This is a Department of Defense contract for a Cutterhead Dredge to construct or maintain a saltwater barrier sill on the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge. The project magnitude ranges between $10 million and $25 million, with a response deadline of July 21, 2027. [4]
Key points
Work involves placing hydraulically dredged material from a river bottom borrow area. [1]
Contractor entries include daily reports, submittals, and payment requests. [2]
Watch items
The Buy American restrictions are subject to specific waivers and exceptions. [3]
Payment requests require specific document types based on line item type. [1]
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W912P825BA008.pdfThe Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s): (i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher. (ii) For fixed price line items- (A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer. ____ (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable invoice and receiving report document type(s) for fixed price line items that require shipment of a deliverable.) (B) For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving rep
W912P825BA008.pdfContractor entries generally include prime and subcontractor information, daily reports, submittals, RFI's, schedule updates, and payment requests.
W912P825BA008.pdfTherefore, the Buy American restrictions are waived for designated country construction materials. (2) The Contractor shall use only domestic or designated country construction material in performing this contract, except as provided in paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this clause. (3) The requirement in paragraph (b)(2) of this clause does not apply to information technology that is a commercial product or to the construction materials or components listed by the Government as follows: None________[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or indicate "none"] (4) The Contracting Officer may add other foreign construction material to the list in paragraph (b)(3) of this clause
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(iii) Are not more favorable to the subcontractor or division than the terms of this clause are to the Contractor; (iv) Are in conformance with the requirements of FAR 32.504(e); and (v) Subordinate all subcontractor rights concerning property to which the Government has title under the subcontract to the Government's right to require delivery of the property to the Government if- (A) The Contractor defaults; or (B) The subcontractor becomes bankrupt or insolvent. (4) If the financing payments are in the form of performance-based payments, the terms of the subcontract or interdivisional order concerning payments- (i) Are substantially similar to the Performance-Based Payments clause at FAR 52.232-32 and meet the criteria for, and definition of, performance- based payments in FAR part 32; (ii) Are in conformance with the requirements of FAR 32.504(f); and (iii) Subordinate all subcontractor rights concerning property to which the Government has title under the subcon- tract to the Government's right to require delivery of the property to the Government if- (A) The Contractor defaults; or (B) The subcontractor becomes bankrupt or insolvent. (5) If the financing payments are in the form of commercial product or commercial service financing payments, the terms of the subcontract or interdivisional order concerning payments- (i) Are constructed in accordance with FAR 32.206(c) and included in a subcontract for a commercial product or commercial service purchase that meets the definition and standards for acquisition of commercial products and commercial services in FAR parts 2 and 12; (ii) Are in conformance with the requirements of FAR 32.504(g); and (iii) Subordinate all subcontractor rights concerning property to which the Government has title under the subcontract to the Government's right to W912P825BA006 Page 34 of 39 require delivery of the property to the Government if- (A) The Contractor defaults; or (B) The subcontractor becomes bankrupt or insolvent. (6) If financing is in the form of progress payments, the progress payment rate in the subcontract is the customary rate used by the contracting agency, depending on whether the subcontractor is or is not a small business concern. (7) Concerning any proceeds received by the Government for property to which title has vested in the Government under the subcontract terms, the parties agree that the proceeds shall be applied to reducing any unliquidated financing payments by the Government to the Contractor under this contract. (8) If no unliquidated financing payments to the Contractor remain, but there are unliquidated financing payments that the Contractor has made to any subcontractor, the Contractor shall be subrogated to all the rights the Government obtained through the terms required by this clause to be in any subcontract, as if all such rights had been assigned and transferred to the Contractor. (9) To facilitate small business participation in subcontracting under this contract, the Contractor shall provide financing payments to small business concerns, in conformity with the standards for customary contract financing payments stated in FAR 32.113.
The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s): (i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher. (ii) For fixed price line items- (A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer. ____ (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable invoice and receiving report document type(s) for fixed price line items that require shipment of a deliverable.) (B) For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the Contracting Officer.
