Army Corps: Market Research and Sources Sought Notice (USA)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, anticipates several future procurements in fiscal year 2013 for the rental and/or unit price of dredging equipment to perform maintenance dredging of inland river systems as well as coastal harbors, rivers, bays and bar channels.

These future requirements for rental and/or unit price dredging equipment will be for different size categories of dredges and for different types of dredges as described below.

One requirement will be for hydraulic, cutterhead dredges with a minimum pump discharge diameter of 20 through 24 inches measured as the inside diameter of the discharge side of the main dredge pump and a minimum horsepower applied to the main pump of 2100/2400 respectively.

A second requirement will be for hydraulic, cutterhead dredges with a minimum pump discharge diameter of 27 through 30 inches measured as the inside diameter of the discharge side of the main dredge pump and a minimum horsepower applied to the main pump of 3750/5000 respectively.

A third requirement will be for trailing suction hopper dredges with a minimum hopper capacity of 3600 cubic yards. All of the above requirements must be complete with crew, management staff and support equipment including pipelines, booster pumps, tugs, various other floating plants as would normally be expected to support a large dredging operation.

The solicitations will be Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts with task orders issued for various dredging locations with the maximum contract value not to exceed $50 million.

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Press Release, December 20, 2012