Louisville District > Business With Us

/ /

Small Business Office

Small businesses are vital to our economy and an integral part of the Department of Defense procurement process. The district’s Deputy for Small Business serves as an advocate for the Small and Disadvantaged Business Program by ensuring that small businesses receive the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in and receive their fair share of the contract dollars awarded by the Louisville District. The Small Business Program is promoted by actively seeking opportunities to reserve requirements under federal guidelines for small business, Woman Owned, 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Empowerment (HubZone), and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned businesses.

District Overview
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is committed to doing business with qualified small, small disadvantaged, HubZone, women-owned, veteran and service disabled veteran-owned small businesses.

The Louisville District is one of the Corps’ most diverse districts, supporting both a civil works and military construction mission in a five state region (Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan).

Military construction services include the construction of various facilities and structures, engineering design, plans and specifications and real estate services, including leasing for recruiting and reserve centers.

Civil Works services include flood control/damage control, navigation, regulatory, water supply, water quality, hydropower, environmental conservation and restoration, recreation and emergency response.

The Louisville District also serves as the National Program Manager providing project management and planning support for the construction of Army and Air Force Reserve centers nationwide.

The district also manages the Nationwide Energy, Resilience and Conservation Investment Program.

The Interagency and International Support program provides project management, engineering and construction services to other federal, state and local agencies.

The Louisville District's environmental program is dedicated to building a strong, sustainable environment for future generations. The district's environmental program manages, designs and executes a full range of cleanup and protection activities.

The Louisville District fully supports all Federal programs established for small businesses. We are proactive in ensuring that small businesses receive the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in and receive a fair share of the contracts awarded.
Contracting Opportunities
The Louisville District procures a variety of supplies and services. Examples of these opportunities follow:

Construction:
Reserve Centers, barracks, dining facilities, maintenance shops, aircraft hangars, hospitals, airfields, gun ranges, roads, levees, dams, industrial facilities and dredging.

Engineering Services:
Concept studies, master planning, engineering studies, surveying and mapping, remediation, architectural design and inspection.

Supplies and Equipment:
Generators, pumps, turbines, heating and air conditioning, kitchen, parks and recreation, electronic gear, petroleum products, repair parts and lumber products.

Other Services:
Trash collection, mowing, landscaping, janitorial and recreational park maintenance.

Subcontracting:
Large businesses awarded federal contracts valued at more than $1.5 million for construction, or $750,000 for other than construction, are required to submit subcontracting plans that include percentages of work to be subcontracted to small, disadvantaged, HubZone, women-owned, and disabled veteran-owned businesses. To assist you in your marketing, there is a listing of all Department of Defense (DoD) Prime Contractors at DoD’s home page.

Phone, email or visit the Louisville District’s Small Business Office to discuss these opportunities.

Doing Business With Us

Louisville District

Louisville District Forecast (Revised Nov 2023)

Prime Construction Contractor Listing (Revised November 2023)

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contractor Listing (Revised November 2023)

Open House Presentations (January 2023)

USACE

USACE DODAAC Listing

System for Award Management (SAM)
All vendors wishing to do business with the Louisville District, Corps of Engineers, must be registered with System for Award Management (SAM). Procedures for registering may be found on the SAM home page at www.sam.gov. Registering in SAM is free of charge. PLEASE BE AWARE OF COMPANIES CHARGING FOR SAM REGISTRATION.

SAM.gov
All projects exceeding $25,000 are posted to the SAM.gov website at https://sam.gov/. Use keyword "W912QR" to search for Louisville District projects.

Public SAM Tips USACE

APEX ACCELERATORS

APEX Accelerators are an official government contracting resource for small businesses that are funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. APEX Accelerators are local resources available at no or nominal cost that can provide assistance to firms in marketing products and services to the federal, state, and local governments. For a current listing of assistance centers, visit https://www.apexaccelerators.us/#/.

Outreach Events

The Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Industry Day was held Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. This is a virtual event. For more information, click here.

The Louisville District Open House is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Henry Clay. For more information and registration details, click here.

Useful Links

Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE)

Unique Entity ID (UEI)

Frequently Asked Questions (Revised Nov 16, 2023)

General Services Administration (GSA)

Small Business Administration (SBA)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Small Business Programs

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, https://www.sba.gov/advocacy/summary-sbrefa

Deputy for Small Business

P.O. Box 59 (CELRL-DB)
Louisville, KY 40201-0059

Telephone: (502) 315-6111
SBO-LRL@usace.army.mil

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness

USACE Step-by-Step Resolution Process for Unfair Regulatory Enforcement

Pursuant to the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), HQ USACE Office of Small Business Programs is committed to successfully mitigating concerns between USACE and small business contractors. Inquiries may include excessive enforcement actions such as repetitive audits and investigations, and unreasonable fines, penalties, threats, retaliation, or other unfair actions. USACE offers the following chronological, streamlined process to expedite a mutually beneficial resolution for small businesses.

Step 1: Contractors should first contact the local district Small Business Professional (SBP) at Louisville: LRL-SBO@usace.army.mil

Step 2: If the contractor inquiry is not addressed within 30 days in Step 1, the contractor should elevate their concern to the Division Assistant Director of Small Business (AD) at: sbo-lrd@usace.army.mil

Step 3: If the contractor inquiry is not addressed within 30 days in Step 2, the contractor should contact, HQ USACE Office of Small Business Programs, at small-business-hq@usace.army.mil with the following information:

Include “SBREFA Inquiry” in the subject heading
Contractor name and contact information
USACE contract or solicitation number
USACE District/Center location
Names of USACE employees the contractor previously contacted
Brief description and current status of the issue

Contractor inquiries not resolved through the above USACE resolution process may be submitted to the Office of the National Ombudsman (ONO), U.S. Small Business Administration. Submit an online request for assistance at www.sba.gov/ombudsman/comment or download a printable Federal Agency Comment Form (SBA Form 1993) and submit documentation via email (preferred), mail, or fax.

Email: ombudsman@sba.gov

Fax: (202) 481-5719

Mail: Office of the National Ombudsman, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, S.W., Mail Code 2120, Washington, D.C., 20416