Crane and Hoist Inspection Services

The contract requires the provision of comprehensive inspection services for cranes, hoists, and rigging equipment at Olmsted Locks and Dam, ensuring compliance with OSHA and ASME B30 safety standards. These inspections must include periodic and annual evaluations involving visual assessments, operational testing, and load testing to verify the structural integrity and safe functionality of all lifting equipment. The work is critical to maintaining operational safety at a federally managed waterways facility and must be performed by qualified personnel adhering strictly to established industry protocols. This is a small business set-aside subcontract under NAICS code 811310, issued by the Department of Defense through the W072 Endist Louisville office, with performance located in Olmsted, Illinois, 62970. The solicitation was posted on April 27, 2026, and bids are due by May 15, 2026, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. Only small businesses qualifying under the SBA’s Total Small Business Set-Aside criteria are eligible to respond, reinforcing the intent to support small business participation in critical defense infrastructure maintenance tasks.