SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Grand Isle Mitigation Credits - Solicitation W912P818R0060
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2018
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- 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
- W912P818R0060
- Point of Contact
- Lauren A. Gandolfi, Phone: 5048622340
- E-Mail Address
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lauren.a.gandolfi@usace.army.mil
(lauren.a.gandolfi@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation Grand Isle Mitigation W912P818R0060 99-Miscellaneous MITIGATION BANK AND/OR STATE OF LOUISIANA IN-LIEU FEE CREDITS, Grand Isle and Vicinity Beach Erosion and Hurricane Protection Project Brackish and/or Saline Marsh, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District This will be an UNRESTRICTED procurement. All qualified business concerns may submit proposals. The New Orleans District, US Army Corps of Engineers (CEMVN) seeks to purchase Brackish and/or Saline Marsh mitigation bank and/or State of Louisiana In-Lieu Fee (ILF) credits located in the Deltaic Plain Service Area, as specified below, to compensate for unavoidable habitat losses incurred during the construction of the Grand Isle and Vicinity Beach Erosion and Hurricane Protection Project (Supplemental Environmental Decision Document #56, March 2009) within the Louisiana Coastal Zone (CZ). In order to mitigate Saline Marsh habitat impacts incurred during work associated with the construction of the Grand Isle and Vicinity Beach Erosion and Hurricane Protection Project CEMVN would purchase Brackish and/or Saline Marsh mitigation bank and/or ILF credits able to mitigate CZ impacts (LDNR approved) in the Deltaic Plain Service Area. There are currently no mitigation banks in the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC # 08090301) watershed that offer mitigation credits for Brackish and/or Saline marsh. This purchase, as proposed herein, was found to be consistent with the Louisiana Coastal Resources Program in accordance with Section 307 (c) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. The bank(s) and/or ILF project from which credits will be purchased will be selected through a competitive solicitation/award process. Any mitigation bank or ILF project meeting the eligibility requirements and having the appropriate resource type of credits may submit a proposal to sell credits. CEMVN may enter into one or more contracts to purchase the amount of credits necessary to meet 100% of CEMVN's need at the time of purchase; however CEMVN is not obligated to purchase a lesser quantity of credits than it requires. A separate contract shall be executed for each bank and/or ILF purchase. Award will be made based on low price. A mitigation bank and/or ILF project must meet all of the following qualifications to be eligible to sell credits to satisfy the Grand Isle Project's mitigation requirements. For the proposal to be considered responsive and for the offeror to be considered responsible, the mitigation bank and/or ILF project shall: • be approved by CEMVN and in full compliance with its Mitigation Banking Instrument or ILF Instrument, as applicable, its other legal instruments (such as its conservation servitude and its financial assurances), and the standards set forth in 33 CFR Part 332; and • be physically located within the Deltaic Plain Service Area which includes Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 08090301; and • provide the habitat type that matches the habitat type being mitigated; and • have mitigation credits assessed using a certified version of the Wetland Value Assessment (WVA) Community Model available to compensate for the impacts to the particular habitat to be mitigated; and • have a duly-recorded perpetual conservation servitude/easement. 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 EC 1105-2-412. Version 1.0 of the WVA BLH Community Model has been certified and was used to assess construction impacts. Accordingly, this model was used to assess compensatory mitigation credit values. To facilitate the purchase process, CEMVN, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has run version 1.0 of the WVA on the approved banks with available Brackish/Saline Marsh (LDNR) credits, and on the ILF Program, based on information provided by their respective sponsors during the instrument approval process. The Value Model results will be included in the solicitation package. NAICS: 523910. 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 Lauren Gandolfi, 504-862-2340; or by e-mail at lauren.a.gandolfi@usace.army.mil.
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