A13 - 22B0061 Pre-Solicitation Notice.pdf

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W912P822B0061 Bayou Teche, East and West Calumet Floodgates, Approach Channels, Maintenance Dredging, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

The project requires dredging the Bayou Teche, East and West Calumet Floodgates, Approach Channels, Maintenance Dredging, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

The work consists of the removal of shoal material from within the Wax Lake Outlet approach channels to the East and West Calumet Floodgates, and satisfactory disposal of dredged material into the Wax Lake Outlet channel below the -35’ contour. (The estimated time of completion is 60 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. The solicitation will include 5 drawings and specifications).

All work is to be done in areas subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, are below the mean high tide and are presently used and have been used in the past for the transport of interstate and foreign commerce. These areas are part of the Navigable Waters of the United States (33 CFR 329) Accordingly, work will be performed within areas where the Federal Government can assert its superior rights of the NW-US under the Commerce Clause of the U.S.

Constitution. Access for to the disposal sites shall be restricted to the Bayou Teche waters. No dike work will be necessary for this project. The estimated value of this work is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

The solicitation will be issued on or about September 15, 2022. Further details to follow in solicitation. This is a 100% Small Business set-aside. NAICS Code: 237990. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on SAM (www.sam.gov).

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Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration’s Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov.

The points of contact for this solicitation are:

Stephanie Mbelu at 504-862-1047 (email stephanie.n.mbelu@usace.army.mil) and/or Shermeka Showers at 504-862-2239 (e-mail shermeka.l.showers@usace.army.mil).