Solicitation
Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Contract No. 5-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification No. OM25129
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825B0023
Due in 58 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District wants one fully crewed hopper dredge to remove shoal material from the Calcasieu River Bar Channel in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It is an unrestricted firm-fixed-price sealed bid (IFB) with a stated size of $5 million to $10 million. Work may also be needed in other areas of the New Orleans, Galveston and Mobile Districts.
Watch out for
- Specialized vessel required. You must provide a self-propelled hopper dredge with crew, which needs major capital equipment and marine experience.
furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge
- Unrestricted competition. There is no small business set-aside, so you compete with large dredging firms.
This solicitation will be issued as UNRESTRICTED.
- Work area may spread to other districts. Work may be needed in the Galveston and Mobile Districts, which affects mobilization costs.
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Full brief
What they want
- One fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge
- Remove shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel
- Dispose of the dredged material satisfactorily
- Be available for work in other New Orleans District areas, the Galveston and Mobile Districts, and other areas as needed
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, Invitation for Bid (IFB)
- Place of performance
- Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; other areas possible
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Invitation for Bid (sealed bid); award basis not otherwise stated
- Offers due
- 2026-12-04 11:00 AM Central (as listed in the notice header); text says bid opening date will be set by amendment
- How to submit
- Download the solicitation from SAM.gov; how bids are submitted is not stated
What to include when you submit
- Paper copies and phone or fax requests for the solicitation will not be honored
- Amendments are posted only on SAM.gov, so check the site regularly
- Contract specialist: Francesca E. deBoer, (504) 862-1604, Francesca.E.deBoer@usace.army.mil
You must have
- Active SAM registration at time of award
Bidders shall maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database
Current contractor
Contract No. 5-2025 suggests a recurring dredging series, but no incumbent is named.
Not in the notice text
- Contract length and quantities of material
- Bonding requirements
- Notice was first posted in Dec 2024 but the header shows a response deadline of Dec 2026, so the current schedule should be confirmed
- Bid opening date, which is to be set by amendment
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Key facts
- Response due
- Dec 4, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Dec 4, 2024
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825B0023
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W07V Endist New Orleans
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Y1KF
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- LA
- Contracting contact
- Francesca Deboerfrancesca.e.deboer@usace.army.mil5048621604
Full notice text from SAM.gov
W912P825B0023 - Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Contract No. 5-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification No. OM25129 This solicitation will be issued as UNRESTRICTED. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. The magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel. Work may be required in other areas of the New Orleans District, in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts, and in other areas deemed necessary. This solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB). The resulting contract shall be firm fixed price (FFP). This solicitation will be issued on or about 04 December 2024 with a bid opening date to be set by amendment. When posted, the solicitation will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found on the System of Award Management System (SAM) website, https://sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Therefore, telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Contractors must register at the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov to download the solicitation for this project. If/when issued, Amendments will be posted to the above-referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments before closing; therefore, the Bidders must check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Bidders shall maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If a bidder is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database at the time of award, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective bidder. Bidders are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Francesca E. deBoer at (504) 862-1604 (Francesca.E.deBoer@usace.army.mil).
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