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

NOTE: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS, 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 SYNOPSIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

This solicitation, W912P823B0049, will be issued as Invitation for Bid (IFB) and resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) contract. This The solicitation will be issued on or about 3rd quarter 2023 (30 June 2023). Actual issue date and anticipated bid opening will be shown when the solicitation is issued. This requirement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

The work consists of clearing grubbing; floodwall and stop log construction, placement of steel sheet piling, H-piling, Pipe piles geotextile, geogrid, grouted riprap, prestressed concrete piles; installation of metal ladders, stairs, cat walk, railings; installation of vertical wick drains; stone and bedding construction; slide gates and hoist, precast concrete bridge, steel vehicular swing type flood gate, excavation and embankment placement; miscellaneous metal work, painting, turf establishment; chain link fencing, surfacing, structural excavation and backfill, electrical work, and other related incidental work. This work is located in the vicinity of Laplace, LA. of St. John the Baptist Parish.

The estimated value of this work is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

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 Beta 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 Administration’s 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 Bianca Gaddison at 504-862-2163 (email Bianca.M.JamesGaddison@usace.army.mil) and/or Margaret Maine at 504-862-2211 (e-mail Margaret.C.Maine@usace.army.mil).