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. W912P826BA039
Due in 556 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District wants a contractor to provide one fully crewed cutterhead dredge for maintenance dredging in the Mississippi River Southwest Pass. The estimated size is $10 million to $25 million. The place of performance is listed as Plaquemine, LA, and the bid opening date will be set in a later amendment.
Watch out for
- Needs a large dredge and crew. The contractor must supply a fully crewed cutterhead dredge with a 30-inch or larger discharge, which is major heavy equipment few small businesses own.
furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID)
- Large project size. The estimated magnitude is $10 million to $25 million, which can mean heavy bonding and cash needs.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- Title and description do not match. The title says Dredge No. 2-2026 (Specification OM26276) but the description text says Dredge No. 1-2026 (Specification OM26275), so check the solicitation documents to confirm which one applies.
Cutterhead Dredge No. 1-2026 Specification No. OM26275
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Full brief
What they want
- Furnish one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge with a discharge of 30 inches ID or greater
- Maintenance dredging, non-continuous, from Mile 6.0 Above Head of Passes to Mile 19.5 Below Head of Passes
- Provide all plant and crew; work may also be in other areas of the New Orleans District
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area (listed as Plaquemine, LA, USA), and possibly other areas of the New Orleans District
- Estimated value
- Between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00
- Offers due
- SAM.gov response deadline 2028-04-15T10:30:00-05:00; the notice says a bid opening date will be set in a future amendment
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation documents will be posted on SAM.gov
- Contract specialists: Cori A.Caimi (Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Jeffrey Sprunger (jeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil)
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
- Bid opening date (to be set in a future amendment)
- Contract type, period of performance and any option periods
- Evaluation method
- Bonding, insurance and other construction requirements
- Set-aside status is listed as none, but eligibility details are in the solicitation documents
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Key facts
- Response due
- Apr 15, 2028, 3:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P826BA039
- 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
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
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. 1-2026 Specification No. OM26275 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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