Solicitation
Freshwater Bayou - Lock to The Gulf, Freshwater Bayou Maintenance Dredging #26-2, ED 26-025
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA017
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, wants a contractor to dredge the Freshwater Bayou navigation channel in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and pump the sand onto the Gulf shoreline west of the channel as beach nourishment. It is a sealed-bid, firm-fixed-price job estimated at $10 to $25 million, open to all bidders (not a set-aside). The bid opening date will be set by a later amendment.
Watch out for
- Heavy equipment and big dollars. This is a $10 to $25 million dredging job needing a cutterhead pipeline dredge, tenders and survey boats, plus a bid guarantee up to $3 million, which few small businesses can field.
Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening
- Real-time dredge monitoring system required. The dredge must have a certified USACE DQM system sending data continuously, and data gaps can cost up to 10% of progress payments.
will result in withholding of up to 10% of the contract
- Weather risk without pay. Rough weather can stop work with no payment for lost time, though you may ask for more contract time.
shall not be entitled for compensation for ceasing dredging
- Price rules can knock out a bid. A bid is non-responsive if both unit price and total are left blank for any item, and materially unbalanced line items can be rejected.
Any bid may be rejected if the Contracting Officer determines in writing that it
- Bid date not set and middle of package missing. The bid opening will come by amendment, and key parts of the package (contract duration, liquidated damages, bonding, other specifications) were not readable.
***BID OPENING TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AMENDMENT***
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 1 not read in full.
- W912P826BA017 Package FINAL.pdf
- W912P826BA017_Advertised_Plans.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
Full brief
What they want
- Dredge about 900,000 cubic yards (700,000 plus up to 200,000 more) from Freshwater Bayou channel, station 70+00 (mile 1.3) to station -210+00 (mile -4.0), down to elevation -16.0 MLG
- Pump the dredged material to the Gulf shoreline beach disposal area, building a continuous deposit at +4.5 to +5.0 feet MLG
- Mobilize and demobilize the dredge plant
- Provide aerial photography documentation
- Use a cutterhead pipeline dredge with a current USACE Dredging Quality Management (DQM) certification and send real-time dredge data to the Corps
- Submit a plan for disposal of dredged material at least 7 days before starting
- Meet EM 385-1-1 safety requirements and a contractor quality control program
- Contract type
- Sealed bid (IFB), firm-fixed-price, unit-priced bidding schedule; award as a whole to one bidder
- Place of performance
- Freshwater Bayou channel and Gulf shoreline, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bid: bidders price each line item and one bidder gets the whole award. The readable text does not spell out the award basis.
- Offers due
- Bid opening to be set by amendment; SAM.gov currently lists 2028-06-18 10:00 AM (UTC-05:00), which looks like a placeholder
- How to submit
- Sealed bid to the Corps (hand-carried bids are mentioned); questions to Evan Woitha at EVAN.G.WOITHA@USACE.ARMY.MIL or (504) 862-1214, email preferred
What to include when you submit
- Fill in unit prices and extended amounts for every line; leaving both blank makes the bid non-responsive
- Submit a bid guarantee with the bid
- Complete the Section 00 45 00 representations and certifications, or attach SAM online reps and certs that are valid through award
- Acknowledge all amendments
- Fill in the Dredge and Attendant Plant Data Sheet describing your equipment
You must have
- Active SAM registration
Prospective contractors must register in the System for Award Management (SAM).
- Bid guarantee of 20% of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less
Failure to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount, by the time set for opening
- Current USACE National Dredging Quality Management (DQM) certification for the dredge instrumentation system
The Contractor is required to have a current certification from the DQM
- A cutterhead dredge and attendant plant meeting the data sheet
One cutterhead dredge and attendant plant with the following characteristics (in English units
- Representations and certifications must be submitted with the bid
Contractors must complete, and submit with their bid, the provisions located in Section 00 45 00.
- Open to all bidders, no set-aside
This solicitation is issued as unrestricted.
Not in the notice text
- Contract performance period and completion deadline (SF 1442 blanks and the middle of the package were not readable)
- Whether performance and payment bonds are required after award, and any liquidated damages amount
- The actual bid opening date and time
- Plans and drawings (the advertised plans PDF is a scan and could not be read)
- Contents of the large middle portion of the package that was left out of the text
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Key facts
- Response due
- Jun 18, 2028, 3:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Jun 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA017
- 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
- LA
- Contracting contact
- Evan Woithaevan.g.woitha@usace.army.mil5048621214
- 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
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This solicitation is issued as unrestricted. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. The magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. THE WORK CONSISTS OF THE REMOVAL AND SATISFACTORY DISPOSAL OF ALL MATERIAL ABOVE ELEVATION -16.0 MLG FROM C/L STATION 70+00 (MILE 1.3) TO C/L STATION -210+00 (MILE -4.0), OF FRESHWATER BAYOU CHANNEL FROM THE LIMITS AS SPECIFIED HEREIN AND SHOWN ON THE CONTRACT DRAWINGS. ALL DREDGED MATERIAL SHALL BE TRANSPORTED AND SUCCESSFULLY DEPOSITED ON THE GULF SHORELINE WEST OF THE FRESHWATER BAYOU CHANNEL, AS SHOWN CONTRACT DRAWINGS. (THE SOLICITATION WILL INCLUDE 5 DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS). ***BID OPENING TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AMENDMENT***
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