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USACE plans one hopper procurement across three Gulf ports
USACE intends to consolidate maintenance dredging at Calcasieu, Pascagoula and Panama City in an unrestricted firm-fixed-price procurement. Its 5 October presolicitation sets out three different 2027 work windows and hopper requirements, with the formal solicitation expected around 23 October.
Three workfronts enter a consolidated competition
The Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center posted a notice of intent to consolidate and a presolicitation under W912PM27BA002 on the same afternoon. The first describes the proposed acquisition structure; the later notice gives the workfront requirements. No contractor, contract price or dredged volume is named. Wilmington is the contracting office, while the works are at the three Gulf locations.
The calendar and placement route differ by port
Calcasieu is planned from 15 January 2027 to an unspecified end date; Pascagoula from 1 April to 30 September; Panama City from 1 August to 30 September. The specified maintenance-dredging capabilities are -45ft, -46ft and -40ft MLLW respectively. Calcasieu and Pascagoula use ocean disposal sites, while Panama City calls for placement in the channel adjacent to the entrance jetty. These are procurement requirements, rather than accepted channel depths or ship-draft permissions. The New Orleans District describes Calcasieu bar-channel maintenance as recurring once or twice per fiscal year. That programme background explains continuing demand; it does not fix the volume or number of campaigns in this procurement.
Evidence conclusion
Fleet sequencing awaits the issued works specification
A single acquisition can combine different plant and material-disposal demands without making every workfront interchangeable. Calcasieu specifies a fully crewed self-propelled trailing-suction hopper; Panama City calls for a medium-to-small hopper. Pascagoula disposal is typically three to five miles from the cut, compared with about one mile at Panama City. The overlapping summer windows warrant attention to fleet allocation, but do not by themselves require simultaneous dredging or identify the number of vessels. Quantities and the issued specifications will determine that deployment. The consolidation notice displays a 12 October response date; the presolicitation displays 31 March 2027 metadata. Neither substitutes for the bid-opening date that USACE says will appear in the formal solicitation. A release around 23 October remains a forecast, and no award or mobilisation is announced.
Outstanding evidence
- Issued W912PM27BA002 solicitation and actual bid-opening date
- Port-specific quantities, sediment and disposal conditions
- Final work windows and fleet allocation requirements
- Awarded contractor, notice to proceed and mobilisation
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Sources used 3
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W912PM27BA002: three-port maintenance-dredging presolicitation
USACE Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center / SAM.gov, 5 October 2026, 14:52 EDT
Planned 2027 windows, hopper capabilities, placement routes and anticipated solicitation release; bid opening will be defined in the issued solicitation.
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W912PM27BA002: notice of intent to consolidate
USACE Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center / SAM.gov, 5 October 2026, 14:21 EDT
Three previously contracted workfronts are intended for consolidated unrestricted procurement. This notice has its own 12 October response metadata, not the future dredging bid deadline.
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Calcasieu River and Pass operations and maintenance project
USACE New Orleans District, Undated project page; reviewed 8 October 2026
Describes recurring bar-channel maintenance and inland reaches. Its MLG authorisation dimensions are not equated with the new MLLW plant requirements; no depth conversion used.