COASTAL ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES

Location:	Louisiana
Posted:	May 20, 2026
Due:	May 29, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Louisiana
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
Solicitation No:	JPP-SOQ-26-014
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SOQ No. 26-014

Coastal Engineering and Consulting Services

Submission Deadline: May 29 , 2026 at 3:30 PM

ATTENTION VENDORS!!!

Please review all pages and respond accordingly, complying with all provisions

in the public notice and Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances Section 2-926 et

seq. All submissions must be received on the Purchasing Department’s

e-Procurement site, www.jeffparishbids.net, by the SOQ submission deadline

date and time. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department

General Government Building

200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400

Gretna, LA 70053

Purchasing Specialist II: Donna M. Evans

Purchasing Specialist II: donna.evans@jeffparish.gov

Purchasing Specialist II: (504)-364-2691

PUBLIC NOTICE

SOQ 26-014

Coastal Engineering and Consulting Services

The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No. 148422 is hereby soliciting

the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish Technical

Evaluation Committee (TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) from

additional persons or firms interested and qualified in providing Coastal

Engineering and Consulting Services on an as-needed basis for miscellaneous

projects located throughout Jefferson Parish for the Department of Coastal

Management on an as-needed basis for the remainder of the three year period,

which terminates on April 5, 2028, with maximum annual allowable fees of

$500,000.00 per project. (Parishwide)

The thirty-three (33) persons or firms currently approved by Council Resolution No.

144094, dated September 10, 2024 should not respond to this advertisement,

which is for the sole purpose of approving additional persons or firms qualified to

provide routine engineering services for Coastal Engineering Consulting Services

in Jefferson Parish.

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., May 29, 2026

General

Specific scope of coastal engineering consulting services may include civil,

hydraulic, hydrologic, environmental, mapping and CAD support. Work may

include planning, permitting, design, bidding and construction administration and

related supplemental services on an as-needed basis for projects located

throughout the Parish as selected by the Parish Council.

This scope for coastal restoration and protection services includes but is not limited

to marsh and ridge restoration, shoreline stabilization and protection, beneficial

use of dredge material, living shoreline design, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling,

design analysis and reports, biological and environmental assessments of

wetlands, technical evaluations, cost estimates, opinions of probable construction

cost and field investigations. In addition to technical services, the scope includes

coastal grant writing, outreach and educational support and development of

associated marketing materials.

Projects may include the following supplemental services: surveying (including

bathymetric) and onshore and nearshore geotechnical services.

The Council, at its discretion, may choose one or more qualified firms to provide

the services.

Compensation

Compensation for the required design services will be made on an hourly rate

basis or a fixed fee basis, or a combination of both, depending on scope and

complexity of the work. The Parish reserves the right to determine the method of

payment (hourly or fixed) for each individual assignment.

For hourly rate work, the firm shall be compensated on the basis of their certified

and itemized salary costs plus a fee to cover overhead costs and profit in

accordance with guidelines established in Attachment “A” to the Standard

Professional Services Agreement for Jefferson Parish. A copy of Attachment “A”

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may be obtained by calling the Jefferson Parish Department of Capital Projects at

(504) 736-6779.

For fixed fee work, the fee shall be negotiated with the firm by the Jefferson Parish

Department of Ecosystem and Coastal Management and shall be mutually

agreeable to both parties.

Compensation for supplemental services, if required, shall be in the form of a “lump

sum” for each supplemental service, which shall be mutually agreeable to the

Parish and the Consultant.

All costs associated with this project shall be subject to Jefferson Parish review

and approval.

A maximum yearly cap established by Jefferson Parish based on anticipated

needs for these services shall be $500,000 per engineering contract, and the

established cap shall not be increased without Council approval.

Minimum Requirements for Selection

1. The persons or firms under consideration shall have at least one (1)

principal who is a licensed, a professional engineer in the State of

Louisiana (Section C. of TEC Professional Services Questionnaire);

2. The persons or firms under consideration shall have a professional in

charge of the Project who is a licensed, registered engineer in the State

of Louisiana with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience (Section K.

“PROFESSIONAL IN CHARGE OF PROJECT:” of TEC Professional

Services Questionnaire);

3. The persons or firms under consideration shall have one (1) employee

who is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Louisiana in the

applicable discipline involved. A subcontractor may meet this

requirement only if the advertised Project involves more than one

discipline (Section D. of TEC Professional Services Questionnaire).

