West Shore Lake Pontchartrain, WSLP-101a Levee, St. John the Baptist Parish & St. Charles Parish, Louisiana   2

This solicitation, WSLP-101a, is being issued as Invitation for Bid (IFB) and resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) contract.

The work consists of clearing and grubbing, construction of a channel crossing, excavation (land side drainage channel, uniformly sloping channel excavated material), embankment construction (sand base, land side berm), construction of the levee berm road and access ramp, installation of vertical wick and horizontal strip drains, placing separator and reinforcement geotextile; crushed stone surfacing; installation of corrugated metal pipe, stone construction, and turf establishment and other incidental work. This work is located in the vicinity of Laplace, LA. The access road is located 600 ft east of the intersection of US Hwy 61 and Oswald Ave.

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 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 at 504-862-1753 (e-mail Calvin.D.Fogle@usace.army.mil) and/or Margaret C. Maine at 504-862-2211 (email Margaret.C.Maine@usace.army.mil ).

All questions will be due NLT Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

Amendment 0001 - Provide changes to Plans and Specs, provide updated Bid Schedule.

Amendment 0002 - Amendment executed internally to the Agency, and will not require an acknowledgment by offeror.

Amendment 0003 - Responses to Previous Questions

Amendment 0004 - Extend the Bid submission date to 06-Apr-2023 11:00 AM.

Amendment 0005 - Provide changes to Plans and Specs, provide updated Bid Schedule,.provide Responses to previous questions, provide Bidder Instructions for electronic submission and Virtual Bid Instructions, Change bid submission time to 06-Apr-2023, 10:30AM CST

Amendment 0006 - Extend the Bid submission date to 11-Apr-2023 10:30 AM CST.

Amendment 0007 - Provide changes to Plans and Specs, provide updated Bid Schedule, provide Responses to previous questions, update Bidder Instructions for electronic submission and Virtual Bid Instructions, Change bid submission date to 18-Apr-2023, 10:30AM CST

Amendment 0008 - Responses to Previous Questions.

Bid Abstract Posted 18 April 2023