Q4 FY26 Baltimore Harbor and Channels Maintenance Dredging, Maryland Channels, Chesapeake Bay, MD

The contract involves maintenance dredging of approximately 2,250,000 cubic yards from federal navigation channels serving the Port of Baltimore, with operations scheduled between November 2026 and March 2027. All dredging will be conducted to a target depth of 50 feet mean lower low water, with an additional half-foot of overdepth permitted. About 1,538,000 cubic yards will be removed from the Maryland approach channels including Craighill Entrance, Craighill Angle, Cutoff Angle, and Upper Range Channels, and transported to the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystems Restoration Project at Poplar Island. The remaining 700,000 cubic yards will be dredged from Baltimore Harbor Channels—specifically Brewerton Angle and Curtis Bay Channels—and deposited at the Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility. The work occurs within active commercial shipping lanes, requiring careful coordination to maintain port operations. The operation will utilize two or more 30 cubic yard or larger clamshell dredges, hydraulic unloaders, tugs, large material scows, and supporting equipment such as drag bars and pipelines. Dredged material will be loaded and transported via scows, with the entire project to be completed within 120 calendar days after receipt of the Notice-to-Proceed. The solicitation, titled Q4 FY26 Baltimore Harbor and Channels Maintenance Dredging, Maryland Channels, Chesapeake Bay, MD, is issued under solicitation number W912DR26BA011 by the Department of Defense through the W2SD Endist Baltimore office. The opportunity was posted on July 16, 2026, with responses due by August 25, 2026. The North American Industry Classification System code is 237990, indicating it falls under Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The primary point of contact is Ashley Flaherty, reachable via email and phone listed in the contract data, and the work will be performed in the waters adjacent to Baltimore, Maryland, with a place of performance designated as ZIP code 21201. No set-aside provisions are specified, and the contract is being procured under standard federal procedures.