Eight Firms Awarded $50 Million St. Louis District Maintenance Dredging MATOC
Anna Davis09/08/2025
Contract Award Defense
HigherGov
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, has awarded a $50 million firm-fixed-price contract for operations and maintenance dredging to eight small business contractors. The five-year Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle will cover various waterways and reservoirs within the district’s area of responsibility. Work locations will be determined with each order, and the contract is set aside for small businesses.
Work to be Completed Under Operations and Maintenance Dredging MATOC Contract
Per the original solicitation, the selected contractors will provide comprehensive dredging services across several key navigational channels and lakes in Illinois and Missouri. The scope of work includes furnishing all necessary plant, labor, operators, supervision, equipment, transportation, supplies, materials, and incidentals to perform dredging functions on tributaries, rivers, and reservoirs managed by the St. Louis District.
The required work encompasses:
- Dredging operations to maintain navigable waterways
- Borrow operations for material sourcing
- Disposal operations and management of disposal sites
- Care of water during construction activities
- Turfing and site restoration as specified in individual task orders
Task orders under this MATOC will vary significantly in size and scope, ranging from approximately $20,000 to $15 million depending on funding availability. The actual place of performance for each task order will be determined as work is assigned but may include:
- Kaskaskia River Navigation Channel (River Mile 0-36)
- Mississippi River Channel (River Mile 0-300)
- Illinois River Navigation Channel (River Mile 0-80.15)
- Carlyle Lake (IL), Rend Lake (IL), Lake Shelbyville (IL)
- Wappapello Lake (MO), Mark Twain Lake (MO)
This contract supports the Corps’ mission to maintain safe and efficient navigation along major inland waterways and reservoirs. The work is essential for flood risk management, commercial navigation, and environmental stewardship within the region.
Awardee Details
The following eight small business contractors will compete for task orders under the MATOC:
- Viking Dredging (Houston, TX)
- Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service (Dubuque, IA)
- Magruder Construction (Eolia, MO)
- Ahtna-Brennan JV (Irvine, CA)
- Jackson D Summers (Missouri Valley, IA)
- King Co. (Holland, MI)
- Next Generation Logistics (New Orleans, LA)
- Davinroy Mechanical Contractor (Belleville, IL)
The awardees represent a mix of regional small businesses with significant experience in marine construction, dredging operations, heavy civil works, and related services for federal agencies. Several have previously completed high-value projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or other federal entities.
This MATOC is structured to ensure flexibility in responding to maintenance needs across a broad geographic area while supporting small business participation in federal contracting opportunities.
This award was disclosed by the DoD in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov once disclosed by the government in approximately 90 days under W912P925D0014, W912P925D0015, W912P925D0016, W912P925D0017, W912P925D0018, W912P925D0019, W912P925D0020, and W912P925D0021 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.
