Maintaining deep-draft commercial channels, ensuring safe navigation along Gulf Coast waterways, and supporting vital maritime trade corridors, Mike Hooks LLC has been awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The multi-year civil works navigation award finances cutterhead pipeline dredging services and attendant plant operations across federal navigation channels.

Contract Details: At A Glance

District Context & Mission Impact

This major navigation maintenance contract is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District. The Mobile District oversees vast coastal and inland navigation networks across Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia, including key deep-water ports and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Heavy seasonal shoaling, storm sedimentation, and natural river outflow continually deposit silt and sand within critical shipping channels. Establishing a $49 million IDIQ capacity enables USACE to rapidly issue task orders for hydraulic cutterhead pipeline dredging, maintaining authorized channel depths, preventing vessel groundings, and preserving commercial shipping and energy supply chains through late 2027.

Contractor Spotlight & Industry Context

Headquartered in Westlake, Louisiana, Mike Hooks LLC is a premier family-owned marine dredging contractor specializing in hydraulic cutterhead pipeline dredging, coastal restoration, wetland creation, and harbor maintenance throughout the Gulf Coast. Bids were solicited via the internet with three competitive proposals received. Operating heavy cutterhead pipeline dredges requires high-horsepower cutter equipment, miles of floating and submerged discharge pipeline, booster pump stations, and specialized attendant plant vessels (such as tugs, tender boats, and derrick barges). Partnering experienced Gulf Coast dredging operators with USACE navigation managers ensures efficient sediment removal and beneficial reuse placement along coastal ecosystems.