James River Maintenance Dredging IDIQ

The James River Maintenance Dredging IDIQ, solicitation number W9123626BA007, is a Department of Defense procurement issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, for maintenance dredging operations along the James River in Virginia. The contract is structured as an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity instrument with a total potential value ranging from $57.85 million to $111.51 million, depending on the bids submitted and subsequent task order awards. The solicitation was issued on May 19, 2026, with bids due on June 23, 2026, and an abstract of offers published on June 25, 2026. It is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 237990, with only small business entities eligible to respond. Amendment 0001 updated the Davis-Bacon wage determination to ensure compliance with prevailing labor rates for workers involved in dredging, pipeline installation, sitework, mobilization, demobilization, and standby activities. Work scope includes dredging approximately 600,000 cubic yards in the upper pipeline section and 350,000 cubic yards in the lower pipeline section, installing up to 50,000 linear feet of temporary pipeline, and performing five sitework jobs, all conducted at identified locations along the river from Richmond DWT to Hopewell. Pricing is submitted on a unit basis with detailed line items for each task, and the award is anticipated to be made on a lowest price technically acceptable basis, given the nature of the invitation for bids and absence of non-cost evaluation factors. The contracting officer is Tiffany N. Kirtsey, with Brian C. Bookout serving as primary point of contact, and payments will be processed through the USACE NAO-CT office in Norfolk, Virginia. The contract requires full compliance with federal labor standards, and all performance will be subject to government inspection and acceptance, although no formal quality or technical standards are detailed in the publicly available excerpts.