Elderberry Shrub Habitat Mitigation Bank Credit Purchase

This solicitation from the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento seeks to procure 169.16 acres of elderberry shrub habitat credits from an approved conservation bank along the Sacramento River. The credits are required to mitigate construction impacts from a new 1,520-foot fixed-crest passive weir structure, bridge, fish passage structure, levee embankment, and road realignment project in compliance with a March 2021 USFWS biological opinion. Interested parties must be able to deliver the required credits by the September 3rd deadline. Evaluation will ensure credits are from an approved bank and sufficient to fulfill the quantity mandated in the opinion.

There are no set-asides designated for this requirement. The work consists primarily of the delivery of environmental credits specified in the attached pricing sheet. The place of performance will be in West Sacramento, CA. The total required credits equate to a value of approximately $28,650 based on the per unit price listed. This purchase is being conducted as a standard commercial items contract to obtain the 169.16 acres of elderberry shrub habitat mitigation necessary for impacts from the infrastructure project construction.