Presolicitation
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging, Non-Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, Cutterhead Dredge No. 2-2025 (OM25276)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825B0004
Due in 55 days
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The Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District plans to solicit a fully crewed cutterhead dredge to do maintenance dredging in the Mississippi River Southwest Pass. The notice puts the work between $10 million and $25 million. This presolicitation was posted in 2024 and the bid opening date will be set in a later amendment.
Watch out for
- Heavy equipment requirement. The contractor must provide a fully crewed cutterhead dredge, which few small businesses own or can lease.
furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter
- Large contract size. The stated range of $10 to $25 million implies major bonding and financial capacity.
The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.
- Dates unclear. The notice was posted in November 2024 and cites a December 2024 solicitation date, but the listed deadline is December 2026, so the status needs checking on SAM.gov.
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 cutterhead dredge with a discharge of 30 inches or greater inside diameter
- Maintenance dredging of the Mississippi River Southwest Pass, Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP (non-continuous)
- Possible work in other areas of the New Orleans District
- Place of performance
- Mississippi River Southwest Pass area, Plaquemine, LA, and possibly other areas of the New Orleans District
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00
- Offers due
- 2026-12-01T11:00:00-06:00 (response deadline field; the text says a bid opening date will be set in a future amendment)
- How to submit
- Solicitation documents will be posted on SAM.gov
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation was to be issued on or about 9 December 2024
- Register as an Interested Vendor on SAM.gov
- 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 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
- Contract period and completion time
- Contract type and award method (a sealed-bid solicitation number is implied but not stated)
- Bonding requirements
- Current status of the solicitation and actual bid opening date
- Mobilization and work schedule details
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Key facts
- Response due
- Dec 1, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Nov 21, 2024
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825B0004
- 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
- Plaquemine, LA
- Contracting contact
- Cori A. CaimiCori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil5048621352
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging, Non-Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, Cutterhead Dredge No. 2-2025 (OM25276) 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. This solicitation will be issued on or about 9 December 2024 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 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil).
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