Freeport Harbor, Texas Placement Area No. 1 Improvements, Brazoria County, Texas

This contract solicitation, numbered W912HY26BA011, is a total small business set-aside issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, for improvements to Placement Area No. 1 at Freeport Harbor in Brazoria County, Texas. The work involves raising the existing containment dike by three feet, constructing new training dikes, performing lateral ditching, and repairing an outlet structure, alongside mobilization, demolition, dike clearing, dewatering, erosion repair, turfing, soil testing, and the delivery of as-built drawings. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed price award with an estimated value between $5 million and $10 million, though submitted offers range from approximately $3.86 million to $8.99 million. Performance must be completed within 280 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to Proceed, with work to begin no later than 10 days following that notice. All bidders must be certified small businesses under NAICS code 237990, and no offerors have claimed additional socioeconomic designations such as HUBZone, SDB, WOSB, or SDVOSB. The contractor is required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds within five days of award and submit all pre-award documentation within two working days after bid opening. Inspection and acceptance occur at the project site, with the Government retaining authority to verify conformance to design and documentation requirements. The contract does not specify option periods, key personnel, security clearances, or detailed bonding forms, and no formal evaluation factors or weighting criteria were disclosed, suggesting a likely Lowest Price Technically Acceptable award process. The place of performance is limited to the 324-acre site at Freeport Harbor, with access restricted to the southwest corner. The contracting officer is Mirian R. Tudor, while no Contracting Officer’s Representative or Technical Representative has been identified. The project includes detailed line items covering earthwork, geotextile installation, temporary roads, silt fencing, hauling, and project management, all priced on a fixed per-unit basis with no variable quantities or options defined.