Y--Maintenance Dredging, Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar, Brunswick County, North Carolina

Solicitation W912PM14B0010, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, concerns the maintenance dredging of the Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar located in Brunswick County, North Carolina. The scope of work involves dredging the Federal navigation channel reaches, specifically the Smith Island Channel and Baldhead Shoal Channel Reaches 1 and 2, to a depth of 44 feet with an additional 2 feet of allowable overdepth. The project estimates the removal of approximately 1,200,000 cubic yards of material, which is to be placed on the beach at Bald Head Island. Operations are to be executed using a hydraulic cutter suction dredge and/or a hopper dredge. The procurement process began with a solicitation issued on October 21, 2014, and was subsequently modified by Amendment 0001 to extend the bid opening date to November 25, 2014, and to refine the Contract Line Item Number schedule. The CLIN structure includes requirements for mobilization, dredging with beach disposal, and optional bid items for beach tilling and additional dredging. Technical specifications for the project include detailed hydrographic survey data, baseline offset tables, and specific construction requirements regarding geotube groins and beach disposal limits. Bids for the project were received and recorded in an abstract of offers, which included a submission from Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC.