USACE National Enterprise Dredging Center Scope Dredge to Budget Contract

The tender in brief

Dredging contracts for US Gulf Coast channels, for firms with hopper or pipeline dredges reaching -60 ft

The US Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District plans maintenance dredging of several Texas navigation channels, including the Sabine-Neches Waterway, Galveston Harbor, Houston Ship Channel, Texas City, Freeport, Matagorda, Corpus Christi, Brazos Island Harbor, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Channel to Harlingen. Work requires hopper and pipeline or mechanical dredges able to dredge to depths from -16 ft to -60 ft MLLW and move sediment to placement areas, with transport distances up to 38 miles for ocean disposal. This is a scope dredge-to-budget contract.

Who can win it

• Dredges capable of dredging to the required depths, from -16 ft to -60 ft MLLW depending on the channel
• Hopper and pipeline or mechanical dredges, as specified per channel
• Ability to transport dredged sediment to designated placement areas, including ocean disposal up to 38 miles