Project record

Newark Bay FY26 federal navigation maintenance dredging

Participation
Submissions closed
Submission deadline
Participation checked

IFB W912DS26BA027 closed after the extended 6 August 2026 deadline; SAM lists the opportunity as inactive and publishes the bid abstract

Participation source

New York District's IFB W912DS26BA027 covers 237,945 cubic yards in six base dredging areas across the Main Channel 50-foot reach and Port Newark Channel 40-foot reach. Another 196,485 cubic yards sits in five optional dredging items, with a separate 300-short-ton debris option. The extended bid deadline was 6 August 2026 at 14:00 EDT; SAM now lists the opportunity as inactive.

Aerial view across Newark Bay showing the waterway, port terminals and the bridge crossing

Ken Lund / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; Newark Bay location context, not FY26 dredging progress

Location

United States / Americas

Segment

Dredging and waterways

Phase

Tender / Confirmed

Last checked

15 October 2026

Coverage

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Dredging and waterways is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Delivery parties
Current contractor appointment remains unverified; the reviewed SAM opportunity has no linked award notice
Contract route
Unrestricted, full-and-open sealed invitation for bids with a 10% HUBZone price evaluation preference. Bidders must price all base and optional items. The solicitation says award will be based on the lowest total price across CLINs 0001 through 0014 from a responsible and responsive bidder. The USD 25 million to USD 100 million figure is the government's project-magnitude range, not a contract award or budget confirmation.
Execution window
Amendment 0002 extended bid submission from 31 July to 6 August 2026 at 14:00 EDT. The solicitation requires the contractor to begin within five calendar days after notice to proceed and allows 108 calendar days for the basic work. Exercised dredging options add one calendar day per 2,500 cubic yards and are consecutive to the basic work. The current award, notice to proceed and mobilisation remain unverified.
Works package
Base dredging comprises 124,380 CY and 8,660 CY plus three smaller Main Channel 50-foot areas of 1,765 CY, 465 CY and 1,200 CY, together with 101,475 CY in the Port Newark Channel 40-foot reach. The 237,945-CY base scope includes dewatering, offloading, processing, transport and placement at contractor-furnished, state-permitted, government-approved upland sites. Five optional dredging areas total 196,485 CY, and a sixth option covers up to 300 short tons of debris.
Marine interfaces
The work sits inside an operating federal navigation system serving Port Newark and the wider New York and New Jersey harbour. Delivery has to coordinate 40-foot and 50-foot dredge planes, one foot of allowable overdepth, active vessel traffic, mechanical dredging controls, material offloading and dewatering, permitted upland placement, black-box monitoring and pre- and post-dredge hydrographic evidence.
Commercial evidence boundary
The six base dredging CLINs total 237,945 CY. Exercising all dredging options would add about 83% to that volume, subject to available funds and government discretion. The published bid abstract records offers; the accepted contract price, exercised scope, disposal site, plant spread and start date require award and delivery records.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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Amendment 0002 extended the bid deadline to 6 August

USACE moved bid submission from 31 July to 6 August at 14:00 EDT. The current SAM record lists the opportunity as inactive and includes the bid abstract posted on 7 August; the linked award panel was empty when checked on 15 October.

Source

USACE issued the sealed-bid solicitation

The IFB fixed the six-area, 237,945-CY base dredging scope, separately funded options, 31 July bid close and 108-day basic period without identifying an award or contractor.

Source

The district published its annual Newark Bay maintenance notice

The notice described about 830,000 CY across several channels and annual cycles, environmental-bucket dredging and upland placement. It sets the broader programme context but not the FY26 IFB base quantity.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Any subsequent award or procurement amendment after the published bid abstract
  • Responsibility and responsiveness determination
  • Award, contract value and responsibility determination
  • Accepted 108-day baseline programme after notice to proceed
  • Approved upland placement and material-processing sites
  • Dredge, scow, offloading and dewatering plant mobilisation
  • Pre-dredge survey and quantity reconciliation by CLIN
  • Black-box monitoring, placement records and environmental compliance
  • Post-dredge survey, paid quantities and USACE acceptance

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Reporting status

Project phase
Tender
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
15 October 2026
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