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Morganza to the Gulf Project, Fresh/Intermediate Marsh Resources. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
Contact and place of performance
Evan Woitha
LA
USA
NOTE: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS, NOT A SOLICITATION. 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 will be an 100% UNRESTRICTED procurement. All qualified business concerns may submit proposals. NAICS: 523910. MITIGATION BANK CREDITS, Morganza to the Gulf Project, Fresh/Intermediate Marsh Reso...
View moreThe CEMVN desires to acquire FM/IM credits in the amount and type specified below:
LDNR approved FM/IM credits representing 118 average annual habitat units (AAHUs) to mitigate for impacts caused or to be caused by construction of the MTG Project in the CZ.
A mitigation bank must meet all the following qualifications to be eligible to sell credits to satisfy the MTG Project mitigation requirements. For the proposal to be considered responsive and for the offeror to be considered responsible, the mitigation bank shall:
• be approved by CEMVN and be 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
• be physically located within the Deltaic plain, which together are coextensive with Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs):
• 8080101 Atchafalaya basin
• 8090301 Barataria basin
• 8090201 8090202 8090203 Lake Pontchartrain basin
• 8070100 8070201 Mississippi River basin
• 8070300 8090302 8080102 8080103 Terrebonne basin (within the Deltaic plain boundaries);
• provide the habitat type that matches the habitat type being mitigated; and
• have mitigation credits assessed using version 2.0 of the Freshwater Marsh / Intermediate Marsh (FM/IM) 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 2.0 of the WVA FM/IM Community Model has been certified and this model will be used to assess compensatory mitigation credit values.
To facilitate the solicitation process, CEMVN, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has run Version 2.0 of the WVA on the approved banks in the Deltaic plain with available Louisiana Department of Natural Resources approved FM/IM credits
based on information provided by their respective bank sponsors to CEMVN during the bank approval process and continuing compliance reviews. The Wetland Value Assessment Model results will be included in the solicitation package.
A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about April 30th, 2026, with a proposal due date established. Actual issuance of the solicitation will establish the dates. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on the www.SAM.gov website
and can be accessed from the link located at https://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 CEMVN. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in SAM.gov.
Prospective Offerors must be registered in the Department of Defense “System for Award Management” (SAM) database prior to submittal of an Offer in response to the Solicitation. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://www.sam.gov. The Contracting Officer for this solicitation is Christopher Nuccio, at [email protected] and the assigned Contract Specialist is [email protected].
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, issued this pre-solicitation notice for the purchase of Fresh/Intermediate Marsh Essential Fish Habitat mitigation bank credits. These credits are required to compensate for unavoidable habitat losses resulting from borings, surveys, and the construction of Reach A for the Morganza to the Gulf project within the Louisiana Coastal Zone. The government intends to acquire credits representing 118 average annual habitat units to mitigate impacts in the Deltaic Plain. This procurement is identified under NAICS code 523910 for Miscellaneous Intermediation and PSC F099 for Natural Resources/Conservation-Other.
The procurement will be conducted as a 100% unrestricted competitive solicitation, allowing all qualified business concerns to submit proposals. Eligible mitigation banks must be physically located within the Deltaic Plain, specifically covering various Hydrologic Unit Codes across the Atchafalaya, Barataria, Lake Pontchartrain, Mississippi River, and Terrebonne basins. Qualifying banks must be in full compliance with their Mitigation Banking Instruments and have credits assessed using version 2.0 of the Freshwater Marsh / Intermediate Marsh Wetland Value Assessment Community Model. Award will be determined using the lowest-price technically acceptable source selection process, and the government may execute one or more contracts to fulfill its requirements.
The place of performance is located in Louisiana, and the response deadline for this pre-solicitation is April 27, 2026. A formal Request for Proposal is anticipated for release on or about April 30, 2026. This notice is associated with solicitation number W912P826RA028 and specifies no set-aside restrictions. Performance is subject to the availability of funding and other agency missions. Evan Woitha is the designated contract specialist for this requirement.
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