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. 2-2026 Specification No. OM26276
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA0
Due in 556 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District is soliciting a cutterhead dredge to perform maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River Southwest Pass, from Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, and possibly other areas of the district. The work is a single fully crewed dredge job with a stated magnitude of $10,000,000 to $25,000,000. A bid opening date will be set in a future amendment.
Watch out for
- Heavy equipment requirement. You must supply a large, fully crewed cutterhead dredge, which few small businesses own or can lease.
one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter
- Large contract size. The stated magnitude of $10 million to $25 million likely means bonding and substantial working capital are needed.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- No set-aside. The work is open to all businesses, so a small business competes with large dredging companies.
- Bid date not yet set. The bid opening date is not given and the real solicitation documents are posted separately.
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 cutterhead dredge with a discharge of 30 inches or greater inside diameter
- Perform non-continuous maintenance dredging in the Mississippi River Southwest Pass area
- Possibly work in other areas of the New Orleans District
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area, and possibly other areas of the New Orleans District (SAM.gov lists Plaquemine, LA)
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00
- Offers due
- Bid opening date will be established in a future amendment (SAM.gov response deadline field shows 2028-04-15T10:30:00-05:00)
- How to submit
- Solicitation documents will be posted on SAM.gov; submission method not stated in the text
What to include when you submit
- Download solicitation documents from the link on SAM.gov (PDF files)
- Contact the contract specialists listed in the notice with questions
You must have
- Active SAM registration to receive an award
Offerers must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award.
- Own or access a cutterhead dredge with a discharge of 30 inches or greater inside diameter, with crew
one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter
Not in the notice text
- Bid opening date
- Contract duration and performance period
- Evaluation method and factors
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Contract type
- Full specifications in the solicitation documents posted on SAM.gov
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Key facts
- Response due
- Apr 15, 2028, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA0
- 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. 2-2026 Specification No. OM26276 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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