Maintenance Dredging of Newark Bay
DEPT OF DEFENSE
About this opportunity
Maintenance Dredging of Newark Bay This Sources Sought notice is for the dredging of up to 400,000 cubic yards (CY) of selected critical shoals from the Main, Port Newark, and Port Newark Pierhead Channels of Newark Bay. Dredging in these channels would be required to depths of -50 feet, -40 feet, and -35 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) plus 1-foot allowable over-depth. The dredged material is expected to consist primarily of silt and clay. Due to anticipated restrictions found in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Water Quality Certificate, the proposed work can only be performed by utilizing a mechanical dredge with a closed clamshell environmental bucket. Additionally, multiple barges and tugboats will be needed to perform the work during the dredging, dewatering, an...