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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

Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Forecast

Prime Construction Contractor Listing (Revised November 2021)

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contractor Listing (Revised July 2022)

Open House Presentations (January 2022)

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

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
The Defense Logistics Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, administers the DoD Procurement Technical Assistance Program. PTA Centers are local resources available at no or nominal cost that can provide assistance to business firms in marketing products and services to the federal, state and local governments. For a current listing of assistance centers, visit http://www.aptac-us.org/.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996- If your small business has a regulatory compliance or enforcement issue, explore your rights at, https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Ombudsman_FS_FAQ_01162015-1.pdf.

USACE Small Business Mission Statement- "To sustain the Corps of Engineers as a premier organization in developing small businesses and maximizing their opportunities to participate in our procurements, thereby ensuring a broad base of capable suppliers to support the Corps of Engineers mission and strengthen our Nations’ economic development."

Outreach Events

The Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Industry Day was held Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at The Marriott RiverCenter, Covington, Kentucky. For more information, visit 2022 Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Industry Day (army.mil)

The Louisville District Open House is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Learn more here.

Useful Links

Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE)

Unique Entity ID (UEI)

Frequently Asked Questions (Revised Aug 5, 2022)

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