Definitive Contract W912P823C0047

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District awarded a $29.7 million firm fixed price contract to Evco Development LLC on August 25, 2023, for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Project (WSLP-108) in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. This total small business set-aside contract requires the completion of T-wall and drainage structure construction work with a performance period extending through March 9, 2027. Evco Development, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Carencro, Louisiana, will execute the construction services at the performance location in Laplace, Louisiana. The project involves comprehensive hurricane and storm damage mitigation infrastructure work in support of the Corps' coastal protection mission in the Gulf Coast region.

The underlying solicitation, posted in April 2023, sought construction services encompassing clearing, grubbing, soil preloading, wick drain installation, sand fill placement, geotextile materials, compacted clay embankments, dewatering systems, drainage structures, sheet piling, pile installation, floodwalls, bridges, access roads, and associated site work. Evco Development has established significant experience with the Army Corps of Engineers, securing approximately $48.4 million in federal awards for similar large-scale infrastructure and environmental engineering projects throughout Louisiana and Texas, including dredge management and coastal infrastructure improvements that demonstrate the contractor's capacity to execute technically complex construction endeavors.