SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR PROJECT LABOR AGGREEMENTS (PLAs) TO COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT (CSRM) FOR CAPE MAY TO LOWER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, BRIGANTINE INLET TO GREAT EGG HARBOR INLET (ABSECON ISLAND), NEW JERSEY, AND BARNEGAT INLET TO LITTLE EGG, INLET

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center (EDDC), is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for a large-scale construction project (exceeding $35 million) within the Cape May To Lower Township, New Jersey, Brigantine Inlet To Great Egg Harbor Inlet (Absecon Island), New Jersey, And Barnegat Inlet To Little Egg, Inlet (Long Beach Island), New Jersey area. This procurement is for Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM). Cape May to Lower Township, NJ (Navigation Mitigation – Beachfill): Work for the beachfill placement dredging will require a hopper and pipeline/mechanical dredge(s). The dredge(s) must have the capability to dredge material up to a depth of -40 ft NAVD88 and to transport the dredged sand to the designated areas approximately 2.6 miles away. The project for navigation mitigation (beach nourishment) is located on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey, extending from the Cape May Inlet southwest jetty to the 3rd Ave terminal groin in Cape May City. It includes the communities of the City of Cape May and Lower Township, and the US Coast Guard Training Center. The contract work will consist of a base bid to conduct pre-placement condition surveys and pump/place 600,000 cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas approximately 2.6 miles south of the Cape May Inlet jetties onto the beach at 2 locations: Area 1 (540,000 cu yds), the US Coast Guard Training Center and Area 2 (60,000 cu yds), Wilmington Ave. Options to place additional sand (100,000 cu yds) from the same borrow areas to achieve the full project design template at these same two beach locations will also be included. Sand must come from the offshore borrow areas. Trucking-in sand will not be permitted under this contract. All work under the contract must be completed no later than 1 March 2028. Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet (Absecon Island), NJ (CSRM – Beachfill): Contract work consists of a ba