Project record

Gulf three-port hopper maintenance procurement for 2027

Participation: Not assessed
Project facts checked: 8 October 2026

Consolidated unrestricted procurement planned; formal solicitation expected around 23 October 2026, no award announced

Project sources

The Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center intends to combine Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Pascagoula Harbor and Panama City entrance-channel maintenance in one procurement. The two October notices define consolidation and preliminary plant, placement and time-window requirements, rather than a completed award.

USACE Gulf hopper workfront matrix identifying Calcasieu, Pascagoula and Panama City plant capability depths and placement requirements

Location

United States / Americas

Segment

Dredging

Phase

Planning / Confirmed

Last checked

8 October 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Dredging is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

Subject index

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority: USACE Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center
Delivery parties: Works contractor is not identified in the cited presolicitation
Contract route: W912PM27BA002: notice of intent to consolidate followed by an unrestricted firm-fixed-price presolicitation. A formal electronic solicitation is anticipated around 23 October 2026, with bid opening to be stated when issued.
Execution window: Planned 2027 periods: Calcasieu 15 January to an unspecified end date; Pascagoula 1 April-30 September; Panama City 1 August-30 September. These are preliminary work windows, not observed vessel dates or acceptance dates.

Works package: Three maintenance-dredging workfronts using hopper plant. Calcasieu requires self-propelled trailing-suction capability to -45ft MLLW; Pascagoula hopper capability to -46ft MLLW; Panama City medium-to-small hopper capability to -40ft MLLW. Final quantities are not supplied in the notices.
Marine interfaces: Calcasieu and Pascagoula material goes to ocean disposal sites. Pascagoula typically involves a three-to-five-mile transport leg; Panama City places material in the channel adjacent to the entrance jetty with an approximately one-mile leg. Dredging capabilities are not accepted navigable depths or vessel draft permissions. Mobile's March 2026 notice instead planned a cutterhead-pipeline campaign and channel-adjacent disposal at Pascagoula, illustrating why previous port activity cannot substitute for this hopper package's ocean-placement requirements.
Commercial evidence boundary: The combined procurement creates one intended acquisition across three different plant and disposal requirements. Contract value, offered rates, final quantities and an appointed contractor are undisclosed. Overlapping summer periods do not alone specify concurrent vessel operations.

Contract and delivery chain

Work packages and named roles

Published scope, named parties and supporting evidence for each workstream.

Acquisition structure

W912PM27BA002

Named party: USACE EDDC
Evidence status: Confirmed
Source position: The special notice states an intent to consolidate the three maintenance contracts in an unrestricted competition. Source

Workfront requirements

Calcasieu / Pascagoula / Panama City

Named party: USACE EDDC
Evidence status: Confirmed
Source position: The presolicitation provides preliminary 2027 windows, hopper capability depths and material-placement routes; final quantities are not stated. Source

Evidence gap

What remains unverified

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

Reporting status

Project phase: Planning
Evidence confidence: Confirmed
Last checked: 8 October 2026
Cited sources: 4

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Source collections

Project sources 4

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.
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.
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.
Pascagoula navigation notice 213496 / 26-30 USACE Mobile District, 31 March 2026
An earlier planned cutterhead-pipeline campaign in Upper Sound, Bayou Casotte and Lower Sound with channel-adjacent placement; not a 2027 hopper award or completed-operation report.