Question and Responses Posted 2/28/24

INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) RESTRICTED A-E CONTRACTS FOR SURVEYING, MAPPING, AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION (MVD), UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE)

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: No additional information shall be provided, and no solicitation will be issued. The resulting contracts are being procured in accordance with the Brooks Architect Engineer (A-E) Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. Interested firms shall respond by submitting a SF330, listing their qualifications in accordance with the instructions below. This is not the Request for Proposal. The North American Industrial Classification System Code is 541370, which has a size standard of $19,000,000 in average annual receipts. This Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) announcement is set-aside for 100% Small Business. Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) are anticipated, with a performance period of 5 years, with four negotiated rate escalations at each year after the initial first year. Each contract will not exceed $8,000,000 or five-year duration, whichever comes first. The minimum guarantee throughout the five-year contract is $5,000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm fixed price or level of effort task orders for Surveying, Mapping, and other related services. Responding firms must address each A-E Selection Criteria. If subcontracting, clearly indicate what part of scope the subcontractor will be performing. To be eligible for contract award, the firm must be registered in the Department of Defense System for Award Management (SAM). Register via the SAM Internet site at https://www.sam.gov. SF330 Due Date is 4 March 2024 at 1100 hours Central Standard Time. Questions cut-off date will be 19 February 2024 at 1100 hours Central Standard Time.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E Surveying and Mapping services are to be accomplished through Task Orders, which shall consist of the following tasks:

a. FIELD TASKS: Topographic, planimetric, cadastral and control surveys including Global Positioning Systems (GPS) vertical surveys, automated hydrographic surveys including, overbank surveys and control surveys in rivers, bays, lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, navigation channels, along levees and other areas within the boundaries of the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD). A-E firms shall provide sufficient surveying field personnel, vehicles, equipment, and technical supervisory and administrative personnel to ensure expeditious completion of all task order assignments.

b. OFFICE TASKS: Services shall include processing, analyzing, computing, and compiling the above types of surveys, creating digital elevation models, topographic maps, and other CAD/GIS products from collected data, researching titles, and preparing abstracts for servitudes, rights-of-way, etc., graphically depicting the survey data and certifying the resulting hard copy as a validity check. Use of industry standard survey data processing software, MicroStation CAD tools and ESRI GIS tools will be required for survey data deliverables. Data deliverables shall be required to comply with USACE Hydrographic, Topographic, and GPS Engineer Manuals and the USACE New Orleans District Minimum Survey Standards. The A-E shall be able to furnish all task order products and survey data via a secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) (or equivalent) server.

To be considered for selection, firms shall demonstrate experience in the services stated above, including hydrographic, topographic, and planimetric surveys  using a variety of methods, including but not limited to: total station and data collector, Gulfnet VRS, static and RTK GPS; have available at least one professional land surveyor registered in the state of Louisiana; have at least three 3-person conventional survey parties; one 2-person hydrographic survey party, and one 2-person Global Positioning System (GPS) survey party capable of performing various types of GPS surveys. The A-E shall demonstrate professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. The evaluation will consider the education, training, licensing, certification, and professional registration of the individuals making up the assembled team. The evaluation will consider overall relevant experience as well as longevity in the discipline and the firm.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria (a) thru (d) are primary. Criteria (e) is secondary and will be used only as tiebreakers among technically equal firms.

PRIMARY CRITERIA:

a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: Submittal must demonstrate the specialized experience and technical competence of the prime firm, joint venture partners, consultants, subcontractors and/or free-lance associates within the last five years in the types of services specifically indicated above in paragraph 2. "PROJECT INFORMATION", to include hydrographic surveying, conventional topographic surveying, and GPS Surveying, both static and RTK.

b. Professional Qualifications: The submittal must identify the qualifications of personnel in key disciplines, typically: (1) Professional Land Surveyors, with State of Louisiana licensing, (2) GIS Professionals (3) Cartographers, (4) Civil Engineers and (5) Survey, CAD, GIS, photogrammetric and/or engineering technicians. Demonstrate professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. The evaluation will consider the education, training, licensing, certification, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm.

c. Knowledge of Locality: Submittals must demonstrate familiarity with the New Orleans District's area of operation and have experience in confronting south Louisiana’s unique surveying challenges.

d. Capacity: Submittals must demonstrate the capability to perform at least two task orders simultaneously within prescribed schedules. A prime must be capable of performing more than 50% of the assigned task order work throughout the contract. The evaluation will consider the firm’s experience with similar size projects, to include experience of companies working together with identified sub-contractors and/or between any joint venture partners or consultants. The evaluation will also consider the firm’s availability of an adequate number of personnel in key disciplines to complete a mix of task order types within normal schedules. The evaluation will consider the key persons identified in Blocks D, E and G of the SF330, as well as other available staff identified in Block H and Part II.

e. Past Performance: Past performance of the A-E, joint venture partners, and key subcontractors on Department of Defense and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System and other sources.

