Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Maintenance Dredging, Entrance Channel, Camden County, Georgia and Nassau County, Florida   3

Background
The Jacksonville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers (SAJ) is seeking interest from prospective offers for a potential fiscal year (FY) 2026 award for maintenance dredging at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.

The purpose of this sources sought notice is to gauge interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of the Dredging Community, including Small Businesses, to ensure adequate competition among responsible contractors.

Work Details
Base project work involves maintenance dredging of the Kings Bay Entrance Channel Cut-1N through Range-E.

The excavated material will be distributed among the following sites:
- Fernandina Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS)(D/A-O)
- Fernandina Nearshore Placement Area (P/A-N)
- Fort Clinch Placement Area (P/A-F)
- North Beach Placement Area (P/A-NB).

Incidental work includes environmental and water quality monitoring, vibration monitoring, beach fill quality control, beach tilling, and sea turtle and sturgeon trawling.

Option A includes Fort Clinch pre-placement debris removal. Option B involves interim demobilization and mobilization (cutter-suction and mechanical dredges only). Option C consists of beach tilling from FDEP Monument R-019 to R-029. U.S. Coast Guard certified dredge equipment is required to complete the work.

Period of Performance
The estimated period of performance is 185 calendar days after Notice to Proceed, including 60 calendar days to commence work.

Place of Performance
The project is located in the St. Marys River and Cumberland Sound at the Georgia-Florida boundary in Camden County, Georgia and Nassau County, Florida.

Incumbent Analysis (see Incumbents section for more detail)
This opportunity appears to have a confirmed incumbent based on prior USACE maintenance dredging work at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, including contract W912EP25CA014 awarded to Weeks Marine for $28,128,150 (10/06/25–04/20/26). The described scope closely matches the current effort—maintenance dredging of the Kings Bay Entrance Channel (Cut-1N through Range-E) with placement of dredged material at the Fernandina ODMDS and nearshore/beach placement areas, along with similar incidental environmental monitoring and beach fill quality control/tilling. A closely related prior award also indicates ongoing dredging support at Kings Bay (W912EP23C0023 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co for $18,447,380), and a potential incumbent contract (W912EP25CA001 to Cottrell Contracting Corporation) reflects continued Kings Bay maintenance dredging activities in the same general area.