Presolicitation
Calcasieu Bar River Channel, Pascagoula Harbor, and Panama City Harbor Maintenance Dredging
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912PM27BA002
Due in 175 days
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center plans to buy maintenance dredging at three Gulf Coast channels: Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Pascagoula Harbor and Panama City Harbor. This is an advance (presolicitation) notice; the solicitation is expected on or about 23 October 2026. The contract is unrestricted and firm fixed price.
Watch out for
- Requires hopper dredge vessels. Bidders must supply fully crewed, equipped hopper dredges, which are very costly assets a small business would likely have to own, charter or team to get.
one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge
- Calcasieu end date not set. The Calcasieu performance period lists no end date (TBD), making scheduling and pricing harder.
Calcasieu River Bar Channel: 15 January 2027 to TBD
- Solicitation not out yet. Bid opening date and full requirements are not available until the solicitation is issued.
The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued.
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Full brief
What they want
- Calcasieu River Bar Channel: one fully crewed, equipped self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge, to -45 ft MLLW
- Pascagoula Harbor: a hopper dredge able to dredge to -46 ft MLLW
- Panama City Harbor: a medium to small hopper dredge able to dredge to -40 ft MLLW
- Place dredged material at the ocean disposal sites or channel placement areas named for each project
- Contract type
- Firm Fixed Price
- Period of performance
- Calcasieu: 15 January 2027 to TBD; Pascagoula: 01 April 2027 to 30 September 2027; Panama City: 01 August 2027 to 30 September 2027
- Place of performance
- Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Pascagoula Harbor and Panama City Harbor (the notice does not list states)
- Offers due
- Bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation (SAM.gov header shows 2027-03-31 15:00 -05:00)
- How to submit
- Electronic only; the solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation expected on or about 23 October 2026
- Search SAM.gov for solicitation W912PM27BA002 and check for amendments
- Register to be on the plan holders list on SAM.gov if wanted
- No paper copies or other media will be provided
You must have
- Active SAM registration to receive an award
Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
- Unrestricted competition; NAICS 237990 with a $37,000,000.00 size standard
This solicitation is unrestricted.
Not in the notice text
- Estimated contract value
- Award method and evaluation factors
- Bonding or insurance requirements
- Exact bid opening date
- Whether the three projects will be awarded together or separately
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Key facts
- Response due
- Mar 31, 2027, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W912PM27BA002
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W074 Endist Wilmington
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Z1KF
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- 70601
- Contracting contact
- Rosalind Shoemakerrosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil910-251-4436
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center (EDDC) requires a contract to provide maintenance dredging for (3) dredging projects. The areas of consideration for these dredging services are: Calcasieu Bar River Channel, Pascagoula Harbor, and Panama City Harbor.Calcasieu River Bar Channel: Work for the Calcasieu River Bar Channel will require one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. The dredge must have the capability to dredge maintenance material up to a depth of -45ft MLLW and place dredged material into the Ocean Dredge Material Disposal Sites (ODMDS).Pascagoula Harbor: Work for the Pascagoula Harbor maintenance dredging will require a hopper dredge. The dredge must have the capability to dredge maintenance material up to a depth of -46 ft MLLW and place dredged material in the Ocean Dredge Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). Dredged material shall be placed within Pascagoula ODMDS. The transport distance to the designated placement area varies depending on dredge assignment but typically is within 3-5 miles of the dredge cut.Panama City Harbor: Work for the Panama City Harbor maintenance dredging will require a medium to small hopper. The dredge must have the capability to dredge maintenance material up to a depth of -40 ft MLLW and place dredged material within channel adjacent to the entrance jetty. Dredged material shall be placed within the channel adjacent to the jetty. The transport distance to the designated placement area varies depending on dredge assignment but typically is within one mile of the dredge cut. The following will be the performance periods:Calcasieu River Bar Channel: 15 January 2027 to TBDPascagoula Harbor: 01 April 2027 to 30 September 2027Panama City Harbor: 01 August 2027 to 30 September 2027This solicitation is unrestricted. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 23 October 2026. The bid opening date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, facsimiles, etc.) will be provided. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the size standard is $37,000,000.00. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Call 1-866-606-8220 for more information or visit the SAM website at www.sam.gov. After completing SAM, in order to download documents contractors and their subcontractors must register at www.sam.gov. In order to locate solicitation, Contractors can go to www. sam.gov and search for the solicitation number.Contractors can register to be put on a plan holders list that others can access through the www.sam.gov website. It is the Offerors responsibility to check the Internet address provided as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and all amendments. For additional information or assistance, please contact Cori Caimi, Contract Specialist, email cori.a.caimi@usace.army.mil or Rosalind Shoemaker, Contracting Officer, phone (910) 251-4436, email rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil.
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