SECONDARY CRITERIA:

f. Geographic Proximity: The location of the firm, or firms, and its survey crews' stationing, with primary responsibility for the contract with respect to time and distance to the New Orleans District headquarters.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms that have the capability to perform the services described in this announcement are invited to submit five printed copies and one electronic copy (CD) of Standard Form 330 for the proposed team, including the prime firm and all joint venture partners, subcontractors, consultants and free-lance associates, to the address below not later than 1100 hours Central Standard Time on the closing date of this announcement.

The six evaluation criteria listed above must be addressed in the appropriate sections of the SF330 for the prime contractor as well as all subcontractors and consultants, and any other pertinent information. Include the firm's EIN Number in Block 4 of the SF330. The evaluation factors listed above must be addressed in the appropriate sections of the SF330 for the prime contractor as well as all subcontractors and consultants, and any other pertinent information.

The SF330 Part I shall not exceed 100 pages (8.5 x 11-inch sheets), including no more than 50 pages for Section H. Each side of a sheet of paper is a page. Use font type no smaller than point size 11. Any pages greater than 100 pages in Part I will not be evaluated. Firms responding to this announcement after the closing date and time will NOT be considered. Required forms may be obtained on the Internet at:  http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/type/TOP.

Overnight or courier type of mail should be sent to the following address: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, Attn: Bianca M. James Gaddison, Room 172, 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030. Refer to Announcement No. W912P824R0016.

See attached Sources Sought.

NOTE: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS, NOT A SOLICITATION. PLANS AND 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

The work consists of satisfactory removal and disposal of shoal material from within the Houma Navigation Canal channel limits as shown on the contract drawings, with disposal of dredged material into single point discharge locations delineated adjacent to the channel.  No dike work is included with this project. The estimated value of this work is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The solicitation will issued on or about Friday, March 29, 2024, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.  This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement.  NAICS Code:  237990.  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 Specialist for this solicitation is Francesca deBoer at 504-862-1604 (email Francesca.E.deBoer@usace.army.mil). The Contracting Officer for this solicitation is Christopher Nuccio (email Christopher.Nuccio@usace.army.mil).

FCC Oakdale in Louisiana is requesting bids for the 3rd Quarter form 10 food buy (subsistence).  This solicitation has a 100% small business set aside.  All bids must be emailed to j1richard@bop.gov before the closing date of 03/20/2020.  Vendors must bid on the attached form 1449 and follow all bidding and delivery instructions listed in the solicitation.  The anticipated award date is 03/24/2020.  This is the only solicitation that will be posted for this buy. 

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID), complete in all respects, including all attendant plant, and crew. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District.

The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

The solicitation will issue on or about 19 February 2024, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.  This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement.  NAICS Code:  237990. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Beta SAM (www.beta.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.beta.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 Specialist for this solicitation is Melissa A. Vaughn at 504-862-2762 (e-mail Melissa.A.Vaughn@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.I.raja@usace.army.mil.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, and no other solicitation document will be issued.   

Contractors shall provide a quote for 11 Gym Memberships. This in accordance with the attached Scope of Work (SOW).   

For Period including:   01JAN2025 - 30Sep2025 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clauses for Commercial items are included in this solicitation and are applicable.   

If you have any questions concerning this solicitation, contact Chase Picard @Chase.R.Picard@uscg.mil 

SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS {FAR 52.232-18)   

Evaluation Process: Lowest Price.  

The lowest price quote will be evaluated on lowest price. If it is found to be acceptable, an award will be made. If it is found to be unacceptable, the next lowest price will be evaluated. This process will continue until a technically acceptable offer is identified; not all offers will be evaluated.   

52.237-1: Site visit   

Offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award. To schedule a site, visit please contact:   
LIST LOCAL UNIT POC  

52.204-7 System for Award Management   

(b) (1) An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.   

Vendors Doing Business with the Coast Guard MUST be registered or willing to register with the System for Award Management at   
WWW.SAM.GOV “  

This is a NON-PERSONAL services requirement to supplement staffing levels of Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS). The number of staff needed to fulfill the contract are estimated at 25 RNs for Med Surg/CLC/Wound Care, Estimated 15 RNs for Dialysis, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Perioperative Care Unit (PCU)/Post Operative Care Unit (PACU), Emergency Department (ED), Estimated 3 Surgical Technicians, Estimated 2 Sterile Processing Specialists (SPS)/ Medical Supply Technician (MST) Sterile Processing /CNAs, Estimated 4 LPNs for CLC and Wound Care, Estimated 18 Certified Nursing Assistants for Med-Surg, ICU, CLC, SPS/Quality Assurance (QA) Medical Supply Technician.

Place of Performance: Contractor shall furnish services at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) at 2400 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70119.

