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New Haven Harbor improvement dredging

Aerial view across New Haven Harbor's commercial waterfront and federal navigation channel

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District archive aerial; location context, not 2026 dredging

Bidding has closed on the New Haven Harbor improvement contract. The work deepens the main channel, manoeuvring area and turning basin from 35 to 40 feet MLLW, widens the entrance and inner channel, and routes nearly 4.5 million cubic yards of material among open-water and local beneficial-use sites. PIEE posted amendment 0007 on 16 July and held the bid close at 17 July 2026.

Project signal

Tender in United States

Treat the package as closed for bids, not awarded. PIEE update 0007 fixes the 17 July response deadline. USACE's launch release and Industry Day material define the channel geometry and material system. No public source reviewed by 19 July identifies an apparent low bidder, contract value, contractor, notice to proceed, accepted baseline quantity or mobilisation.

Current status IFB amendment 0007 posted 16 July 2026; bids closed 17 July; no award or notice to proceed posted Source confidence Confirmed

Location

United States / Americas

Segment

Dredging and waterways

Status

IFB amendment 0007 posted 16 July 2026; bids closed 17 July; no award or notice to proceed posted / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

19 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, with Connecticut Port Authority as non-federal sponsor
Delivery parties
No contractor identified in the reviewed post-close procurement record
Contract route
Unrestricted invitation for bids through PIEE; set-aside code N/A; seven posted updates through 16 July 2026
Execution window
USACE expects construction from fall 2026 through spring 2028. The Industry Day record describes seasonal environmental windows, but award, notice to proceed and the contractor's accepted programme remain unpublished.
Works package
Deepen the channel, manoeuvring area and turning basin from -35 to -40 feet MLLW; widen the entrance channel from 500 to 600 feet, the inner main channel from 400 to 500 feet and the bend near the East Breakwater from 560 to 800 feet; lengthen the turning basin; remove ordinary material and rock; transport material by scow to defined placement and beneficial-use sites
Marine interfaces
Mechanical dredging and scow transport in Connecticut's busiest port, hard-rock removal, shallow access to local placement sites, Cross Sound Cable coordination, active terminal traffic, seasonal environmental windows and multibeam acceptance surveys
Commercial read
Bidding closed after seven solicitation updates, but PIEE has not published a bid abstract or award. The nearly 4.5 million-cubic-yard programme figure describes the wider improvement effort; it is not a measured contract quantity, paid quantity or completion result.
Next milestone
Public bid abstract or apparent low bidder, responsibility determination, contract award and value, followed by notice to proceed, final pre-dredge survey and identifiable plant mobilisation

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What changed, when, and what it proves

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The amended IFB closed for bids

PIEE update 0007 retained the 17 July response deadline. The procurement moved into post-bid review without a public bidder, award, contract value or notice to proceed.

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USACE and Connecticut executed the project partnership

The construction phase was formally launched and the owner set a fall 2026 to spring 2028 expectation, without naming a works contractor.

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Industry Day exposed the delivery and placement constraints

USACE set out the channel geometry, seasonal windows, material classes, placement routes, rock and survey requirements while retaining quantity change risk after maintenance dredging.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

Public bid abstract or apparent low bidder, responsibility determination, contract award and value, followed by notice to proceed, final pre-dredge survey and identifiable plant mobilisation

Decision watchpoints

  • Bid abstract and apparent low bidder
  • Responsibility determination, award value and named contractor
  • Notice to proceed and accepted seasonal programme
  • Final pre-dredge hydrography and contract quantities
  • Mechanical dredge, scows, rock plant and actual mobilisation
  • Cross Sound Cable coordination and blasting controls
  • Material acceptance at the two borrow pits, shellfish site, rock reef and CLDS
  • Production by acceptance section and environmental window
  • Multibeam surveys, grade acceptance and operating release

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Evidence reviewed 19 July 2026 Sources in this record 5

Source record

PIEE Notice W912WJ26BA012 controls the current procurement state: IFB, update 0007 posted 16 July 2026, response deadline 17 July at 13:00 EDT, and no public award. The April USACE release confirms the project partnership and the nearly 4.5 million-cubic-yard programme, including shellfish habitat, borrow-pit and rock-reef reuse. The Industry Day page defines channel widening, material character and placement routes but warns that its quantities were subject to change after the 2025-26 maintenance campaign. The long-standing navigation page and final feasibility report provide asset and design context, not current construction evidence.

Phase: tender. Evidence reviewed: 19 July 2026.

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