Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Terrebonne -NFL Mitigation Credits
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans seeks to purchase brackish marsh mitigation bank credits located in the Deltaic Plain region of Louisiana to compensate for unavoidable habitat losses from construction of the Terrebonne Non-Federal Levee project. Offerors must propose credits from an approved mitigation bank meeting requirements such as credit type, assessment model, and conservation easement. Proposals are due by September 10, 2020 and will be evaluated based on a lowest price, technically acceptable determination.
There is no set-aside designation for this requirement. Credits will be purchased from a single mitigation bank sponsor through a sole source procurement. Place of performance will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, and award will provide for purchase of the necessary credits to fully mitigate impacts from the levee construction project, though a minimum purchase quantity was not specified.
W912P820R0015 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans
8/27/20, 6:37 PM Terrebonne Non Federal Levee, Bottomland Hardwood, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District awarded a contract valued at $300,015 to JMB PARTNERSHIP LLC on September 26, 2023. The contract is for services related to bottomland hardwood and levee work to be performed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, specifically for the Terrebonne Non Federal Levee project. The awarded contract, numbered W912P823C0035, provides for bottomland hardwood and levee work as detailed in the description.
W912P823C0035 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans
9/26/23, 7:18 PM New Orleans to Venice Freshwater Marsh Coastal Zone, Mitigation Bank and/or State of Louisiana In-Lieu Fee Credits
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans awarded a contract to RESTORATION SYSTEMS LLC for $1,364,000 on May 18, 2021. The contract, numbered W912P821C0020, is to provide New Orleans to Venice Freshwater Marsh Coastal Zone, Mitigation Bank and/or State of Louisiana In-Lieu Fee Credits. No further details were provided on quantities, timelines, or scope of work to be performed under the awarded contract.
W912P821R0022 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans
5/18/21, 2:52 PM Mitigation Bank Credits, New Orleans to Venice BLH-CZ
Added: Apr 25, 2018 10:51 am
W912P8-18-R-003099-MiscellaneousMITIGATION BANK CREDITS, New Orleans to Venice Bottomland Hardwood, Coastal Zone, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans DistrictThis will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside procurement.The New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CEMVN) has a requirement to purchase Bottomland Hardwood (BLH) mitigation bank credits located in the Barataria Basin watershed as specified below, to compensate for unavoidable habitat losses caused by the construction of the New Orleans to Venice (NOV), Louisiana Project within the Louisiana Coastal Zone (CZ). As part of the plan, CEMVN will purchase BLH mitigation bank credits in the Barataria Basin to mitigate impacts to CZ BLH habitat caused by the construction of the NOV project. The mitigation bank(s) from which credits will be purchased will be selected through a competitive solicitation/award process; any mitigation bank meeting the eligibility requirements and having the appropriate resource type of credits may submit a proposal to sell credits. CEMVN may enter into one or more contracts to purchase the needed amount of mitigation credits. A separate contract shall be executed for each mitigation bank. Award will be made based on low-price to the bank(s) who meet the requirements of the solicitation and who submit all of the documents required in the solicitation.A mitigation bank must meet all of the following qualifications to be eligible to sell credits to satisfy the NOV project mitigation requirements. For the proposal to be considered responsive and for the mitigation bank to be considered responsible, the mitigation bank shall: • be approved by CEMVN and in full compliance with its Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI), its other legal instruments (such as its conservation servitude and its financial assurances) and the standards set forth in 33 CFR Part 332; • be physically located within the Barataria Basin which consists of Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 08090301;• provide the habitat type that matches the habitat type being mitigated;• have mitigation credits assessed using version 1.0 of the Wetland Value Assessment (WVA) Community Model available to compensate for the impacts to the particular habitat to be mitigated; and• have a duly-recorded perpetual conservation servitude/easement.Models used for Civil Works projects are required to be certified by Headquarters USACE Model Certification Panel and comply with the certification criteria presented in EC 1105-2-412. Version 1.0 of the WVA BLH Community Model has been certified and was used to assess NOV construction impacts. Accordingly, this model will be used to assess NOV compensatory mitigation credit values.To facilitate the solicitation process, CEMVN, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has run version 1.0 of the WVA on the approved banks in the Barataria Basin with available CZ BLH credits based on information provided by the bank sponsor during the bank approval process. The Value Model results will be included in the solicitation package.NAICS: 523910. A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about May 2, 2018, with a proposal due date established in the solicitation. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website and can be accessed from a link located on this FedBizOpps site (www.fbo.gov). You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the CEMVN. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information.Offerors shall be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov. The POC for this solicitation is Lauren Gandolfi, 504-862-2340; or by e-mail at lauren.a.gandolfi@usace.army.mil.
