Solicitation
Mississippi River Southwest Pass and Calcasieu River Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Contract (OM26011)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA058
Due in 578 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District is soliciting a fully crewed, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge for work in the Mississippi River Southwest Pass and the Calcasieu River Bar Channel. The project is estimated at $25 million to $100 million. Work may also be done elsewhere inside or outside the New Orleans District.
Watch out for
- Very large specialized vessel. You must supply a crewed, self-propelled hopper dredge, a multi-million-dollar ship that is out of reach for almost all small businesses without a partner.
furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge
- Very large contract value. A project of this size usually comes with heavy bonding and insurance requirements that are hard for a small firm to meet.
between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00
- Bid date not yet set. The notice does not give a bid opening date, so you must watch for amendments.
A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.
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Full brief
What they want
- One fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge
- Dredging in the Mississippi River, Southwest Pass and the Calcasieu River Bar Channel
- Possible work in other areas inside and outside the New Orleans District
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River, Southwest Pass, Calcasieu River Bar Channel and possibly other areas inside and outside the New Orleans District (listed as Plaquemine, LA)
- Estimated value
- Between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00 (magnitude of construction)
- Offers due
- 2028-05-07T10:30:00-05:00 (response deadline field); the notice says the bid opening date will be set in a future amendment
- How to submit
- Not stated; solicitation documents will be posted on SAM.gov
What to include when you submit
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov
- Post subcontracting opportunity notices on the SBA's Subnet if you plan to subcontract
- Contact the listed contract specialists with questions
You must have
- Registered in SAM (System for Award Management) 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 length and period of performance
- Contract type and how award is decided
- Bid opening date and how to submit a bid
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Full specifications (in the solicitation documents)
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Key facts
- Response due
- May 7, 2028, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- May 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA058
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W07V Endist New Orleans
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- 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
- 3 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Mississippi River Southwest Pass and Calcasieu River Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Contract (OM26011) The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River, Southwest Pass, Calcasieu River Bar Channel and possibly in other areas inside and outside of the New Orleans District. The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00 A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. 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).
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