Principal is defined as the sole proprietor of the firm, or one who shares an

ownership interest with other persons in the firm, including but not limited to, a

partner in a partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, or a member of a

limited liability corporation.

Evaluation Criteria

The following criteria shall be used to evaluate each firm submitting a Statement

of Qualifications:

(1) Professional training and experience in relation to coastal engineering

including, but not limited to, coastal planning, permitting, design, marsh

and ridge restoration, shoreline stabilization and protection, beneficial use

of dredge material, living shoreline design, hydrologic and hydraulic

modeling, biological and environmental assessments of wetlands, design

analysis and reports, technical evaluations, cost estimates, field

investigations, coastal grant writing, outreach and educational support

(Maximum points awarded shall be 35).

(2) Size of firm considering the number of professional and support personnel

required to perform the type of engineering tasks, including project

evaluation, project design, drafting of technical plans, development of

technical specifications and construction administration (Maximum points

shall be 20).

(3) Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the

factors of type of engineering task, current unfinished workload, and

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person or firm’s available professional and support personnel – (Maximum

points shall be 20).

(4) Past Performance by person or firm on projects of or similar comparable

size, scope, and scale. Assertions of fault by a person or firm, which shall

include time delays, cost over-runs, and or design inadequacies in prior

work completed for the Parish shall be evidenced by substantiating

documentation provided by the Director of Public Works for the requesting

department or the Director of Engineering and received by the Chairman

of the Evaluation Committee a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the

scheduled date of the Technical Evaluation Committee meeting (Maximum

points awarded shall be 10).

(5) Location of the principal office – Preference shall be given to persons or

firms with a principal business office as follows: (A) Jefferson Parish,

including municipalities located within Jefferson Parish (15 Points); (B)

Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region,

which includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St.

Tammany Parishes (12 Points); (C) Parishes other than the foregoing (10

Points); (D) Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points). Location of the

principal office shall only factor into the evaluation criteria if adequate

competition (two or more firms that are responsive and responsible) are

located within Jefferson Parish - (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).

(6) Adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm

performing professional services, in which the Parish prevailed or any

ongoing adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person

of firm performing professional services, excluding those instances or

cases where the person or firm was added as an indispensable party, or

where the person or firm participated in or assisted the public entity in

prosecution of its claim. In the event that the person or firm fails to provide

accurate and detailed information regarding legal proceedings with the

Parish, including the absence of legal proceedings, the person or firm shall

be deemed unresponsive with regard to this category, and zero (0) points

shall be awarded (Maximum points awarded shall be 15 for the lack of any

such adversarial proceedings as defined).

(7) Prior successful completion of projects of the type and nature of the

engineering services, as defined, for which firm has provided verifiable

references (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).

Each firm’s lowest and highest score shall be dropped and not count towards the

firm’s score. Only those persons or firms receiving an overall cumulative score of

at least seventy (70) percent or greater, of the total possible points for all categories

to be assigned by the participating technical evaluation committee members, shall

be deemed qualified to perform these professional services.

All firms (including sub-consultants) must submit a Statement of Qualifications

(Jefferson Parish TEC Questionnaire). Firms must identify all subcontractors

who would assist in providing professional services for the project, in the

professional services questionnaire (Jefferson Parish TEC Questionnaire). Each

subcontractor shall submit all documents and information required by the prime,

including but not limited to identifying all licenses a subcontractor is purporting to

fill. Substitutions or subsequent addition of subcontractors to the project must be

ratified by council resolution. Please obtain the latest questionnaire form by calling

the Purchasing Department by telephone at (504) 364-2678 or using our web

address: www.jeffparish.gov. This questionnaire can be accessed by clicking

departments then clicking purchasing then clicking procurement opportunities then

SOQs.

Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-

Procurement site, Central Bidding at www.centralauctionhouse.com or

www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish

vendors by accessing the following link:

www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

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No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of

Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the

Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 20, 2026

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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

Bid Number	Description	Date Issued	Bid Open Date/Time
JPP-SOQ-26-014	COASTAL ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES Original: JPP-SOQ-26-014	05/20/2026	05/29/2026 3:30:00 PM CT

Department	Non State - Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department
Section	Jefferson Parish Purchasing
Dept Code	JPP
Contact	Misty Camardelle
Address	200 Derbigny St., Suite 4400 Gretna, LA 70053
Phone	504-364-2678
Fax	504-364-2693
Email	purchasing@jeffparish.net