The Department of Defense, through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District, is seeking contractors for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) Snows Cut Bank Stabilization project in Wilmington, North Carolina. The project involves maintenance dredging and stabilization of approximately 7,100 feet of shoreline, requiring activities such as vegetation clearing, bank sloping, and the installation of erosion protection measures, including riprap and breakwater structures. This small business set-aside contract is valued between $10 million and $25 million, with a firm fixed price structure, and is expected to be solicited electronically on or about February 19, 2026. Interested contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and can contact Diana Curl at diana.d.curl@usace.army.mil or Rosalind Shoemaker at rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil for further information.

W912PM26BA001

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

FOR

ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (AIWW) SNOWS CUT BANK STABILIZATION

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC

This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is conducting research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to perform shoreline stabilization.  The area of consideration for this service is: AIWW Snows Cut, New Hanover County, North Carolina.

The work shall consist of stabilization of up to 7100 feet of shoreline along four distinct areas on the north and south bank of Snows Cut, between the US Highway 421 bridge and the Cape Fear River. Bank stabilization would involve vegetation clearing, sloping of bank, the placement of riprap and other erosion protection measures along the bank, and/or the construction of breakwater structures.

All interested firms with 237990 as an approved NAICs code have until **18 September 2025 at 1600 EST** to submit the following information:

- Name & Address of your Firm

- Point of Contact (Name/Phone/E-mail)

- Current SAM Cage Code

- Business Size, to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, and Large Business. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status should be provided, i.e., letter of certification from VA confirming SDVOSB status. The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of HubZone and 8(a) via SAM.

- Bonding capability - both single and aggregate capacity contracts, as evidenced by submission of Surety Company Letter stating bonding capacity.

- Evidence of capabilities to perform comparable work (dredging projects). The contractor must provide evidence of comparable work on two (2) recent projects greater than $5,000,000.00 in value (not more than five (5) years old.) Include the project name and description of the key/salient features of the project (completion date, total contract construction value, and your company's level of involvement in the project, i.e., subcontractor (type), prime, GC, etc. and your specific role. Additionally, if you were teaming with another firm, clearly identify your role on the project(s) submitted. Please provide at least one point of contact (with e-mail address and phone number) for project validation. The Government will not give credit to projects if the lack of information hinders the ability to determine relevancy and/or level or experience.

- Firm's capability to perform, to include geographic span and project size.

- Information on Teaming Arrangement (if applicable). Although we are not looking for formal signed agreements at this time, if you intend to "team" with another firm, formally or informally, you must submit information, not more, than one (1) page, about your team's involvement. More specifically, you must submit sufficient information for the Government to determine the roles each team member will play and what your socio-economic status is or will be considering the proposed arrangement. Therefore, included in your one (1) page if you are a Small Business and you intend to mentor/protégé and/or JV with a large business both team members must sign agreeing that 40% of the labor will be performed by the 8(a) firm. Additionally, if the team is a mentor/protégé arrangement, identify the areas that will be mentored. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status as a team should be provided.

The Government may not give credit to your socio-economic class if there is not sufficient documentation to support it or if the Government cannot verify through other means that your business is as such.

The estimated magnitude of this project is between **$10,000,000 and $25,000,000**, The NAICS Code for this project is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is $45.0 Million.

Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested businesses, regardless of size should submit a narrative demonstrating their Specialized Experience in similar type contracts, Past Performance, Key Personnel. Capability statements should include size/classification of your firm, bonding capacity, bonding availability, details of similar projects, and the completion dates, references and contract amounts for the similar projects listed.

The requested information shall be submitted electronically to:

**U.S. Army Corps of Engineers**

**Attn: Rosalind M. Shoemaker and Diana D. Curl**

**E-mail: rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil and diana.d.curl@usace.army.mil**

The email should be titled: AIWW Snows Cut Bank Stabilization

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH.

Do not send hard copies of advertising or promotional materials. Please ensure that all responses are comprehensive and provide a name and point-of-contact for your firm for follow-up by this office or the procuring contracting officer. If you have responded to any previous e-mail messages or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this project, please be advised that it will be necessary for you to respond to this e-mail and the questions contained therein. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the Prime Contractor and work accomplished by the teaming partner

All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responding to this request for information. All information provided becomes property of the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy.

ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (AIWW) SNOWS CUT BANK STABILIZATION

**W912PM26BA001**

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District requires a contract to perform maintenance dredging at AIWW Snows Cut, New Hanover County, North Carolina.

The work shall consist of stabilization of up to 7,100 feet of shoreline along four distinct areas on the north and south bank of Snows Cut, between the US Highway 421 bridge and the Cape Fear River. Bank stabilization would involve vegetation clearing, sloping of bank, the placement of riprap and other erosion protection measures along the bank, and/or the construction of breakwater structures.

**This solicitation is a small business set aside.**

The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price.

The Magnitude of Construction of this project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about **19 February 2026**.

The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, facsimiles, etc.) will be provided. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is **237990** – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is **$45,000,000.00**.

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Call 1-866-606-8220 for more information or visit the SAM website at www.sam.gov. After completing SAM, in order to download documents contractors and their subcontractors must register at www.sam.gov. In order to locate solicitation, Contractors can go to www. sam.gov and search for the solicitation number.

Contractors can register to be put on a plan holders list that others can access through the www.sam.gov website. It is the Offeror's responsibility to check the Internet address provided as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and all amendments. For additional information or assistance, please contact Diana Curl, Contracting Specialist, email diana.d.curl@usace.army.mil or Rosalind Shoemaker, Contracting Officer, email rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil.

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