Barkley Dam Spillway Machinery Painting

This is a firm-fixed-price construction contract set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) under NAICS code 238320, with a $19 million size standard, for the painting of spillway gate machinery at Barkley Dam in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The scope involves cleaning, surface preparation, and coating all twelve gates using one consistent coating system, with strict requirements to remove all non-adhered coatings and repair existing corrosion to restore surfaces to like-new condition. Work must comply with SSPC-SP-3 power tool cleaning using shrouded tools with vacuum collection for lead containment, or SSPC-SP-1 where SSPC-SP-3 is not physically feasible. Operational continuity is critical: no more than three gates may be out of service at any time, and the Corps must retain continuous access to the intake gantry crane for emergencies. Contractors are prohibited from disassembling active machinery components such as motors, gearboxes, or bearings but may remove non-active covers and guards to ensure full coating coverage. Access to the spillway maintenance platform and intake gantry crane is permitted as needed. Site safety mandates hard hats, safety glasses, reflective vests, and steel-toed shoes for all personnel. All bidders must be registered in both the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), with bids submitted electronically via the PIEE Solicitation Module in Adobe PDF format and the “Proposal Manager” role assigned. A pre-bid site visit is required but the date is TBD, and attendees must submit approved forms and U.S. citizenship documentation at least 30 days in advance. The performance period is approximately 450 calendar days from notice to proceed, with an estimated contract value between $1 million and $5 million. The solicitation is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, with responses due by August 24, 2026. No reimbursement is provided for bid preparation costs, and all updates must be monitored on SAM.gov, as the government does not maintain a bidder mailing list.