BAHIA GRANDE HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

The project is located within the Bahia Grande Unit of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in Cameron County, Texas. Base work generally includes mobilization/ demobilization, construction of off-loading pad, restoration of existing boat ramp for marine access, and placement of turbidity curtains, and open water transport and installation of pre-constructed Ultra Reef Balls for breakwater shoreline protection at Rookery Islands A and B. Additive Alternate No. 1 includes placement of turbidity curtains and open water transport and installation of pre-constructed Ultra Reef Balls for breakwater shoreline protection at Rookery Island C. Additive Alternate No. 2 includes construction of an alternate access road. No dredging activities are permitted for this project. Seagrass shall not be damaged or impacted as part of this project. Owner will construct/manufacture Reef Balls under separate cover and stockpile at staging area. Owner will construct/improve the main access road to reef ball staging area. Contractor will collect pre-constructed Reef Balls from the stockpile location and provide transportation across shallow open water to the islands for installation and install according to construction drawings. All questions shall be submitted to Scheibe Consulting, LLC to the attention of Eric Scheibe, escheibe@scheibeconsulting.com. Rosario Martinez (rmartinez@cbbep.org) and Marisa McKnight (mmcknight@scheibeconsulting.com) shall be cc’d on all questions. The deadline for questions will be 5:00 pm on August 27, 2026 and responses will be provided by 5:00 pm on September 1, 2026. A digital (PDF) copy of the bid package may be obtained from Scheibe Consulting, LLC. Contact Marisa McKnight at (512) 990-7226, mmcknight@scheibeconsulting.com, for instruction on how to obtain the bid documents.

Posted to the Electronic State Business Daily by Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries (Texas SmartBuy member A1414).

Status: Addendum Posted.

Agency's estimated value: $3,000,000.

Posting requirement: 21+ Days for Solicitation Notice.

Addendum: 9/8/2026 3:34 pm: Addendum No. 2 includes a time extension for acceptance of bids and revised bid opening date. All other information in the contract documents, technical specifications and construction drawings remains the same. The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Inc. (CBBEP) will receive sealed bids for BAHIA GRANDE HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT AND ADDITIVE BIDS NO. 1 & 2 until 2:00p.m. (Central Time) on September 17, 2026, via the U.S. Postal Service or hand/express mail in their office located at 1305 N Shoreline Blvd, Suite 205, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401. The bids will be publicly opened and read at the above-mentioned time and place. Bids should be addressed to the attention of Rosario Martinez and should include the bid opening date/time (September 17,2026, 2:00 p.m.), and the words, “Sealed Bid – Do Not Open” on the envelope.

Class/item codes: 95900-Marine Construction And Related Services Marine Equipment Maintenance And Repair; 95926-Breakwater Construction, Maintenance, And Repair; 95935-Construction Services, General (Marine); 95964-Reef Services, Artificial.

Contact: Rosario Martinez, rmartinez@cbbep.org, (361) 336-0308

Submit responses to: rmartinez@cbbep.org

Attachments:

• ESBD_548203_1786396689691_2650 - NOTICE TO BIDDERS.pdf — CBBEP Notice to Bidders for Bahia Grande Habitat Restoration Project
• ESBD_548203_1788289858522_Addendum No. 1 - Bahia Grande Bird Islands Habitat Protection & Restoration Project.pdf — Addendum No. 1
• ESBD_548203_1788532939406_Addendum No. 2 - Bahia Grande Bird Islands Habitat Protection & Restoration Project.pdf — Addendum No. 2

Full notice: https://www.txsmartbuy.gov/esbd/CBBEP-2650