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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MAY 15, 2016 FBO #5287
SOLICITATION NOTICE

99 -- MITIGATION BANKING CREDITS, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Mississippi River Levees, Algiers Forebay Stability Berm, Bottomland Hardwood Habitats, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

Notice Date

5/13/2016
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

523910 — Miscellaneous Intermediation
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, New Orleans, Attn: CEMVN-CT, PO Box 60267, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70160-0267, United States
 

ZIP Code

70160-0267
 

Solicitation Number

W912P8-16-R-0029
 

Point of Contact

Edith M Brandon, Phone: 5048621047
 

E-Mail Address

edith.m.brandon@usace.army.mil
(edith.m.brandon@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 Mitigation Bank Credits located within either the Eastern Louisiana Coastal Watershed (Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 08090203) or the East Central Louisiana Coastal Watershed (HUC 08090301) as specified below, to compensate for unavoidable habitat losses caused by the construction of the Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T), Mississippi River Levees (MRL), Algiers Forebay Stability Berm project. As part of the Environmental Assessment # 523, "Mississippi River and Tributaries, Mississippi River Levees, Algiers Forebay Stability Berm, Orleans Parish, Louisiana,", CEMVN will purchase BLH-Wet mitigation bank credits in the above mentioned basins to mitigate BLH-Wet/Dry habitat impacts caused by the construction of MR&T, MRL, Algiers Forebay Stability berm. 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 and for each habitat type. 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 the MR&T, MRL, Algiers Forebay Stability berm mitigation requirements. For the bid to be considered responsive and for the contractor to be considered responsible, the mitigation bank shall: • be approved by USACE 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; and • have available Bottomland Hardwood mitigation credits within HUCs 08090203, 08090301; and • provide the habitat type that matches the habitat type being mitigated (bottomland hardwood forest); and • have a duly-recorded perpetual conservation servitude/easement. If the Offeror fails to meet all the criteria above, the Offeror will be deemed technically unacceptable and its offer will not be considered for award. Habitat assessment models used for Civil Works projects are required to be certified by Headquarters, USACE Model Certification Panel and comply with the certification criteria presented in Engineer Circular EC 1105-2-412. Version 1.0 of the Wetland Value Assessment, Bottomland Hardwood Community Model has been certified. The current revision is designated Version 1.3. To facilitate the solicitation process, USACE New Orleans District, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has applied Version 1.3 of the WVA Bottomland Hardwood Model to the approved banks in HUCs 08090203 and 0809030 that possess available Bottomland Hardwood credits/acres. Credit availability is based on information provided through the USACE Regulatory In-Lieu Fee Bank Information Tracking System (RIBITS). The mitigation potential for each bank based on using this version of the WVA is presented in the tables below. Any bank submitting offers to satisfy the aforementioned mitigation requirements must use the following potential for their bank to generate their offer. An Offeror may request the supporting documentation and assumptions used to calculate the AAHUs per credit/acre number only for its own bank. Table 1: Mitigation Banks within HUC 08090203 Bottomland Hardwood Credits Available 4/12/2016 Mitigation Bank Name Mitigation Potential (AAHU/Acre) Credits Required 0 Chef Menteur Pass N/A N/A Table 2: Mitigation Banks within HUC 08090301 Bottomland Hardwood Credits Available 4/12/2016 Mitigation Bank Name Mitigation Potential (AAHU/Acre) Credits Required 0 ALCI N/A N/A 16.7 Enterprise Woodlands Mitigation Bank - Coastal.63 0.5 0 Lafourche Crossing N/A N/A 200.5 Laurel Valley Coastal MB.63 0.5 0 Lower Vacherie N/A N/A 0 Paradis N/A N/A 0 Riverside Coastal - Phase II N/A N/A 0 Welcome N/A N/A Special Conditions 1) An Offeror may submit a proposal to sell fewer credits than the total amount of mitigation credits/acres sought (0.35 AAHUs). 2) In order for the USACE to acquire the credit/acres needed to satisfy its Algiers Forebay Stability Berm project mitigation obligations, the USACE may award one or more contracts to purchase the required amount of mitigation credits sought, resulting in the lowest cost combination that fulfills the mitigation requirements and is the best value as determined by the USACE. A separate contract shall be executed for each Offeror. Award will be based on lowest price technically acceptable offers. NAICS: 523910. Total value is estimated to cost between $30,000.00 and $40,000.00. Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued on or about 20 May 2016, 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 Edith Brandon, 504-862-1047; or by e-mail at edith.m.brandon@usace.army.mil AND Michelle Lappen, 504-862-1612; or by email at michelle.y.lappen@usace.army.mil
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA29/W912P8-16-R-0029/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: USACE District, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70160-0267, United States

Zip Code: 70160-0267
 

Record

SN04116313-W 20160515/160513234159-9aaa05cb7fbeec396e066a06de2b752b (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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