W912P818R0030 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans
4/25/18, 10:51 AM Unnamed Project
Added: Sep 10, 2013 3:00 pm
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number W912P8-13-R-0013 is being issued as a request for proposals (RFP) with the intent to issue, one or more, Firm-Fixed Price Contracts. The solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-69. This procurement is being competed using Full and Open Competition on an Unrestricted Basis. The NAICS code for this procurement is 523910 - Miscellaneous Intermediation, with a size standard $7 Million. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with regulations at FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Subpart 13.5 - Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District is soliciting mitigation credits to be used to mitigate for unavoidable impacts from construction projects in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Credit sources are being sought for particular habitats located within Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 8090301. Habitat types being sought are for Fresh Marsh and Swamp. OFFERS MAY BE PROPOSED AS FOLLOWS: Line Item 0001, Credits necessary for the mitigation of (0.97) AAHUs of fresh marsh, Unit Price per Credit: $__________; Total Line Item Price: $__________. Line Item 0002, Credits necessary for the mitigation of (0.81) AAHUs of swamp habitat, Unit Price per Credit: $__________; Total Line Item Price: $__________. The government intends to make one or more awards. Award will be made for each individual habitat type for mitigation of the total Average Annual Habitat Units (AAHU) in that particular habitat. When proposing for a particular habitat type your proposal must included sufficient credits to mitigate for the all AAHUs listed for that habitat type. Offers for less than the required AAHUs within a habitat type will not be accepted. The Government intends to award without discussions while reserving the right to hold discussions if determined advantageous to the Government. Offerors are encouraged to provide their best proposed pricing in their initial offer. 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical Capability - All proposals submitted will be evaluated for Technical Acceptability & Price. The government will issue award to the offeror whose quote is the Lowest Price of those determined to meet at least the minimum requirements to be determined technically acceptable. To be determined technically acceptable the offeror must demonstrate that they are a USACE Approved Mitigation Bank, capable of providing the adequate number of mitigation credits of the specified habitat type that is also located in HUC 8090301. Submittals; A mitigation bank's ability to provide adequate AAHUs must be based on Wetland Value Assessment Swamp Community Model dated March 19, 2010 (attached) for swamp calculations, and Coastal Marsh Community Model dated March 19, 2010 (attached) for freshwater marsh calculations. Assumptions to be used include an intermediate sea level rise scenario and assuming baseline year 0 is one year prior to the commencement of construction activities at each mitigation bank (i.e. banks constructed in 2005 should use 2004 as baseline year 0). Annual Land loss rates for USACE Approved Mitigation Banks within HUC 8090301 to be used in Wetland Value Assessment Model calculations are listed below: Bayou Terrebonne Coastal - -0.00126 Lake Long Coastal - -0.00031 Lower Vacherie - 0.00000 Paradis - 0.00000 Offerors SHALL provide (1) a copy of their fully compliant Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI) AND (2) documentation of the WVA datasheets, calculations, and total available mitigation credits by habitat type, AAHU per mitigation credit by habitat type, AND (3) PRICE of mitigation credits by habitat type. SAM Registration: Pursuant to FAR Provision 52.204-7, prior to award offerors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), if you are not registered in (SAM), an award CANNOT be made to your company. You may register electronically at http://www.sam.gov. Before a complete evaluation of your proposal can be made offerors must provided quote mark Offeror Representations and Certifications quote mark for their company. The preferred method for providing Reps & Certs is to include this information in your SAM registration. Offerors who do not include their Reps & Certs in their SAM registration, must print complete and include FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - with their proposal package. The following FAR Clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities; FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management; FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items - and the following clauses cited within that clause: FAR 52.203-6 ALT I Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government; FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First Tier Sub Contract Awards; FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractor Debarred, Suspended or Proposed for Debarment; FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HubZone Small Business Concern; FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation; FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37 Employment reports on Veterans; FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act; FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving; FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008); FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - System for Award Management; FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award; FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference; The full text of these FAR clauses can be accessed electronically at website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm. The following DFARS Clauses are also applicable to this acquisition: DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirement Relating to compensation of former DoD officials; DFARS 252.204-7011 Alternative Line Item Structure; DFARS 252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership of Control by Government of a Terrorist Country; DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American Act Balance of Payments Program; DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program; DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports; DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments; DFARS 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment; DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea; DFARS 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea; The full text of these DFARS clauses can be accessed electronically at website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFDFARA.HTM. TECHNICAL INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS All technical inquiries and questions relating to W912P8-13-R-0013 are to be submitted via Bidder/Offeror Inquiry in ProjNet at http://www.projnet.org/projnet. To submit and review bid/offer inquiry items, offerors will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register go to web page, click BID tab select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, enter Key for this solicitation listed below, and your e-mail address, click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click, continue. From this page you may view all bidder inquiries or add inquiry. Bidders/Offerors will receive an acknowledgement of their question via email, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed by our technical team. The Solicitation Number is: W912P8-13-R-0013 The Bidder/Offeror Inquiry Key is: 3FA375-5IU83W Bidders/Offerors are encouraged to submit questions at least 3 days prior to the closing/response date of the solicitation in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. Bidders/Offerors are requested to review the specification in its entirety, review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry. The call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800-428-HELP. Notes to Offerors: Proposals are due Tuesday, 24 September 2013 not later than 2:00 p.m. to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: R. Ellis Screws, 4155 East Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435. Proposals may be submitted electronically via email, providing that they are complete and provide all required information to: Ellis.Screws@usace.army.mil . For information concerning this solicitation, contact R. Ellis Screws at (601) 631-7527; E-mail: Ellis.Screws@usace.army.mil. You are responsible for reading all information contained in this solicitation and all attachments if any posted with it. Offerors should check the FedBizOpps web site often for a new solicitation and/or modifications to this solicitation. Proposals are due Tuesday, 24 September 2013 not later than 2:00 p.m. at the District Headquarters Office located at 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their proposals arrive prior to the scheduled closing time. Proposals must be clearly identified for Solicitation No W912P8-13-R-0013 to the Attn. of R. Ellis Screws, Vicksburg District Contracting Office, CEMVK-CT-S.
W912P8-13-R-0013 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Vicksburg
9/10/13, 3:00 PM