Solicitation
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 2-2025. Specification No. OM25136
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825BA007
Due in 287 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District needs a contractor with a cutterhead dredge (a floating machine that cuts and pumps river-bottom material) to build and possibly maintain a saltwater barrier sill in the Mississippi River between Mile 63.0 and Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes in Louisiana. The work is placing hydraulically dredged material taken from a borrow area on the river bottom. The estimated size is $10,000,000 to $25,000,000.
Watch out for
- Specialized dredge equipment. Only firms with, or able to bring in, a cutterhead dredge and support fleet can perform this work, which is hard for most small businesses.
The work will consist of satisfactorily placing hydraulically dredged material which shall be taken from a borrow area located on the river bottom.
- Bid opening date not set. The notice says the date will come later, and the SAM.gov deadline field may not be the real bid opening.
A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.
- Final design set by later assignments. The sill size and borrow area details come in dredging assignments, so scope and cost can change after award.
Further details of the location, size, and configuration of the sill and borrow area required will be given in the dredging assignments.
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Full brief
What they want
- Build a saltwater barrier sill in the Mississippi River using a cutterhead dredge
- Place hydraulically dredged material taken from a borrow area on the river bottom
- Possible maintenance of the sill
- Follow dredging assignments that give the final sill and borrow area size and configuration
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River, Mile 63.0 to Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes, Louisiana
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction range is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00
- Offers due
- Bid opening date to be set by a future amendment; SAM.gov response deadline field shows 2027-07-21T10:30:00-05:00
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation files are available through a link on SAM.gov and are mostly Adobe PDF
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov by clicking the button on the solicitation title
You must have
- Active SAM.gov registration to receive an award
Offerers must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award.
- Access to a cutterhead dredge and attendant plant
Not in the notice text
- Contract type and duration
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Evaluation method
- Actual bid opening date
- Whether any small business preference applies (set-aside shows none)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Jul 21, 2027, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Jul 22, 2025
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825BA007
- 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
- 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 the Gulf, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 2-2025. Specification No. OM25136 The Contractor's dredge and attendant plant will primarily be used in connection with the construction and possible maintenance of a saltwater barrier sill located between Mile 63.0 and Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes (AHP) on the Mississippi. The work will consist of satisfactorily placing hydraulically dredged material which shall be taken from a borrow area located on the river bottom. The contract plates show the approximate location of the sill and configuration of the sill (should the sill need to be built to -30’ LWRP with a 620’ notch to -55’ LWRP) and borrow areas. Further details of the location, size, and configuration of the sill and borrow area required will be given in the dredging assignments. The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. 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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