[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 and equipment necessary for placement of material at a Government-furnished shallow water placement site of depth -5 ft to +5 ft MLLW; the shallow water placement capability is response is not applicable to FY27 but may inform future acquisitions. 2. Executing the overall contract work within the environmental work window shown in Table 1. Project bid proposals for all the projects can be based on disposal of dredged material at the various permitted Government-furnished upland, in-bay, and/or ocean disposal sites provided the contract work can be completed within the specified period of performance. 3. Offeror’s type of small business and Business Size (Small Business, Certified 8a, Certified HUB Zone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), etc.). 4. The capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity based on the scope of work (include the firm's capability to execute dredging and comparable work performed within the past five (5) years). Provide at least three (3) examples with a maximum of three (3) pages with the following information: • A brief description of the project(s), • Customer name, • Timeliness of performance, • Customer satisfaction, • List of equipment used, and • Dollar value of the project. RESULTS INFORMATION: Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Firms responding to this Sources Sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to help the Government make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this Sources Sought announcement. Your response is limited to 10 single-sided pages total – using 10pt font. Please label your email response as follows: Subject: “Response to W912P727S0002 Sources Sought market research for FY27 Maintenance Dredging.” All interested contractors or potential offerors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the described services above should notify this office in writing by email or mail by December 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM PDT. Submit response and information to: [email protected] and [email protected]. For more information, see the attachment under this posting.