Definitive Contract W912P825C0010

Delta Land Services LLC, a small business environmental restoration company, was awarded a $4.65 million firm fixed-price contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District on June 2, 2025 to provide bottomland hardwood mitigation bank credits. The contract, which carries a total small business set-aside designation, requires Delta Land Services to deliver 35 average annual habitat units of approved bottomland hardwood credits located within the Lake Pontchartrain Basin and Louisiana Coastal Zone to offset habitat losses from the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Project construction. The credits must comply with Louisiana Department of Natural Resources approval standards and be assessed using Version 1.2 of the Wetland Value Assessment Bottomland Hardwood Community Model, with performance occurring at mitigation bank sites in Louisiana.

This award reflects the Corps of Engineers' ongoing coastal restoration and environmental mitigation efforts in Louisiana, where the agency manages numerous civil works projects affecting wetland ecosystems. Delta Land Services' selection through a lowest-price, technically acceptable evaluation process aligns with the Corps' strategy of leveraging mitigation banking to compensate for unavoidable environmental impacts. The contractor, which specializes in wetlands mitigation services and has received over $45 million in federal contracts from the Corps since 2010, is well-positioned to fulfill these requirements through its established mitigation bank network and proven expertise in bottomland hardwood habitat restoration across Louisiana watersheds.