West Bank directional boring and trenching, and installation of underground conduit.

The contract requires directional boring and trenching services to install an underground conduit at the NOAA West Bank NWLON tide station in Bayou Gauche, Louisiana, beneath Louisiana Highway 306 at coordinates 29°47'19.1" N, 90°25'12.1" W. The work must be completed within 90 days of contract award under a firm fixed-price, all-or-none basis using the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation method. The solicitation is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 238990, with a size standard of $19 million in average annual receipts, and all offerors must be registered in SAM.gov with a valid UEI and CAGE code. Performance is FOB Destination, with acceptance occurring on-site at the location, and the Government retains final authority to inspect and accept the work based on compliance with the Statement of Work. Pricing details are not provided, but payment will be processed exclusively through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform, not WAWF, and remittances must align with instructions provided in Block 18a and 18b. The contract incorporates numerous FAR and NOAA-specific clauses addressing labor standards, including Executive Order 14026 mandating a minimum wage of $15.00 per hour for all direct and subcontracted personnel, and requiring detailed payroll recordkeeping for three years. Contractors must comply with whistleblower protections, prohibitions on retaliatory practices, and mandatory annual sexual harassment and assault prevention training under NOAA NAO 202-1106, with training completion due within 30 days of assignment and annual submissions by March 1. Organizational conflict of interest, security prohibitions, and prohibitions against contracting with inverted domestic corporations or delinquent tax payers are strictly enforced, with deviations effective January 2026. Offerors must submit past performance references, demonstrate technical capability within the past two years, and may be encouraged but not required to complete a site visit, with no post-award claims allowed for lack of site familiarity. Subcontractors are bound by all flow-down requirements, including wage, training, and security obligations, and no personal services relationship is established between the Government and contractor personnel, per NOAA 1330-52.237-71. Proposals must be submitted electronically via email by 11: