SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- MITIGATION BANKING CREDITS, HSDRRS WBV Bottomland Hardwood-Wet, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
- Notice Date
- 11/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 523910
— Miscellaneous Intermediation
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
- ZIP Code
- 70160-0267
- Solicitation Number
- W912P8-15-B-0005
- Response Due
- 12/17/2014
- Archive Date
- 1/23/2015
- Point of Contact
- Michelle Lappen, 504-862-1612
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE District, New Orleans
(michelle.y.lappen@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This will be an UNRESTRICTED procurement. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. The New Orleans District, US Army Corps of Engineers (CEMVN) has a requirement to purchase Bottomland Hardwood-Wet (BLH-Wet) Mitigation Bank Credits located in the Barataria Basin watershed as specified below, to compensate for unavoidable habitat losses caused by the construction of the West Bank and Vicinity (WBV) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS). As part of the plan, CEMVN will purchase BLH-Wet mitigation bank credits in the Barataria basin to mitigate BLH-Wet habitat impacts caused by the construction of the WBV HSDRRS. The bank(s) from which credits will be purchased will be selected through a competitive solicitation/award process; any mitigation bank meeting the eligibility requirements and having the appropriate resource type of credits may submit a bid to sell credits. CEMVN may enter into one or more Contracts to purchase the needed amount of mitigation credits for each habitat type. A separate contract shall be executed for each Bank. Award will be made based on low-price. A mitigation bank must meet all of the following qualifications to be eligible to sell credits to satisfy WBV HSDRRS mitigation requirements. For the bid to be considered responsive and for the contractor to be considered responsible, the mitigation bank shall: be approved by CEMVN and in full compliance with its Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI), its other legal instruments (such as its conservation servitude and its financial assurances) and the standards set forth in 33 CFR Part 332; be physically located within the Barataria Basin as defined by the following boundaries: in Louisiana, south and west of the Mississippi River, north of the Gulf of Mexico and east of Bayou Lafourche provide the habitat type that matches the habitat type being mitigated; have mitigation credits assessed using version 1.0 of the Wetland Value Assessment (WVA) Community Model available to fully compensate for the impacts to the particular habitat to be mitigated; and have a duly-recorded perpetual conservation servitude/easement. To facilitate the solicitation process, CEMVN, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has run version 1.0 of the WVA on the approved banks in the Barataria Basin with available BLH credits based on information provided by the bank sponsor during the bank approval process. The Value Model results will be included in the solicitation package. NAICS: 523910. Total value is estimated to cost between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued on or about 1 December 2014, with a bid due date established. Actual issue date will be shown when the solicitation is issued. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI). You can access these files from a link located on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). 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. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors shall be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Michelle Lappen, 504-862-1612; or by email at michelle.y.lappen@usace.army.mil
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA29/W912P8-15-B-0005/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, New Orleans ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans LA
- Zip Code: 70160-0267
- Zip Code: 70160-0267
- Record
- SN03581192-W 20141126/141124234932-504d3531bc30dd81b21c1a6b5c8cbe7c (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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