The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District awarded a $2.3 million firm fixed price definitive contract to JMB Partnership LLC for the purchase of 12.1 average annual habitat units of Fresh/Intermediate Marsh mitigation bank credits. The credits will compensate for unavoidable wetland habitat loss from the Corps' East Bank Breaches, Plaquemines Parish Non-Federal Levees Flood Protection Project. The period of performance is September 26 to October 6, 2023. The solicitation sought proposals for the purchase of Fresh/Intermediate Marsh credits within the Deltaic Plain of Louisiana from an approved mitigation bank, to meet requirements of the bank's approved Mitigation Banking Instrument and use the Version 1.2 Fresh/Intermediate Marsh Wetland Value Assessment model. This total small business set-aside contract supports the Corps' mission to provide flood risk management through projects like levee improvements.
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