PLEASE NOTE: Due to the current pandemic, packages are no longer being accepted in the Procurement office. As such, all bids must be submitted prior to 4:00 p.m. in the drop box labeled for the Department of Finance and Budget in the lobby (1st Floor) at 1 Harrison Street, SE, Leesburg, Virginia 20175. Additionally, due to social distancing requirements, bidders should anticipate a delay in getting access to the drop box. As such, it is highly recommended that bidders allocate additional time to ensure timely submission of their bid. It is the bidders responsibility to ensure that his/her bid is submitted in the correct location prior to the acceptance date/time. The County of Loudoun, Virginia (County), is soliciting bids from qualified wetlands, stream, and nutrient banks for the purchase of approximately 0.77 wetlands credits, approximately 252 stream credits (or 1,083 SCUs), and 6.55 pounds of phosphorous credits. The impacts are located within the Middle Potomac River Watershed, Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 02070008, and are associated with the Northstar Boulevard from Route 50 to Tall Cedars Parkway Road Project. The credits will provide compensatory mitigation for the proposed impacts of the construction of the segment of Northstar Boulevard from Route 50 to Tall Cedars Parkway. The exact number of wetlands and stream credits will be at the sole discretion of the County based on issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) Norfolk District State Program General Permit No. 17-SPGP-01 (located in the body of Attachment 1) and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Permit No. WP3-17-0661 (Attachment 1) and the compensatory mitigation requirements stipulated in the permits. Stream credits offered shall be in accordance with the Unified Stream Methodology (USM) or equivalent method approved by the ACOE and DEQ. The exact number of nutrient credits purchased will be at the sole discretion of the County based on the nutrient mitigation requirements established by the County of Loudoun during its plan approval process and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
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