This will be posted as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside.

W912P825B0021 - Calcasieu River and Pass, Bar Channel Hopper Dredge Contract No. 3-2025, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Specification Nos. OM25127

This solicitation will be issued as UNRESTRICTED. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990.

The magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel. Work may be required in other areas of the New Orleans District, in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts, and in other areas deemed necessary. This solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB).  The resulting contract shall be firm fixed price (FFP). This solicitation will be issued on or about 04 December 2024 with a bid opening date to be set by amendment. When posted, the solicitation will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found on the System of Award Management System (SAM) website, https://sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Therefore, telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Contractors must register at the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov to download the solicitation for this project. If/when issued, Amendments will be posted to the above-referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments before closing; therefore, the Bidders must check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

Bidders shall maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If a bidder is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database at the time of award, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective bidder. Bidders are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet.

The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Angela C. Day at (504) 862-1156 (Angela.C.Day@usace.army.mil).

***A0001 is attached*** RFP and assoicated attachments are included. 

Mississippi River Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 10-2024 (OM24010).

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River Southwest Pass and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District, in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts, and in other areas deemed necessary. 

The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

This solicitation will be issued on or about 23 February 2024 and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. 

The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Sam.gov. You can access these files from a link located on Sam.gov (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.gov 
(www.beta.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. Offerers are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerers 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 is Cori A.Caimi at 504-862-1352 (email Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.1.raja@usace.army.mil).

 The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID), complete in all respects, including all attendant plant, and crew. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District.

The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

The solicitation will issue on or about 16 February 2024, and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment.  This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement.  NAICS Code:  237990. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Beta SAM (www.beta.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.beta.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 Specialist for this solicitation is Melissa A. Vaughn at 504-862-2762 (e-mail Melissa.A.Vaughn@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil.

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredging, Non-Continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile 19.5 BHP, Cutterhead Dredge No. 1-2025 (OM25275)

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge, with a dredge discharge size of 30 inches or greater inside diameter (ID), complete in all respects, including all attendant plant, and crew. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River Southwest Pass Area and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District.

The magnitude of construction range for this Dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

This solicitation will be issued on or about 9 December 2024 and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. 
The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Sam.gov. You can access these files from a link located on Sam.gov (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.gov (www.beta.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. Offerers are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerers 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 is Cori A.Caimi at 504-862-1352 (email Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or 
Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil).

Mississippi River Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 4-2024 (OM24004).

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River Southwest Pass and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District, in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts, and in other areas deemed necessary. 

The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

This solicitation will be issued on or about 19 February 2024 and a bid opening date will be established in a future amendment. 

The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Sam.gov. You can access these files from a link located on Sam.gov (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.gov 
(www.beta.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. Offerers are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerers 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 is Cori A.Caimi at 504-862-1352 (email Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.1.raja@usace.army.mil).

FCC Oakdale in Louisiana is requesting bids for the 1st Quarter form 10 food buy (Kosher).  This solicitation has a 100% small business set aside.  All bids must be emailed to j1richard@bop.gov before the closing date.  Vendors must bid on the attached form 1449 and follow all bidding and delivery instructions listed in the solicitation.  Bidders must list a unit price and the total amount for each line item that they would like to bid on.  The anticipated award date is 09/08/2021.  This is the only solicitation that will be posted for this buy. 

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Fort Worth 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.

THIS NOTICE IS FOR A 100% 8(a) SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE

The resulting solicitation, W9126G24R0116 will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Fort Johnson Horizontal MATOC Small Business 8(a) Pool seeking a target of five (5) small business in this competition for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) Horizontal Construction (Small Business) primarily to support construction and repair. The MATOCs may be used to support other USACE Civil and Military programs within Southwestern Division (SWD) geographic boundaries for Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Horizontal Construction for Fort Johnson to support construction and repair.

The overall construction program will include, but not limited to design and construction of roads, parking lots, boat ramps, heli-pads, bridges, gates, retaining walls, drainage improvements, pedestrian border fences, vehicle border fences, airport runways, airport taxiways, levy and flood walls and lighting,  irrigation systems, cemetery expansions to include pre-placed crypts, columbaria, ossuaries/memorial walls; and repair or alteration of all of these.

This acquisition will utilize a two phase, best value methodology to establish the MATOC base contract awards on a restricted basis. The government will evaluate offers utilizing the best value continuum, tradeoff process described in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR Part 36.3 and 15.3) for the base contracts. The proposed Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) will consist of a target of approximately five (5) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts 8(a) small business contracts with a total shared capacity of $31M. Contract awards will be made to the offerors whose proposals are determined to be best value to the Government.

The Government anticipates Task Orders to be issued as Firm Fixed Price (FFP) or Fixed Price Incentive Firm (FPIF). Each awardee will be given a fair opportunity to be considered for each task order exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, IAW FAR 16.505(b)(1).

