Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 2-2023

This contract involved an unrestricted procurement by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Division Mississippi Valley, for the construction of a saltwater barrier sill on the Mississippi River, between Baton Rouge and the Gulf of Mexico. The main scope of work entailed utilizing a cutterhead dredge to construct the sill between Mile 63.0 and Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes, at a depth greater than 45 feet LWRP. The contractor would dredge material from a specified borrow area on the riverbed and place it to form the saltwater barrier sill based on configurations indicated in the contract documents and further detailed in dredging assignments. The estimated contract value ranged between five and ten million dollars, reflecting the significant scale of the project. The procurement was not set aside for specific business categories, and detailed plans governing the borrow area and sill were included in the contract attachments. However, Amendment 0001 specified that the solicitation had expired and the project was canceled in its entirety. The point of contact for the contract was Katherine Younts, and the location of performance was in the New Orleans, Louisiana region.