Solicitation
Tiger Pass Dredging Over Utility Corridor, Plaquemines Parish,
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P8-25-B-0025
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District wants a contractor to dredge the Tiger Pass Bar Channel over a utility corridor in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, dispose of the dredged material in government-provided areas, and find buried utilities first. It is an open (unrestricted) sealed-bid construction job with an estimated magnitude of $10 million to $25 million, to be finished within 135 calendar days of notice to proceed.
Watch out for
- Contractor carries buried-utility risk. You must find the pipelines and cables yourself and you pay for repairs and dredge downtime if you damage one, with about 25 known crossings and more possible.
dredge and attendant plant shall be the Contractor's responsibility.
- Large bonding and capacity needs. A $10 to $25 million dredging job needs a bid guarantee, performance and payment bonds and a certified dredge plant, which most small firms cannot arrange alone.
The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.
- Daily penalty for finishing late. Liquidated damages of $3,400 per calendar day apply if the 135-day schedule slips.
liquidated damages to the Government in the amount of $ 3,400 for each calendar day of delay
- Bid date not set. The solicitation says the bid opening will be set by amendment, while SAM.gov shows a February 2027 deadline, so watch for amendments.
The Bid Opening is to be opened by future amendment.
- Must bid every item. Skipping a price, including the optional item, can make the whole bid non-responsive.
Failure to bid on all items will result in a non-responsive bid.
- Site visit urged. Differing site conditions and site investigation clauses apply, so the Corps expects bidders to inspect the site before pricing.
are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.
- Payment can be withheld for monitoring data gaps. Failing to send quality dredge monitoring data on time can cost up to 10 percent of progress payments.
will result in withholding of up to 10%
Read from the notice and 2 attachments.
- A21-Solicitation W912P825B0025.pdf
- Drawings.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Dredge about 300,000 cubic yards from the Tiger Pass Bar Channel (first 220,000 CY plus up to 80,000 CY more)
- Pump or place the dredged material in the government-provided disposal areas shown on the drawings (wetland development areas WDA-3 and WDA-7)
- Run "Safe Dredging Provisions": a magnetometer survey (passes 100 feet apart or less) and your own search for pipelines and cables between stations 514+00 and 538+00, with a written report
- Work safely around about 25 known pipelines and cables, with buoy marking, notice to utility owners and a plan at each crossing
- Use a dredge with a current USACE National Dredging Quality Management (DQM) certified monitoring system and send data continuously
- Optional work: bird nesting prevention and avoidance measures (priced per day, 60 days)
- Submit required plans first (safety, quality control, disposal plan) before physical work starts
- Provide performance and payment bonds and a bid guarantee
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction contract, sealed bid (IFB), award as a whole to one bidder
- Period of performance
- 135 calendar days after notice to proceed; start work within 10 calendar days of receiving it. One optional work item runs at the same time with no added days.
- Place of performance
- Tiger Pass, Mississippi River Outlets near Venice, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction stated as between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bid. Prices for base work plus the option are added together, and one contract is awarded for the whole job to a single bidder. The excerpt does not spell out the award rule beyond price, responsiveness and responsibility.
- Offers due
- Bid opening date is to be set by a later amendment. The SAM.gov record lists a response deadline of 2027-02-05 2:00 PM Central.
- How to submit
- Sealed bid with a virtual bid opening; instructions are in Section 0010, which was not included in the text provided. Questions go by email to Quinton Hamm (quinton.b.hamm@usace.army.mil, 504-862-2340) or Karen Hargrave (karen.d.hargrave@usace.army.mil).
What they'll judge offers on
- Total price of base work plus optional work
- Bid must price every line item (a missing price can make the bid non-responsive)
- Prices must not be unreasonable or materially unbalanced
What to include when you submit
- Fill in unit prices and totals for every bidding schedule line, including the optional work item
- Bid guarantee and performance and payment bonds are required
- Bid must stay open at least 60 calendar days after bid opening
- Complete the representations and certifications (SAM, telecommunications, NIST SP 800-171 assessment status, and others)
- Acknowledge each amendment on the SF 1442 form
- Work must follow Corps of Engineers safety manual EM 385-1-1
You must have
- Open competition: not set aside for small business or any other group
be issued as UNRESTRICTED.
- Active SAM.gov registration with a Unique Entity ID
52.204-7 System for Award Management NOV 2024
- Bid guarantee, plus performance and payment bonds
52.228-1 Bid Guarantee SEP 1996
- Current certification of the dredge's monitoring system under the USACE National Dredging Quality Management program
The Contractor shall have a current certification from the DQM Program for
- Current NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity assessment posted in SPRS if you are required to implement NIST SP 800-171
In order to be considered for award, if the Offeror is required to implement NIST SP 800-171, the
- Buy American rules for construction materials and Davis-Bacon style construction wage rates apply
52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements AUG 2018
Not in the notice text
- Actual bid opening date and how the virtual opening works (Section 0010 Instructions to Bidders was not in the text provided)
- Much of the specification (the middle of the solicitation, including part of the dredging section, general requirements, quality control and environmental sections) was not provided
- Bid guarantee amount and the deadline to deliver bonds
- Drawings were mostly unreadable in text form, so exact channel depths and widths are unknown
- Wage determination (Davis-Bacon rates) for the job
- Whether dredge plant or mobilization limits apply beyond what is shown
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Key facts
- Response due
- Feb 5, 2027, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Feb 6, 2025
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P8-25-B-0025
- 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
- New Orleans, LA, 70118
- Contracting contact
- quinton b hammquinton.b.hamm@usace.army.mil5048622340
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Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Description and Magnitude of Work is as follows: The work consists of the removal and satisfactory disposal of dredged material excavated from the Tiger Pass Bar Channel and identification of utilities, within the limits shown on the contract drawings. (The estimated time of completion is 135 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. The solicitation will include 5 drawings and specifications). No dike work is included with this project. The bid opening will be conducted virtually, please see Section 0010 for Instructions to Bidders.
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