Solicitation
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging, Non-Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, Cutterhead Dredge No. 1-2025 (OM25275)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825B0003
Due in 119 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District is soliciting a fully crewed cutterhead dredge for maintenance dredging of the Mississippi River Southwest Pass, from Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, and possibly other areas of the district. The project is described as between $10 million and $25 million. The solicitation will be opened by amendment only, and the place of performance is listed as Plaquemine, LA.
Watch out for
- Needs a large dredge and crew. The work requires an owned or chartered cutterhead dredge with a 30-inch or larger discharge, which is a major equipment commitment for a small business.
one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID)
- Large project size. A $10 million to $25 million project usually brings bonding and financial capacity requirements, though the notice text does not list them.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- Bid date not set in this text. The notice says it opens only by amendment, so the actual bid opening may differ from the deadline shown.
This Solicitation will be opened by Amendment only.
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Furnish one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge with a discharge pipe of 30 inches or more inside diameter
- Perform maintenance dredging in the Mississippi River Southwest Pass area (Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, non-continuous)
- Possibly work in other areas of the New Orleans District
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River Southwest Pass area (Plaquemine, LA, USA per the notice fields), possibly other areas of the New Orleans District
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00
- Offers due
- 2027-02-03T11:00:00-06:00 (response deadline field); the text says the solicitation will be opened by amendment only
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation documents are posted on SAM.gov under the notice's attachments and links
- Contract specialists: Cori A. Caimi (504-862-1352, Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja (504-862-1499, Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil)
- Offerors are encouraged to register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov and may post subcontracting opportunities on SBA's Subnet
You must have
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive an award
Offerers must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type and how the award is decided
- Contract length or completion schedule
- Bonding, insurance and other requirements (solicitation documents are posted separately)
- Whether any small business preference applies (set-aside is listed as none)
- Actual bid opening date
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Key facts
- Response due
- Feb 3, 2027, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Mar 28, 2025
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825B0003
- 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
- Plaquemine, LA
- Contracting contact
- Cori A. CaimiCori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil5048621352
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging, Non-Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, Cutterhead Dredge No. 1-2025 (OM25275) The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID), complete in all respects, including all attendant plant, and crew. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District. The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. This Solicitation will be opened by Amendment only. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Sam.gov. You can access these files from a link located on Sam.gov (www.SAM.gov). You will need the adobe acrobat reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in beta.Sam.gov (www.beta.SAM.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerers are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerers must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. The Contract Specialists for this solicitation is Cori A.Caimi at 504-862-1352 (email Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil). Bid Abstract Posted
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