This announcement is restricted to 8(a) business firms only. It has been determined that competition will be limited to 8(a) business firms located nationwide, and the assigned North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this project is 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, which has a size standard of $45M in average annual receipts.

The RFP is anticipated to be issued on or about 31 MAY 2024. No public bid opening procedures are applicable for this solicitation. This MATOC will be administered by the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and will have a base ordering period of seven years and no option periods. The performance period for each task order will be determined based upon the individual requirement and will be included in the task order solicitation and award documents. In accordance DFARS 217.204(e)(iii), performance of any task orders shall not exceed a total of 11-years from the award date of the MATOCs.

The Minimum Guarantee amount is $2,500.

The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act.

After solicitation issuance, contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments at the following internet address: https://sam.gov/.The use of the website requires prior registration. Plans and specifications will not be made available in paper format or on compact disc. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to monitor the https://sam.gov/website for amendments to the solicitation.

The Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any amendments to this solicitation. Moreover, you must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a contract award. Your SAM record must indicate your firm is eligible for “All Awards”. You may register with SAM at https://www.sam.gov/.

Mississippi River Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 4-2024 (OM24004).

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River Southwest Pass and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District, in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts, and in other areas deemed necessary. 

The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Sam.gov. You can access these files from a link located on Sam.gov (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.gov 
(www.beta.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. Offerers are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerers 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 is Cori A.Caimi at 504-862-1352 (email Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.1.raja@usace.army.mil)

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT BIDS. A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION WILL BE POSTED AT A LATER DATE WHICH WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS TO RESPOND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY.

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE IF YOU ARE NOT SERIOUSLY INTERESTED AND IF YOU DO NOT PERFORM THIS REQUIREMENT. IT WILL DELAY THE POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION DUE TO FURTHER MARKET RESEARCH THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.

Interested contractors are requested to respond to this notice by filling out and emailing completed questionnaire attachment (see attached) to Patrick Ford email: pford@bop.gov.  Responses must be received no later than December 20, 2024.  Interested vendors must also add their names to the Interested Vendors List for this posting in www.sam.gov Contract Opportunity (must be logged-in to your vendor account).

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) anticipates issuance of a solicitation for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Replace Chiller #3, at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC), located in Pollock, LA.

FCC Pollock is a federally owned facility located at 1000 Airbase Road, Pollock, LA 71467.  The project consists of the following:  Remove the existing chiller and replace with a new chiller which must operate with R1233zd or R514A refrigerants and must be capable of operating at a 0.45 kW/ton efficiency. It must have the capability to have an operating temperature of 34 degrees F, without the usage of glycol and a capacity of 770 tons at 60/50 Hz.

FCC Pollock is a United Stated federal prison complex for male inmates.

See the Statement of Work/Specifications attachments for the complete requirements of the work.

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00. (NOTE: This range is one of 8 available ranges from FAR 36.204 and is not meant to imply that the project has necessarily been estimated/budgeted to the maximum of the selected range. It merely conveys that the estimate/budget lies somewhere within that range.)

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 238220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $19 million. To be considered an interested vendor, you must possess this NAICS code in your www.sam.gov registration.

Interested bidders must be registered in www.sam.gov.

Interested contractors are requested to respond to this notice by filling out and emailing completed questionnaire attachment to Patrick Ford email: pford@bop.gov.  Responses must be received no later than December 20, 2024.  Interested vendors must also add their names to the Interested Vendors List for this posting in www.sam.gov Contract Opportunity (must be logged-in to your vendor account).

FCC Oakdale in Louisiana is requesting bids for funeral services.  This solicitation has a 100% small business set aside.  All bids must be emailed to j1richard@bop.gov before the closing date of 03/24/2021 at 2:00 pm CST.  Vendors must bid on the attached form 1449 and follow all bidding instructions listed in the solicitation.  The anticipated award date is 03/26/2021.  This is the only solicitation that will be posted for this buy. 

Solicitation Package for W912P823B0029

Mississippi River Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Contract No. 9-2024 (OM24009).

The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Work will be performed in Mississippi River Southwest Pass and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District, in areas of both the Galveston and Mobile Districts, and in other areas deemed necessary. 

The magnitude of construction range for this dredge project is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Sam.gov. You can access these files from a link located on Sam.gov (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.gov 
(www.beta.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. Offerers are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration's Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerers 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 is Cori A.Caimi at 504-862-1352 (email Cori.A.Caimi@usace.army.mil) or Bambi Raja at 504-862-1499 (email Bambi.1.raja@usace.army.mil)

USDA seeking 18,000 - 18,700 ABOA SF of office, warehouse, classification laboratory, plus 12,000 sf of ware yard in Rayville, LA.  See attached Request for Lease Propsal (RLP) package 57-6395-24-002 for further details, specifically Form R100 on how to provide an offer.