Solicitation
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BAY, BAR, AND CREWBOAT CUT CUTTERHEAD DREDGE NOS. 2-2026, OM26060
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA065
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District wants to hire one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge (discharge pipe 27 inches or larger) to remove shoal material from the Atchafalaya River Bay, Bar and Crewboat Cut channel in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It is an unrestricted, sealed-bid, firm-fixed-price job (a sealed bid means the lowest-priced qualifying bid wins), with a stated construction magnitude of $10 million to $25 million. The bid opening date is still to be set by amendment, and the main bid schedule and contract length are in parts of the package that were not included in the text provided.
Watch out for
- Needs a large dredge, ready fast. You must supply and crew a 27-inch-plus cutterhead dredge and have it dredging within 240 hours of Notice to Proceed, which a firm without its own dredge or a ready partner cannot realistically do.
commencement of dredging shall be completed within 240 hours after
- Large bid guarantee plus bonds. A bid guarantee of up to $3 million is due with the bid, and performance and payment bonds follow on a $10-25 million job, which needs strong surety backing.
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000.00
- Bid date not set and dates conflict. The notice says the bid opening will be set by amendment while SAM.gov shows a 2028 deadline, so watch for amendments before planning.
***BID OPENING TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AMENDMENT***
- Real-time dredge data system (DQM). The dredge needs a certified monitoring system sending data to the Corps; failing to report quality data can cost up to 10 percent of progress payments.
will result in withholding of up to 10%
- Work inside a wildlife management area. Dredging and disposal are within the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area, so extra conditions, a disposal plan and approvals apply before work starts.
THE DREDGING AND DISPOSAL AREAS ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE ATCHAFALAYA DELTA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.
- Federal wage rules apply. A Davis-Bacon wage determination for Louisiana dredging is attached, so payroll records and listed minimum wages must be followed.
General Decision Number: LA20260007 05/18/2026
- Question deadline already passed. Questions were only accepted through ProjNet until 29 June 2026, so unanswered issues may need to be raised another way or after any amendment.
Technical inquiries and/or questions relating to this solicitation shall be submitted
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- Solicitation - W912P826BA065 PACKAGE FINAL.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Furnish one fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge with a discharge size of 27 inches or greater
- Dredge shoal material from the Atchafalaya Bay, Bar and Crewboat Cut channels, and possibly other New Orleans District areas
- Place the dredged material at the Government-directed disposal areas (islands and a mound disposal area), within set elevation limits
- Have the dredge and attendant plant on site and dredging within 240 hours after Notice to Proceed
- Run a DQM-certified (Dredging Quality Management) monitoring system that sends dredge data to the Corps in real time
- Perform to EM 385-1-1 safety rules, with surveys and quantity computations per the Surveys section
- Complete work to the Dredging and Option Dredging hours bid items (paid per hour)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, sealed bid (Invitation for Bids), with a separately priced Dredging item and Option Dredging hours
- Period of performance
- Dredge on site and dredging within 240 hours of Notice to Proceed. Length is driven by the hours in the Dredging pay item plus any exercised option hours; the approximate duration is in Section 00 10 00, which was not in the text provided.
- Place of performance
- Atchafalaya River Bay, Bar, and Crewboat Cut Channel, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, and possibly other areas of the New Orleans District
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000 (stated in the notice)
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bid (IFB). Price is the stated basis: offers are compared by adding the total price of all options to the total price of the basic requirement. Any other award criteria are not in the text provided.
- Offers due
- Bid opening is to be set by amendment. SAM.gov lists a response deadline of 2028-06-12 10:00 (UTC-05:00), which does not match that.
- How to submit
- Sealed bid (IFB) to the Corps office on the SF 1442; the delivery address is not filled in the text provided. Questions go only through ProjNet Bidder Inquiry, not email.
What they'll judge offers on
- Total price (basic requirement plus all options)
What to include when you submit
- Submit the SF 1442 offer with prices in the bid schedule and a bid guarantee (bid bond or other acceptable form)
- Complete the Section 00600 representations and certifications, or submit a complete hard copy of your SAM Online Representations and Certifications
- Agree to the Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities
- Acknowledge all amendments on the SF 1442
- Technical questions were due through ProjNet Bidder Inquiry by Monday 29 June 2026, 10:00 AM Central Time; emailed questions are not accepted
- Pay requests go through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), so register there after award
You must have
- Open to all businesses (unrestricted, no set-aside)
This solicitation is issued as unrestricted.
- Active SAM registration with current representations and certifications at the time of award
Prospective contractors must register in the System for Award Management (SAM).
- Bid guarantee with the bid: 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000.00
- Performance and payment bonds, since Notice to Proceed is issued once acceptable bonds are received
receipt of acceptable Performance and Payment Bonds.
- A cutterhead dredge with a discharge size of 27 inches (inside diameter) or greater, fully crewed and equipped
with a dredge discharge size of 27 inches or greater
- Current DQM (Dredging Quality Management) program certification for the dredge's instrumentation system
The Contractor shall have a current certification from the DQM Program for
- Pre-award inspection of the dredge plant (the Contracting Officer may waive it)
The Contracting Officer may waive the requirement for the Pre-award
- Agree to the Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities
Failure of a bidder or offeror to agree to the certification will render
Not in the notice text
- Bid opening date and time (to be set by amendment)
- Bid schedule: the Dredging and Option Dredging hours and quantities are in a part of the package that was left out
- Approximate contract duration and the Conditions of Contract Award (Section 00 10 00) were not in the text provided
- Where to deliver the sealed bid (SF 1442 item 8 is blank in the text)
- Whether a site visit is required (Section 00 73 00 lists a site visit clause but its text was not provided)
- Pre-award dredge plant inspection details (Section 00 10 00) were not provided
- Full text of the hydraulic dredging technical sections and bid forms was partly left out of the attachment
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Key facts
- Response due
- Jun 12, 2028, 3:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Jun 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA065
- 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
- LA
- Contracting contact
- Francesca Deboerfrancesca.e.deboer@usace.army.mil5048621604
- Versions
- 4 (amended since first posted)
What similar contracts paid
325 contracts at this agency under the same NAICS code, in the same state, had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 26% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$11.4MMiddle half: $3.1M to $29.1M
Typical per year$7.9MValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This solicitation is issued as unrestricted. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. The magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material in the Atchafalaya River Bay, Bar, and Crewboat Cut Channel. ***BID OPENING TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AMENDMENT***
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