Furnish and Deploy Cultch Material in the Western Mississippi Sound

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is seeking bids for the furnishing and deploying of approved cultch material in the Western Mississippi Sound. The project involves planting cultch in specified areas to establish a new oyster reef. The contractor will be responsible for furnishing and deploying cultch material by barge, and the price of the project will not exceed $1,000,000.00. The scope of work includes furnishing, delivery, and deployment of approved cultch material, and the contractor must have prior experience furnishing and deploying cultch material. • The contractor must furnish all information requested in the bid specifications. • The contractor must submit for bid evaluation cuts, sketches, descriptive literature, and technical specifications covering the product offered. • The contractor must guarantee that all cultch is clean and no more than 5% of the cultch material may consist of fragments, pieces, fines, or shells smaller than ¾” to 1 ½” in diameter. • The contractor must have equipment and personnel capable of unloading 250 cubic yards of suitable cultch material within one hour upon arrival at the site. • The contractor must provide a functioning United States Coast Guard approved marine sanitation device (MSD) on either the pump barge or the tugboat.