Solicitation
Mississippi River, New Orleans Harbor and Various Bar Channels Cutterhead, No. 6-2025
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825BA029
Due in 528 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District is seeking one fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge for work in the New Orleans Harbor reach of the Mississippi River and nearby lock forebays of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The stated construction range is $5 million to $10 million. The bid opening date will be set by a future amendment.
Watch out for
- Need a crewed dredge. The contractor must supply a complete, crewed pipeline cutterhead dredge, which is a major equipment and staffing commitment that most small businesses do not have.
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge.
- Bid date not set. The deadline in the SAM.gov fields may not be the real bid opening date, so you must watch for an amendment.
This solicitation bid opening date will be established by a future amendment.
- Large project size. A $5 to $10 million job may require significant bonding and working capital, though the notice does not state bonding requirements.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.
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Full brief
What they want
- One fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge
- Dredging in the New Orleans Harbor Reach of the Mississippi River and adjacent lock forebays of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
- Place of performance
- New Orleans Harbor Reach of the Mississippi River and adjacent lock forebays of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (the SAM.gov place field is blank)
- Estimated value
- $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00 (magnitude of construction range)
- Offers due
- SAM.gov response deadline field shows 2028-03-18T10:00:00-05:00; the text says the bid opening date will be set by a future amendment
- How to submit
- Solicitation documents are posted on SAM.gov; contact the contract specialists by email
What to include when you submit
- Contract specialists: Jeff Sprunger (jeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil) or Cori Caimi (cori.a.caimi@usace.army.mil)
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov for marketing purposes (encouraged)
- Optionally post subcontracting opportunities on SBA SubNet
You must have
- Must be registered in the System for Award Management (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
- The actual solicitation documents, including specifications, are posted separately
- Contract type, period of performance and number of dredging days or volume
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- How the award will be decided
- Exact bid opening date
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Key facts
- Response due
- Mar 18, 2028, 3:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825BA029
- 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
- Contracting contact
- jeff sprungerjeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil5048621631
- Versions
- 3 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Mississippi River, New Orleans Harbor Cutterhead Dredge No. 6-2025 The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge. Work will be performed in the New Orleans Harbor Reach of the Mississippi River and adjacent lock forebays of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. This solicitation bid opening date will be established by 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 Jeff Sprunger at (email jeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil) or Cori Caimi at (email cori.a.caimi@usace.army.mil).
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