SOL: Y -- MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BATON ROUGE TO GULF OF MEXICO, LOUISIANA, FY-01 CUTTERHEAD DREDGE RENTAL, SALTWATER BARRIER SILL, PLAQUEMINES PARISH, LOUISIANA (11/08/00)

COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 8, 2000 PSA #2723
SOLICITATIONS

Y -- MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BATON ROUGE TO GULF OF MEXICO, LOUISIANA, FY-01 CUTTERHEAD DREDGE RENTAL, SALTWATER BARRIER SILL, PLAQUEMINES PARISH, LOUISIANA

Contracting Office: US Army Corps of Engineers, Dist New Orleans, PO Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160

E-Mail Address: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via (Mary.C.Renaud@MVN02.usace.army.mil)

Description: The Contractor's plant will primarily be used in connection with the construction of a saltwater barrier sill located between Miles 65.0 and 63.0 above Head of Passes (AHP) on the Mississippi River in water deeper than -45 feet NGVD. The work will consist of satisfactorily placing hydraulically dredged material which shall be taken from a borrow area located on the river bottom. The contract drawings show the anticipated location and configuration of the sill and borrow area. Further details of the location and size of the sill and borrow area required will be given in the dredging assignments. A spill barge with submerged vertical pipe shall be used to discharge material below the water surface. The spill barge shall be of sufficient size to accommodate a length of vertical discharge pipe able to deliver material to elevations varying from -45 to -60 feet NGVD. Maximum height of the sill will be the point at which the settled dredged material at the disposal area reaches a maximum height of -45 feet NGVD. Approximate dimensions of the sill will be 1,500 feet wide by 1,700 feet long. UNRESTRICTED. NAICS Code: 234990

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