Maintenance Dredging, Morehead City Inner Harbor

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting bids for annual maintenance dredging of the Morehead City Inner Harbor federal navigation channel in Carteret County, North Carolina, with a firm fixed price contract estimated between $5 million and $10 million. The work involves removing approximately 310,000 cubic yards of shoaled material that has accumulated since the last dredging in the non-beach compatible sections of Range C, East Leg, West Leg, and Northwest Leg. Dredging will be performed using mechanical or hydraulic equipment to achieve depths ranging from 35 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth to 45 feet plus 2 feet of allowable overdepth. All dredged material must be transported via ocean-certified barges and placed exclusively in the Government-furnished Ocean Disposal Material Disposal Site. A strict environmental window restricts mechanical dredging operations to August 1 through March 31 in all affected legs of the harbor, and scow overflow is prohibited in the West and Northwest Legs. The contract is unrestricted and open to all eligible contractors, with eligibility contingent upon active registration in the System for Award Management. The North Carolina-based contracting office in Wilmington is managing the procurement, with Rosalind Shoemaker as the Contracting Officer and Sonny Smith as the Contract Specialist serving as points of contact. The solicitation was posted on SAM.gov on June 12, 2026, with a submission deadline of July 13, 2026, and will be issued exclusively in electronic format with no paper or alternative media available.