North East River Maintenance Dredging, Cecil County, MD

The project involves maintenance dredging in the North East River using a hydraulic cutterhead pipeline dredge to achieve an authorized depth of 7 feet with an additional two feet of allowable over depth, targeting the removal of up to 100,000 cubic yards of silty to sandy material. Dredged material will be transported via a 6-mile pipeline that extends from the furthest dredging point through the North East River, up Stony Run Creek, and across both tidal and non-tidal wetlands to an existing upland placement site. Dredging operations are strictly limited to the window of 16 October 2026 through 15 February 2027, which represents the only allowable timeframe for such work in this waterway. Construction is estimated to last approximately 120 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed, with a projected cost range between one million and five million dollars. The solicitation is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 237990, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, with a response deadline of 30 June 2026 and Lauren Elamenuel listed as the primary point of contact.