Solicitation
Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Contract No. 1-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification Nos. OM25125
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825B0019
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 (built-up sediment) from the Calcasieu River Bar Channel in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It is an unrestricted sealed-bid (Invitation for Bid) firm-fixed-price contract in the $5M to $10M range. Work may also be needed in the Galveston and Mobile Districts.
Watch out for
- Specialized vessel required. You need a crewed, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge, a very expensive asset most small businesses do not own.
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 against large dredging companies.
This solicitation will be issued as UNRESTRICTED.
- Work area may expand. Work may be required in other districts, which could raise mobilization costs.
Work may be required in other areas of the New Orleans District, in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Provide one fully crewed, equipped, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge
- Remove shoal material from the Calcasieu River Bar Channel
- Dispose of the dredged material satisfactorily
- Be available for work in other New Orleans, Galveston and Mobile District areas if needed
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, Invitation for Bid (IFB)
- Place of performance
- Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (possibly other areas in New Orleans, Galveston and Mobile Districts)
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bid (IFB); award basis not otherwise stated
- Offers due
- 2026-12-04T11:00:00-06:00 per SAM field; notice text says the bid opening date is to be set by amendment
- How to submit
- Solicitation and amendments posted on SAM.gov; bid submission method not stated in the text
What to include when you submit
- Register on SAM.gov to download the solicitation
- Check SAM.gov periodically for amendments, the only way they are distributed
- Contract Specialist: Evan Woitha, (504) 862-1214, Evan.G.Woitha@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 at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award.
Not in the notice text
- Actual bid opening date (notice text says it will be set by amendment; SAM shows 2026-12-04)
- Contract duration and performance period
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Full specifications (Specification No. OM25125)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Dec 4, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Dec 5, 2024
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825B0019
- 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
- Evan Woithaevan.g.woitha@usace.army.mil5048621214
Full notice text from SAM.gov
W912P825B0019 - Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Contract No. 1-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification Nos. OM25125 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 Evan Woitha at (504) 862-1214 (Evan.G.Woitha@usace.army.mil).
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