Solicitation
Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 4-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification Nos. OM25128
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825B0022
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, wants to rent one fully crewed self-propelled hopper dredge (a ship that sucks up and carries away sand and silt) to clear shoal material from the Calcasieu River Bar Channel in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It is a sealed-bid, firm-fixed-price job of roughly 49 to 91 calendar days depending on the size of dredge offered, with an equal-length option. The work may also be needed in the Galveston and Mobile Districts.
Watch out for
- You must own or control a hopper dredge. The job is renting out a large, fully crewed trailing suction hopper dredge, so a small business without access to one cannot bid on its own.
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped
- Proven production rate and DQM certification. The low bidder must prove recent production rates and hold a current DQM certification, which new or small dredge operators may not have.
dredge must perform at or above the listed production rate at least 85%
- Bid opening date not set and dates conflict. The solicitation says the opening date will be set by amendment, while SAM.gov shows a 2026-12-04 deadline on a notice posted in December 2024, so check for amendments before planning.
TO OPEN: To Be Determined by Amendment
- Fast start after Notice to Proceed. The dredge must be ready and dredging within 240 hours (10 days) of Notice to Proceed, so it cannot already be committed elsewhere.
to commence dredging no later than 240 hours after
- All-or-nothing bid with bonding. Leaving off any item, including the option, makes the bid non-responsive, and bid, performance and payment bonds are required.
a. Bidders shall bid on all items including optional items. Failure to
- Pre-award inspection and strict safety rules. The Government inspects the dredge before award and requires compliance with the Corps safety manual EM 385-1-1, with deficiencies fixed before award.
1.7 PRE-AWARD INSPECTION OF PLANT
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- W912P825B0022 Solicitation Package.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Supply one trailing suction hopper dredge, fully crewed and equipped, with a crew boat
- Dredge shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel and dispose of it satisfactorily
- Start dredging within 240 hours of Notice to Proceed
- Provide and keep a USACE-certified Dredging Quality Management (DQM) system running throughout
- Post performance and payment bonds and pass a pre-award inspection of the dredge
- Possibly work in other New Orleans, Galveston and Mobile District areas if directed
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, sealed bid (IFB), unit-priced by dredging hour
- Period of performance
- Base dredging item about 49 to 91 calendar days depending on the bid lot (dredge class), plus an option dredging item of the same length; dredging must start within 240 hours (10 days) of Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; work may be required in other New Orleans District areas and in the Galveston and Mobile Districts
- Estimated value
- The notice states the magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price: award to the responsible bidder with the lowest-priced responsive bid, regardless of which of the eight bid lots (dredge sizes) is used. Award is made as a whole to one bidder.
- Offers due
- SAM.gov lists 2026-12-04 11:00 CST, but the solicitation says the bid opening date is to be set by amendment
- How to submit
- Sealed bids on SF 1442, hand-carried or delivered to USACE New Orleans District, Contracting Division (7400 Leake Ave., New Orleans, LA)
What they'll judge offers on
- Lowest total price (base plus option items)
- Responsiveness (bid on all items, including options, and on only one bid lot)
- Responsibility: dredge must meet the listed production rate at least 85% of the time on recent contracts
- Pre-award inspection of the dredge and attendant plant
What to include when you submit
- Pick only one bid lot, matching the class of dredge you will use; a bid on the wrong lot is non-responsive
- Bid on every item including the option item; omitting an item makes the bid non-responsive
- Complete SF 1442 and the Hopper Dredge and Attendant Plant Data Sheet
- Provide a bid guarantee and agree to furnish performance and payment bonds
- Offer must stay open at least 60 calendar days for Government acceptance
- Questions go to Lauren Gandolfi, Contract Specialist, at the USACE New Orleans District
You must have
- Open to all businesses (unrestricted). NAICS 237990 with a $37 million size standard.
This solicitation will be issued as UNRESTRICTED. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990.
- Active SAM.gov registration
c. Bidders must register in the System for Award Management (SAM)
- Dredge must show it performs at or above the listed production rate at least 85% of the time, based on other contracts completed in the last three years
dredge must perform at or above the listed production rate at least 85%
- Current Dredging Quality Management (DQM) certification for the dredge's instrumentation system
The Contractor is required to have a current certification from DQM for the
- Bid guarantee, and performance and payment bonds after award
18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.
- Dredge must be available (not committed to other work) and able to reach the site in time; it is inspected before award
1.7 PRE-AWARD INSPECTION OF PLANT
Not in the notice text
- Actual bid opening date (to be set by amendment) and the applicable Department of Labor wage determination
- Bid guarantee amount and bond amounts (the section on these was not included in the text provided)
- Prosecution of the work, option exercise and completion details in Section 00800
- Environmental protection and other general requirements (Division 01), including any sea turtle deflector or observer duties
- Most of the hydraulic dredging specification, including dredge plant production-rate table, disposal areas and payment rules
- Whether a site visit is expected (the provision urges site inspection and names a Lafayette Area Office contact)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Dec 4, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Dec 4, 2024
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825B0022
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W07V Endist New Orleans
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Y1KF
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- LA
- Contracting contact
- Lauren A. Gandolfilauren.a.gandolfi@usace.army.mil5048622466
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
What similar contracts paid
325 contracts at this agency under the same NAICS code, in the same state, had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 26% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$11.4MMiddle half: $3.1M to $29.1M
Typical per year$7.9MValue divided by years of performance
Possible incumbent's contract endsFeb 2027A similar contract in this state, ending near when this one starts
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 4-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification Nos. OM25128
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