Solicitation
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf, Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 6-2026 (OM26006)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA053
Due in 578 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, wants a contractor to provide one fully crewed, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge for work in the Mississippi River and Southwest Pass, and possibly other areas inside and outside the district. The listed construction range is $10 million to $25 million. The bid opening date will be set in a later amendment.
Watch out for
- Requires a hopper dredge and crew. You must supply a fully crewed, self-propelled hopper dredge, a very expensive vessel most small firms do not own.
furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge
- Large contract size. The stated construction range of $10 million to $25 million means significant bonding and working capital are likely, though the notice does not state bonding requirements.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- No set-aside. Small businesses compete against all firms, including large dredging companies.
- Bid date not yet set. The bid opening date will come in a later amendment, so you need to watch SAM.gov for it.
A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.
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Full brief
What they want
- Furnish one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge
- Perform dredging in the Mississippi River and Southwest Pass
- Possibly work in other areas inside and outside the New Orleans District
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River and Southwest Pass (listed as Plaquemine, LA), and possibly other areas inside and outside the New Orleans District
- Estimated value
- $10,000,000.00 to $25,000,000.00 (magnitude of construction range)
- Offers due
- 2028-05-07T10:30:00-05:00 (response deadline field as listed); bid opening date to be set in a future amendment
- How to submit
- Not stated in the text; solicitation documents are posted on SAM.gov
What to include when you submit
- Download the solicitation documents from the link on SAM.gov (PDF files)
- Contract specialists: Cori A. Caimi, 504-862-1352, Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil; Bambi Raja, 504-862-1499, Bambi.L.Raja@usace.army.mil
You must have
- Active SAM registration 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 fully crewed self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge
furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge
Not in the notice text
- Bid opening date and time
- Contract duration and performance schedule
- Evaluation method and award basis
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Dredging quantities and exact work locations
- How to submit a bid
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Key facts
- Response due
- May 7, 2028, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- May 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA053
- 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
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf, Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 6-2026 (OM26006) The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River and Southwest Pass and possibly in other areas inside and outside 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 Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.L.Raja@usace.army.mil).
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