Solicitation
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging Non- Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP Cutterhead Dredge No. 3-2026 Specification No. OM26277
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA042
Due in 556 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District has posted the solicitation for one fully crewed cutterhead dredge for maintenance dredging of the Mississippi River Southwest Pass, Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP. The notice gives a construction magnitude of $10 million to $25 million. A bid opening date will be set in a future amendment.
Watch out for
- Heavy equipment and large project size. You need a cutterhead dredge and crew and the work is in the $10 million to $25 million range, which is hard without marine dredging capacity.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- Bid opening date not yet set. The date will come in a later amendment, so you must watch SAM.gov for it.
A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- One fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge with all attendant plant and crew
- Dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter
- Maintenance dredging in the Mississippi River Southwest Pass area, possibly other New Orleans District areas
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area, possibly other areas of the New Orleans District (SAM field lists Plaquemine, LA)
- Estimated value
- Between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00 (magnitude of construction)
- Offers due
- Response deadline listed as 2028-04-15T10:30:00-05:00 in the SAM fields; the notice says a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation documents will be posted on SAM.gov
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov
- Contract specialists: Cori A. Caimi (Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Jeffrey Sprunger (jeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil)
You must have
- Be registered in SAM to receive an award
Offerers must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award.
- Own or access a dredge with a 30-inch or larger discharge, fully crewed
one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID)
Not in the notice text
- Contract type and period of performance
- Evaluation method
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Bid opening date and the solicitation documents (posted on SAM.gov, not in this text)
- Set-aside status beyond 'no set aside used' in SAM fields
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Key facts
- Response due
- Apr 15, 2028, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA042
- 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging Non-Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP Cutterhead Dredge No. 3-2026 Specification No. OM26277 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. 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 Jeffrey Sprunger at 504-862-1631 (email jeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil).
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