Mississippi River, New Orleans Harbor and Various Bar Channels Cutterhead Dredge Rental No. 3-2023

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge. Work will be performed in the New Orleans Harbor Reach of the Mississippi River, adjacent lock forebays of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Bayou Lafourche, Baptiste Collette, Houma Navigation Canal, and Barataria Bar Channel. The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The solicitation will issue on or about 14 February 2023, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. The solicitation number W912P8B23B0028, will issue as an Invitation for Bid (IFB), resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) contract. The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any amendments. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Beta SAM (www.beta.sam.gov). You can access these files from a link located on beta.Sam.gov (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 [email protected]).