Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf, Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 5-2026 (OM26005)
Open Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W912P826BA052
- Agency
-
ENDIST New Orleans
US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- PSC
- Y1KF Construction Of Dredging Facilities
- Place of performance
- Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, seeks furnishing of one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge, with sealed bids due July 7, 2028, at 10:30 AM Central Time. The estimated construction magnitude ranges from $10,000,000 to $25,000,000.
Place of performance is Plaquemine, Louisiana, with work conducted in the Mississippi River and Southwest Pass, and potentially in other areas within and outside the New Orleans District, including Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Mississippi River Crossings between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and secondary assignments in Mobile and Galveston Districts. Contract performance runs May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028, with estimated duration ranging from approximately 66 to 137 calendar days depending on dredge class selected. The dredge must be available to commence operations within 120 hours of Notice to Proceed.
The solicitation structures bids across eight distinct dredge size classifications (Bid Lots One through Eight) differentiated by pump diameter and hopper capacity. Payment is fixed unit price per hour of dredging work. Contractors must bid on all base items and optional line items.
Key requirements include DQM system certification, hopper leakage testing, load-displacement chart monitoring, crew vessel furnished for Government exclusive use, sea turtle protection equipment and observers in secondary regions, environmental compliance including protected species handling, daily reporting of dredging operations, submission of hopper dredge data sheets and plant certifications, and compliance with EM 385-1-1 safety standards and Davis-Bacon wage requirements.
Award basis is lowest responsive price from responsible bidders. Apparent low bidders must demonstrate equipment availability and responsibility through pre-award inspection and documentation within 24 hours of bid opening. The NAICS code is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. Contract Specialists are Cori A. Caimi (504-862-1352, Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) and Bambi Raja (504-862-1499, Bambi.L.Raja@usace.army.mil).
Notice text
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf, Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 5-2026 (OM26005)
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River and Southwest Pass and possibly in other areas inside and outside 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.
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).
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| W912P826BA052 Solicitation.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf, Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 5-2026 (OM26005) | Pre-Solicitation |
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