Therefore, the Buy American restrictions are waived for designated country construction materials. (2) The Contractor shall use only domestic or designated country construction material in performing this contract, except as provided in paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this clause. (3) The requirement in paragraph (b)(2) of this clause does not apply to information technology that is a commercial product or to the construction materials or components listed by the Government as follows: None________[Contracting Officer to list applicable excepted materials or indicate "none"] (4) The Contracting Officer may add other foreign construction material to the list in paragraph (b)(3) of this clause if the Government determines that- (i) The cost of domestic construction material would be unreasonable. (A) For domestic construction material that is not a critical item or does not contain critical components. (1) The cost of a particular domestic construction material subject to the restrictions of the Buy American statute is unreasonable when the cost of such material exceeds the cost of foreign material by more than 20 percent; (2) For construction material that is not a COTS item and does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, if the cost of a particular domestic construction material is determined to be unreasonable or there is no domestic offer received, and the low offer is for foreign construction material that does not exceed 55 percent domestic content, the Contracting Officer will treat the lowest offer of foreign construction material that is manufactured in the United States and exceeds 55 percent domestic content as a domestic offer and determine whether the cost of that offer is unreasonable by applying the evaluation factor listed in paragraph (b)(4)(i)(A)(1) of this clause. (3) The procedures in paragraph (b)(4)(i)(A)(2) of this clause will no longer apply as of January 1, 2030. (B) For domestic construction material that is a critical item or contains critical components. (1) The cost of a particular domestic construction material that is a critical item or contains critical components, subject to the requirements of the Buy American statute, is unreasonable when the cost of such material exceeds the cost of foreign material by more than 20 percent plus the additional preference factor identified for the critical item or construction material containing critical components listed at FAR 25.105.
The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer.
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Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 3-2025. Specification No. OM25137 The Contractor's dredge and attendant plant will primarily be used in connection with the construction and possible maintenance of a saltwater barrier sill located between Mile 63.0 and Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes (AHP) on the Mississippi. The work will consist of satisfactorily placing hydraulically dredged material which shall be taken from a borrow area located on the river bottom. The contract plates show the approximate location of the sill and configuration of the sill (should the sill need to be built to -30' LWRP with a 620' notch to -55' LWRP) and borrow areas. Further details of the location, size, and configuration of the sill and borrow area required will be given in the dredging assignments. The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. 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 Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil).
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Notice typePresolicitationSolicitationResponse deadline2027-05-28T15:30:00+00:002027-07-21T15:30:00+00:00Archive date2027-06-122027-08-05DescriptionMississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 3-2025. Specification No. OM25137 The Contractor's dredge and attendant plant will primarily be used in connection with the construction and possible maintenance of a saltwater barrier sill located between Mile 63.0 and Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes (AHP) on the Mississippi. The work will consist of satisfactorily placing hydraulically dredged material which shall be taken from a borrow area located on the river bottom. The contract plates show the approximate location of the sill and configuration of the sill (should the sill need to be built to -30' LWRP with a 620' notch to -55' LWRP) and borrow areas. Further details of the location, size, and configuration of the sill and borrow area required will be given in the dredging assignments. 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 27 May 2025 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 Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil).Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf, Saltwater Barrier Sill, Cutterhead Dredge Contract No. 3-2025. Specification No. OM25137 The Contractor's dredge and attendant plant will primarily be used in connection with the construction and possible maintenance of a saltwater barrier sill located between Mile 63.0 and Mile 64.0 Above Head of Passes (AHP) on the Mississippi. The work will consist of satisfactorily placing hydraulically dredged material which shall be taken from a borrow area located on the river bottom. The contract plates show the approximate location of the sill and configuration of the sill (should the sill need to be built to -30' LWRP with a 620' notch to -55' LWRP) and borrow areas. Further details of the location, size, and configuration of the sill and borrow area required will be given in the dredging assignments. The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. A bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. 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 Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil).DocumentsNot previously reported1