Westbank and Vicinity, New Orleans Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project, Eastern Tie-In, WBV-09a East of Algiers Canal, Hero to Oakville, Phase II, First Lift Levee Enlargement and Pumping Station, Plaquemines Parish, LA.

Westbank and Vicinity, New Orleans Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project: WBV-09a Hero Canal to Oakville Levee and Pump Station.

The Government seeks to solicit and award a single firm fixed price contract for the Westbank and Vicinity, New Orleans Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project: WBV-09a Hero Canal to Oakville Levee and Pump Station. This is a part of the Westbank and Vicinity, New Orleans, LA Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System Project. The project is located in Plaquemines Parish, LA between the confluence of the Hero Canal and GIWW in the west and the Mississippi River Levee near Oakville in the east. The Hero to Oakville Levee will tie in to the Hero Canal to Oakville Structures project (WBV-090b), just south of the Hero Canal and consist of three levee reaches. The first levee reach extends from just south of the Hero Canal and ends at the west end of the former FEMA trailer park, where it ties into project floodwall adjacent to 150-cubic feet per second (cfs) pump station. The second reach continues from the floodwalls and extends from the west end of the former FEMA trailer park to west end of the floodwalls of Highway 23 crossing (WBV-09c). The third levee reach continues from the east side of Highway 23 crossing project and ties into the Mississippi River Levee. The work consists of but not limited to clearing and grubbing in a cypress swamp along the levee alignment, placing a sand working platform, geotextile reinforcement placement, soil-bentonite slurry wall, placing silt fencing, demolition of the existing utilities, construct compacted fill earthen levee, fertilizing, seeding and mulching, placing crushed stone surfacing, excavation, construction of pump station, discharge piping and structure, prefabricated concrete building housing a backup diesel generator, pump controls and lighting, installation of automatic trash rakes, hoist and trolley system, a box culvert gravity drain, sluice gate structure, reinforced concrete T-wall, driving steel piles and steel sheet piles, deep soil mixing, fencing, rip rap, grouted rip rap, concrete paving, placement of asphaltic roadway pavement, and other incidental work. The estimated value of this work is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00. NAICS Code: 237990. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. Proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated in accordance with procedures outlined in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15 for Best Value. Selection will be based on the following criteria, with technical factors being more important than price. Factors 1-5 are listed in descending order of importance (1) Technical Approach (2) Past Performance (3) Proposed Construction Duration (4) Small Business Participation Plan (5) Proposal Risk. These evaluation factors are subject to change. Any changes to evaluation factors will be shown in the solicitation. The solicitation will include a detailed list of evaluation factors, including any subfactors or elements, and will provide instructions for proposal requirements and the basis for award. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about January 22nd, 2010 on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov/
in order to receive notification(s) and/or change(s) to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps web site. Prospective contractors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the FedBizOpps website under IVL. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. You will need the adobe acrobat reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. If you are not registered with CCR, you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register on line at http://www.ccr.gov. To register with ORCA, you may go online at http://www.bpn.gov/orca/. NOTE: Information contained in this synopsis is subject to change. Any changes made will be contained in the Request for Proposal (RFP) or by an amendment.