Professional Diving Services

This requirement is to provide the New Orleans District with diving services when they are required in support of the District's mission. The work to be performed shall be in support of navigation, flood control, environmental projects, and other Corps of Engineers related missions, to include: diving services and equipment to investigate, survey, and/or remove designated obstructions and sunken vessels. The Contractor shall provide all labor, fuel, transportation, equipment, and supplies necessary for the performance of diving services on a task order basis. The intent is to award a commercial service, firm-fixed price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract. The period of performance will be one base year with four option years and is estimated to begin on or around 17 September 2021. The total capacity of this contract will be $5,000,000.00 or five years, whichever is arrived at first. The solicitation will issue on or about 17 July 2021, with Request for Proposals (RFP) due on or about 16 August 2021. This solicitation is 100% set aside for Small Business, and the NAICS Code is 561990. The intent is to evaluate the proposals using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15. Technical factors will be listed and defined in the solicitation. 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 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: www.usfcr.com. The Contract Specialists for this solicitation is Bianca Gaddison at 504-862-2163 (email Bianca.M.JamesGaddison@usace.army.mil) and/or Katherine Younts at 504-862-2803 (e- mail Katherine.B.Younts@usace.army.mil).