State Port Authority Alport #12018

Lower Harbor dredging and offshore disposal for the Alabama Port Authority

The Alabama Port Authority is seeking a contractor to dredge Mobile’s Lower Harbor and dispose of the material offshore. - Buyer: Alabama Port Authority (APA), State of Alabama, Engineering Services Department. - Work: Dredge approximately 235,000 cubic yards across McDuffie Terminal Docks 1 and 2, Pinto Terminal, and APM Terminal’s north and south areas; McDuffie Dock 3 is an additive bid item for an estimated 63,000 cubic yards. - Depth and disposal: Dredge to -50 feet, with maintenance and allowable overdredging to -54 feet, and barge the material to the Mobile Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site, approximately 35 nautical miles south of the work area. The estimated volume is for bid evaluation and is not guaranteed; the required production rate is 12,000 cubic yards per day. - Bid schedule services: Includes project bonds and insurance, mobilization and demobilization, dredging by terminal, additional-rate/surcharge items, and base-bid and additive standby and prolonged-standby hours. - Important requirements: Maintain vessel and barge traffic without interrupting port operations; use third-party high-frequency hydrographic surveys; meet turbidity and environmental controls; and coordinate with the Harbormaster, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, McDuffie Terminal facility managers, surveyors, and local bar pilots. Secure-facility access requires TWIC cards, APA badges, and vehicle decals. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs, dredging contractors, or equipment vendors are named. APM Terminal is identified as a work location, not as a bidder or product manufacturer.

Description

The Alabama Port Authority is soliciting bids for dredging at the Lower Harbor in Mobile, Alabama. Work includes dredging to a depth of -50 feet (with the stated maintenance and allowable over-dredging depth of -54 feet), with approximately 235,000 cubic yards identified as the bid-evaluation basis. Material must be barged to the Mobile Ocean Dredge Material Disposal Site, approximately 35 nautical miles south, and the work includes McDuffie Terminal Docks 1 and 2, APM Terminal north and south, and Pinto Terminal, with a bid additive for McDuffie Terminal Dock 3. The awarded bidder must coordinate with vessel and barge traffic and be ready to start no later than January 15, 2027; bids are due November 4, 2026.

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