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. 1-2026 Specification No. OM26275
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA037
Due in 556 days
AI summary Beta
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is seeking a contractor to provide one fully crewed cutterhead dredge for maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River at Southwest Pass (Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP). This is Dredge No. 1-2026, Specification OM26275, with an estimated construction range of $10 million to $25 million. There is no set-aside.
Watch out for
- Heavy equipment requirement. You must supply a full dredge with crew, which needs major marine equipment and capital that most small businesses do not have.
furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID)
- Large contract size. The estimated range is $10 million to $25 million, which usually means bonding and strong financial capacity.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- Bid date not yet set. Timing will only be announced in a later amendment, so you must watch SAM.gov for updates.
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 a discharge of 30 inches or greater inside diameter
- All attendant plant and crew, complete in all respects
- Maintenance dredging at the Mississippi River Southwest Pass area, and possibly other New Orleans District areas
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area (SAM lists Plaquemine, LA, USA), and possibly other areas of the New Orleans District
- Estimated value
- Between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00 (magnitude of construction range)
- Offers due
- SAM response deadline field: 2028-04-15T10:30:00-05:00; notice says bid opening date will be set in a future amendment
- How to submit
- Solicitation documents are posted on SAM.gov
What to include when you submit
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov by clicking the button on the solicitation title
- Contact: Cori A.Caimi (Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil, 504-862-1352) or Jeffrey Sprunger (jeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil, 504-862-1631)
You must have
- Registered in SAM to receive a contract award
Offerers must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award.
- Own or control a cutterhead dredge with a 30 inch or larger discharge, with crew
furnishing 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, evaluation method and period of performance
- Bonding, insurance and other requirements (not stated in this notice)
- Bid opening date (to be set in a future amendment)
- Full specifications in the solicitation documents
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Key facts
- Response due
- Apr 15, 2028, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA037
- 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. 1-2026 Specification No. OM26275 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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