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 No 2-2024 OM-24-275

 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.

The solicitation will issue on or about 19 February 2024, 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 Beta SAM (www.beta.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 (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.  Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration’s 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 Specialist for this solicitation is Melissa A. Vaughn at 504-862-2762 (e-mail Melissa.A.Vaughn@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil.