Fabricate and Deliver Spillway Tainter Gate, Tenn-Tom Waterway, MS

The Mobile District Corps of Engineers has a need for a contract to fabricate and deliver one spillway tainter gate for John C Stennis Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Columbus, Mississippi. The gate is approximately 60' wide and 29' tall. The approximate weight of the gate is 180,000 pounds. The gate shall be delivered in one piece; field assembly to facilitate delivery will not be accepted. The gate is to be delivered in one shipment via barge to the John C Stennis Lock and Dam. The Government will off-load the gate at Stennis Lock. The contractor will be responsible for all planning, supervision, labor, plant, equipment, materials, supplies and all other things necessary for the fabrication and delivery of the gate. The solicitation will include a set of trunnion shoes for the new gate along with associated incidentals. The details will be included on the contract drawings. There will be two bid options in the solicitation. One Bid Option will include the fabrication and delivery of a spare set of trunnion shoes along with associated incidentals. The other Bid Option will include the transport of the damaged existing tainter gate from Stennis Lock, repair the existing gate as described in the contract drawings and specification, then deliver the repaired gate via barge to the Government owned dock located approximately one mile north of the Stennis Lock and Dam. The Government will load the damaged gate onto the Contractor furnished barge and off-load the repaired gate at the Government Dock. The contractor will be responsible for all planning, supervision, labor, plant, equipment, materials, supplies and all other things necessary for the fabrication and delivery of the gate. The Government contemplates contract award on or about 11 July 2017 with an anticipated delivery date for the new spillway tainter gate no later than 10 July 2018 and delivery of the repaired tainter gate, if awarded, no later than 10 July 2019. Delivery of the spare set of trunnion shoes, if awarded will be 10 July 2018. Installation of the new spillway tainter gate will be performed under separate contract by another contractor scheduled for 11 July 2018. It is anticipated that a firm-fixed price contract will be awarded based on FAR Part 15 "best value" procedures. This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business. The NAICS code for this procurement is 332312 with a size standard of 500 employees. A site visit/proposal conference will not be held. The river and lock location can be viewed by google earth. All questions regarding the solicitation will be facilitated utilizing the ProjNet automated database. The solicitation package will be available for download on or about May 26, 2017. The solicitation will only be issued as a direct download at the following website: https://www.fbo.gov. All offerors must be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. The solicitation will not be provided in a printed paper format, however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. Therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website for solicitation posting and any changes to this solicitation. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.