Presolicitation
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 1-2025. Specification No. OM25135
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825BA006
Due in 233 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District plans a dredging construction contract for a saltwater barrier sill on the Mississippi River between Mile 63.0 and Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes, Louisiana. The contractor must supply a dredge and attendant plant and place hydraulically dredged material from a borrow area on the river bottom. The notice says the work is in the $10 million to $25 million range, and the full solicitation is to be posted later.
Watch out for
- Heavy equipment requirement. The contractor must provide its own dredge and attendant plant, which is a major capital requirement for a small business.
The Contractor's dredge and attendant plant will primarily be used in connection with the construction and possible maintenance of a saltwater barrier sill
- Large project size. The stated range of $10 million to $25 million is large for most small firms.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- Dates unclear. The text says the solicitation would be issued about 27 May 2025 and the bid opening is not set, while SAM shows a 2027 deadline, so timing is uncertain.
This solicitation will be issued on or about 27 May 2025 and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.
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Full brief
What they want
- Provide a cutterhead dredge and attendant plant
- Build (and possibly maintain) a saltwater barrier sill on the Mississippi River
- Place hydraulically dredged material taken from a river bottom borrow area
- Contract type
- Construction (dredging) contract, sealed bid style (bid opening to be set in a later amendment)
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River, Mile 63.0 to 64.0 Above Head of Passes, Louisiana
- Estimated value
- $10,000,000.00 to $25,000,000.00 (stated as the magnitude of construction)
- Offers due
- Bid opening date to be set in a future amendment (SAM response deadline field: 2027-05-28T10:30:00-05:00)
- How to submit
- Solicitation documents will be posted on SAM.gov; contact Cori A. Caimi (Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja (Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil)
What to include when you submit
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov by clicking the button on the notice
- Monitor SAM.gov for the solicitation and amendments
You must have
- Active registration 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.
Not in the notice text
- Contract period and completion schedule
- Evaluation method (not stated; the solicitation will have details)
- Bonding, insurance and experience requirements
- Set-aside status (SAM lists none)
- Exact sill size and borrow area details (given later in dredging assignments)
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Key facts
- Response due
- May 28, 2027, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- May 12, 2025
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825BA006
- 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 1-2025. Specification No. OM25135 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. This solicitation will be issued on or about 27 May 2025 and 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 Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil).
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