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NOTE: This notice updates the resulting Solicitation number from W912P823B0038 to W912P823B0022.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District has the following requirement:

NOTE: THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE, NOT A SOLICITATION. SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE, NO QUESTIONS OF A TECHNICAL OR CONTRACTUAL NATURE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ANSWERED UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

The resulting solicitation, W912P823B0022, will be issued as Invitation for Bid (IFB) and resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) contract. The solicitation will be issued on or about 2nd Qtr, FY 2023. Actual issue date and anticipated bid opening will be shown when the solicitation is issued.

The work consists of construction in a harsh environmental with installation of 4 miles of clay dune core, 3 miles of repairs to existing geotube core, and beach nourishment along the Grand Isle coastline; work includes dredging approximately 1,000,000 CY of sand for beach nourishment, placement of 120,000 CY of clay core, and 13,000 LF of repairs to existing sand filled geotube; and other incidental work. (The estimated time of completion is 400 calendar days after receipt of notice to proceed. The solicitation will include 76 drawings and specifications). The majority of dredging activities associated with the construction would be water based and via dredge. The majority of dune core repairs will be land based.

The estimated construction magnitude is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

The Government anticipates this solicitation will be unrestricted. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. Any responsible source meeting the required standards may submit a bid to be considered by the New Orleans District.

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 contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any amendments.

The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on SAM (www.sam.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 SAM (www.sam.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 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 System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. The Contract Specialists for this solicitation are Calvin Fogle, Contract Specialist at Calvin.D.Fogle@usace.army.mil and/or Margaret C. Maine, Contracting Officer at Margaret.C.Maine@usace.army.mil.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP). This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply, service or construction activity.