Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 5-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification Nos. OM25129

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W912P825B0023 - Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 5-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification Nos. 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 Deboer at (504) 862-1604 (francesca.e.deboer@usace.army.mil).