W912P826SS0005 Morganza to the Gulf Upper Reach F.pdf

W912P826SS0005

THIS NOTICE IS FOR SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY.

This announcement is seeking information from industry, which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this sources sought, and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT

SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. After review of the responses to this notice, and if the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition, a separate announcement will be published on the System for Acquisition Management

(SAM) website (SAM.gov).

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, (Government) is issuing a

Sources Sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and experience with construction of earthen levees in an environmentally sensitive marsh habitat in Southern Louisiana for the upcoming construction of the Upper Reach F Stage 1 Levee Lift Project for the Morganza to the

Gulf, Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (Project). The purpose of this Sources Sought synopsis is to gauge interest, capabilities, and qualifications of the construction community as the Government must ensure there is adequate interest, capability, and competition amongst the potential pool of responsible contractors. The

Government will use responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to make appropriate acquisition decisions for this procurement. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. There is no bid package or solicitation at this time. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the technical point of contact will not be given.

Morganza to the Gulf, Upper Reach F Stage 1 Levee Lift construction is anticipated to be almost 3 miles of earthen levee in a marsh environment. The Project is located southwest of Dulac, starting approximately 13 miles south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and running parallel to the Houma Navigation Canal. General work consists of clearing and grubbing, degradation of existing levee, embankment placement up to elevation 15.5’, placement of geotextile, access roads, surfacing, turf establishment, and other related incidental work. Experience working in unique local marsh/ open water conditions is imperative to success.

The Government intends to provide a borrow site within 20-25 miles of the project area.

The plans and specifications may allow for the contractor to provide an alternate borrow source through the “Provision for Right of Way for Convenience” (see appendix A for further details). One cost saving measure could utilize “right of way for convenience.”

The questions herein this Sources Sought Synopsis will help the project delivery team to analyze the feasibility of this provision.

The Estimated Magnitude of construction is Between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 237990.

All interested firms’ response to this Sources Sought Synopsis shall be limited to five (5) pages and shall include the following information:

1) The Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, website, and email address.

2) The Firm’s interest in bidding as a Prime, Joint Venture, or Partner.

3) The Firm’s bonding capacity.

4) The Firm’s small business social economic categories certification, if applicable:

Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Women Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zones, etc

5) The Firm’s ability to meet the project labor agreement (PLA) requirements for projects over $35M.

i) Would the inclusion of PLA requirements prevent your firm from bidding on the project?

ii) What percentage of your total price for this project do you estimate will be attributable to labor?

iii) What impact do you estimate the inclusion of a PLA requirement would have on the cost of labor for this project? Please provide an estimated percentage increase or decrease.

6) The Firm's capability to perform such heavy construction methodology. The Firms shall provide examples which include, at a minimum, the following information:

i) Experience in construction of earthen levee projects.

ii) Experience with projects in a marsh habitat, open water, and around environmentally sensitive areas.

iii) Contract type, firm fixed price or cost reimbursable.

iv) Customer name

v) Timeliness of performance

vi) Customer satisfaction

vii) Project awarded cost and final completed construction cost.

7) This contract will include a provision allowing for Right of Way (ROW) for

Convenience where a contractor, at their discretion, may locate and propose their own borrow source. If the Government were to grant additional time for ROW for

Convenience, what cost saving measures would you propose? See ROW for

Convenience requirements in Appendix A.

Please send your responses no later than 11:00 a.m. March 13, 2026, via email to taylor.h.brandon@usace.army.mil.

Appendix A

Provision for Right of Way for Convenience

If the Contractor proposes a deviation from the Government furnished rights of-way for his convenience, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer or its representative in writing. Contractor shall not provide any permanent rights of-way for the project. The Contractor is cautioned that any deviation to the Government furnished rights-of-way is subject to all applicable Federal and state environmental laws and regulations. Compliance with these environmental laws and regulations may require additional National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, cultural resources surveys, coordination with the Louisiana State Historical Preservation Officer, water quality certification, modification of the Federal consistency determination, etc. The Government is ultimately responsible for environmental compliance; therefore, the Government will determine the additional environmental coordination and documentation necessary for a proposed deviation to the Government furnished rights-of-way.

For any environmental investigations the Government is to perform on areas outside of Government furnished rights-of-way, the Contractor shall provide sufficient rights of entry to the Government. The Contracting Officer will advise the Contractor of the additional environmental coordination and documentation that must be completed. The Government shall be responsible for any additional environmental compliance; however, the Contractor may conduct specific tasks identified by the Government. The Government will offer advice and assistance to the Contractor in conducting these tasks. Depending on the environmental impact of the proposed deviation, obtaining the coordination and documentation may not be approved or could take as much as 180 days for approval by the Government. The Government must review, approve and ensure distribution of all environmental compliance documentation and ensure all comments on the same have been resolved before any utilization of any areas outside of the Government furnished rights-of-way. The Contractor shall reimburse the Government for actual expenses incurred for assistance in completing or attempting to complete additional environmental coordination and documentation, which expenses will not exceed two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars. There is no guarantee that environmental compliance will be obtained; therefore, the Contractor shall assume all risks and liabilities associated with pursuing a deviation. Any delays resulting from the deviation and/or the environmental coordination and documentation shall not be made the basis of any Contractor claim for increase in the contract cost and/or increase in contract time. Deviations will be at Contractor’s sole risk and liability, including, but not limited to, such liabilities associated with items such as hazardous substances regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et. seq.), and at no cost to the Government. Government assistance in obtaining additional environmental clearances does not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for complying with other Federal, state or local licenses and permits.