Presolicitation
Mississippi River, New Orleans Harbor and Various Bar Channels Cutterhead Dredge No. 5-2025
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912P825BA017
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, plans to solicit a contractor to supply one fully crewed hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge for the New Orleans Harbor reach of the Mississippi River and nearby channels in Louisiana. The notice puts the work between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. It is a presolicitation; the solicitation is to be issued later and the bid opening date has not been set.
Watch out for
- Needs a crewed dredge. The contractor must supply a complete dredge with crew, which requires specialized and very costly equipment that most small businesses do not own.
THE WORK CONSISTS OF FURNISHING ONE FULLY CREWED AND EQUIPPED HYDRAULIC PIPELINE CUTTERHEAD DREDGE.
- Large contract size. The stated construction range is $10M to $25M, so bonding and financing capacity will matter.
MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: BETWEEN $10,000,000 AND $25,000,000.00.
- Dates not final. The solicitation was expected on or about 6 May 2025 and the bid opening date is not set, so the timeline is unclear.
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 hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge
- Dredge the New Orleans Harbor reach of the Mississippi River
- Dredge adjacent lock forebays of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Bayou Lafourche, Baptiste Collette, Houma Navigation Canal and Barataria Bar Channel
- Contract type
- Planned sealed bid solicitation (specification no. OM25034)
- Place of performance
- New Orleans Harbor reach of the Mississippi River and nearby channels, Louisiana
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000
- Offers due
- 2027-02-28T11:00:00-06:00 (response deadline in the SAM.gov fields); the text 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
- Bidders must be registered in SAM to receive an award
- Contract specialists: Cori A. Caimi (Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Fermon L. Davis (Fermon.L.Davis@usace.army.mil)
You must have
- Active SAM registration is required 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 period and any option periods
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Evaluation method and how the award is decided
- Whether the description covers other solicitations (the text mentions Nos. 3 through 6-2025)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Feb 28, 2027, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Apr 21, 2025
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W912P825BA017
- 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
- New Orleans, LA
- Contracting contact
- Cori A. CaimiCori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil5048621352
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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