Presolicitation
Gulf Coast Regional Hopper (OM26300)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P826BA059
Due in 571 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, plans to hire a contractor to provide a fully crewed, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge (a ship that sucks up sediment to deepen channels). Work is in the Mississippi River, Southwest Pass, Gulfport Harbor Bar Channel and possibly other areas inside and outside the district. This is a presolicitation with the solicitation expected on or about 30 Apr 2026, and the project is estimated at $10 million to $25 million.
Watch out for
- Heavy equipment requirement. The contractor must supply a fully crewed, self-propelled hopper dredge, which needs major vessel assets that most small businesses do not own.
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge.
- Large project size. The estimated size is $10 million to $25 million, which may involve bonding and financing beyond a small firm's capacity.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- Solicitation not yet issued. Requirements and bid date are not final until the solicitation and its amendments are posted.
This solicitation will be issued on or about 30 Apr 2026 and 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 hopper dredge
- Dredge in the Mississippi River, Southwest Pass and Gulfport Harbor Bar Channel
- Possibly work in other areas inside and outside the New Orleans District
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River, Southwest Pass, Gulfport Harbor Bar Channel and possibly other areas inside and outside the New Orleans District (SAM lists Plaquemine, LA)
- Estimated value
- Between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00
- Offers due
- 2028-04-30T10:30:00-05:00 (SAM response deadline); a bid opening date will be set in a future amendment
- How to submit
- Solicitation documents will be posted on SAM.gov; contact the contract specialists by phone or email for questions
What to include when you submit
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov by clicking the solicitation title
- Contract Specialists: Cori A.Caimi (Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja (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.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type, base period and options
- Evaluation method and factors
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Final bid opening date
- Full scope and specifications, which will be in the solicitation documents
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Key facts
- Response due
- Apr 30, 2028, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA059
- 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
Gulf Coast Regional Hopper (OM26300) The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River, Southwest Pass, Gulfport Harbor Bar Channel 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. This solicitation will be issued on or about 30 Apr 2026 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 504-862-1491 (email bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil).
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