Description
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is soliciting bids for a hopper dredge contract to remove and dispose of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The contract requires the furnishing of a fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction-type hopper dredge. The work may be required in other areas of the New Orleans District, as well as in areas of the Galveston and Mobile Districts. The contract duration varies depending on the bid lot, but the approximate number of contract days for each bid lot ranges from 49 to 1973 days.
Key aspects of the job include:
* Furnishing a fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction-type hopper dredge
* Removing and disposing of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel
* Performing work in accordance with the provisions of EM 385-1-1, "Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual"
* Providing a data management system to collect and transmit data to the USACE Data Quality Management (DQM) system
* Maintaining an archive of all data sent to the DQM computer during the dredging contract