Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging Non- Continuous Mile 6. 0 AHP to Mile 19. 5 BHP Cutterhead Dredge No. 3-2026 Specification No. OM26277

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Solicitation number
W912P826BA020
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District is seeking to procure maintenance dredging services for the Mississippi River Southwest Pass area, specifically from Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP. The primary requirement is to furnish one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge with a discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter, along with all attendant plant and equipment necessary to complete the work in full. The Corps of Engineers will evaluate proposals based on criteria that will be detailed in the formal solicitation documents to be posted on SAM.gov on or about February 20, 2026. Prospective contractors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. The pre-solicitation notice was posted on February 6, 2026, with a due date listed as February 20, 2028, though the actual bid opening date will be established in a future amendment to the solicitation.

This procurement is not subject to any small business set-aside designations. The estimated contract value ranges between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000, reflecting the significant scale of the dredging maintenance project. No incumbent contractor information is provided in this pre-solicitation notice. Work will be performed primarily in the Mississippi River Southwest Pass area but may extend to other locations within the New Orleans District's jurisdiction. Interested contractors are encouraged to register as Interested Vendors in beta.SAM.gov and to post prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet. For technical questions and additional information, contractors may contact either Cori A. Caimi at 504-862-1352 or Jeffrey Sprunger at 504-862-1631.

Notice text

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging Non-Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP Cutterhead Dredge No. 3-2026 Specification No. OM26277

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 20 February 2026 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 
Jeffrey Sprunger at 504-862-1631 (email jeffrey.s.sprunger@usace.army.mil).

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