Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract No. 3-2017, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (OM-17-003)

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge on a rental basis. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River SWP Area and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District and in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts. The estimated value of this work is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The solicitation will issue on or about 2 October 2016, 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 FedBizOps (FBO). You can access these files from a link located on FedBizOps (www.fbo.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 FedBizOps (www.fbo.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 Administrations 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 Specialists for this solicitation is Nick Narcisse at 504-862-1546 (email Nicholas.J.Narcisse@usace.army.mil) or Christopher Nuccio at 504-862-2704 (e-mail Christopher.M.Nuccio@usace.army.mil).