USACE EDDC Scope Dredge to Budget RFP DRAFT

Solicitation W912PM27RA008 is a two-phase, Firm-Fixed Price draft RFP issued by the USACE Galveston District for maintenance dredging in Texas. The project focuses on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and channels to Victoria and Harlingen, utilizing a Scope-Dredge to Budget (SDtB) method where the government sets a fixed budget cap and the contractor provides the physical dredging scope. This opportunity is a total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 237990. The procurement process consists of a down-selection phase and a final award phase. In Phase 1, the government will evaluate offerors based on a pass/fail bonding capacity requirement of at least 26,240,000 dollars, as well as past performance and equipment plans, to select a maximum of five firms for Phase 2. Final award will be determined via a best-value tradeoff, prioritizing the number of priority projects dredged, the management plan, and the project schedule, with cost/price serving as a pass/fail factor for reasonableness. Contractors must provide a comprehensive organizational hierarchy including a Project Manager with binding authority, a Marine Superintendent, a Quality Control Manager, and a Safety Director. Key requirements include adherence to USACE Safety Manual EM 385-1-1 for pipeline marking and risk mitigation in industrial waterways. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the PIEE website as a single zipped file containing read-only PDFs and price breakdowns in Excel format. Performance and payment bonds are required at 100 percent of the original contract price.