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 Rental No. 1-2017 (OM-17-275)

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cuuterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches inside diameter (ID) complete in all respects, including all attendant plant, and crew. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River SWP Area and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District. The estimated value of this work is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The solicitation will issue on or about 16 November 2016, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on FedBizOps (www.fbo.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 FedBizOps (www.fbo.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. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors 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 are Melissa. A. Vaughn at 504-862-2762 (email: Melissa.A.Vaughn@usace.army.mil.