BA-27c Barataria Landbridge CU#7 and #8

The USDA-Natrual Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) located in Alexandria, LA is issuing this pre-solicitation notice in advance of the solicitation to be issued under the Sealed Bid procedures in FAR Part 14 for the BA-27c Barataria Basin Landbridge Project CU#7 and #8 located in LaFourche Parish, Louisiana. 

This project is a Total Small Business Set Aside under NAICS Code 237990, with a size standard of $36.5M.  All bidders are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award. 

The purpose of this project is to significantly reduce the wave energy impacting the shorelines of Little Lake and Bayou Perot and to protect the adjacent marsh areas from further degradation. 

This project is authorized by the Coastal Wetlands, Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) which funds construction of coastal wetland restoration projects in Louisiana. 

This project shall consist of the construction of an estimated 28,722 cy of encapsulated lightweight aggregate, 123,000 sy of geotextile and 124,000 tons of rock riprap.  Other activities associated with this construction shall include contractor quality control, construction surveys, excavation for flotation access, warning signs and markers and settlement plates.  The magnitude of this project is over $10,000,000.  All work shall be completed within 520 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. 

The full solicitation package including the construction specification and drawings will be posted on or about January 27, 2015.  The date/time for the site showing will also be posted at that time.