P--Maintain Log Booms and Salvage Floating Debris from the Columbia River above FDR Lake

Later in the Fall of this year, the Bureau of Reclamation will issue a solicitation for a five-year contract for the operation and maintenance of a series of log booms for the collection and disposal of floating debris on Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Lake. FDR Lake was formed by the impoundment of the Columbia River behind the Grand Coulee Dam. The work sites are at the upper end of FDR Lake near the town of Kettle Falls, Washington, which is approximately 80 miles North/Northwest of Spokane, Washington. Although the solicitation will not be ready until late September or October, the site visit for the work described below will be held on Thursday, September 14, 2006. The NAICS Code for this action is 488390. Reclamation has two debris collection sites and one debris removal site on the Columbia River near Kettle Falls, WA. The two collection sites are located at China Bar (approximately River Mile 724) and at the mouth of the Kettle River (approximately River Mile 707). The disposal site is at Boise Cove, downstream from the mouth of the Kettle River (approximately River Mile 702). The collection sites use log booms to capture floating debris. The floating debris consists of logs, snags, and slash from up-river logging, uprooted trees and brush from riverbank undercutting, miscellaneous debris, and garbage. Historically, the debris has been constrained with log booms and towed by tug boat to Boise Cove for removal. Depending on the lake level, a concrete boat ramp at Boise Cove allows a contractor easy access for removing debris. Once out of the water the debris becomes the property of the contractor. Reclamation does not have land locations for the permanent storage of debris. The China Bar debris collection site consists of a 2,070-foot main earthen dike, a 1,600-foot auxiliary earthen dike, and a number of log booms. The North, Middle, and South log booms form a string of boom logs that remove debris from the current of the river in a shearing action and together are referred to as the shear boom. The 2,500-foot North Main Boom consists of a double string of boom logs; each boom log is approximately 33 feet long. The 950-foot Middle Main Boom consists of a double string of boom logs. The 2,500-foot South Main Boom consists of a single string of boom logs. There is a holding area log boom for storage of debris diverted by the main shear boom and a safety log boom to ensure that debris doesn't escape the collection facility. Government-furnished facilities include storage buildings, a small work shop, basic sanitary facilities, and a small building for day-time use. The Kettle River debris collection boom is located in FDR Lake at the mouth of the Kettle River. It consists of single-string log booms totaling about 4,500 feet in length and spanning the mouth of the Kettle River. There is a permanent opening in the log boom for public navigation when the lake elevation is above 1255 feet. An additional single string of boom logs, approximately 2,800 feet long, forms a liner along the main section of the collection area of the log boom for additional strength to hold collected debris. It is used to encircle the debris to hold it in place after the collection period and to tow the debris to Boise Cove. The Boise Cove site is located on Lake Roosevelt and is adjacent to Boise Cascade Corporation's log storage yard. It consists of a log boom of about 45 boom logs in a single string, enclosing a majority of the river cove. This log boom is used to store bagged debris on the inside. Government and Contractor flotilla is usually moored around the perimeter. A concrete access ramp is used for debris removal. The access ramp must have a lake elevation of approximately 1275 feet or above for equipment to reach the debris. The contractor will have to work with changing river level, current, and velocity in order to maintain and manipulate the log booms, anchors, and buoys for efficient debris collection, debris breach protection, and moorage of flotilla. Hazardous operating conditions may be encountered on the upper Columbia River. The contractor also must maintain a few navigational lights. Preparation for the debris collection season and for the Spring runoff begins April 1st. Collection, monitoring, and maintenance is ongoing from April 1st, culminating with the removal of debris in late summer or early fall. Please contact me to register to attend the site visit, that way we know if you're coming or not. We will convene for the site visit in Kettle Falls at 9:00am Thursday morning at the Chevron Gas and Go Minimart/Truck Stop at the intersection of Highways 25 and 395. We anticipate that the site visit will take about 3 hours. This site visit will give potential contractors the opportunity to view the work sites during the river conditions for debris removal. Attendance at site visit is not mandatory but highly encouraged. My phone number is +1 (555) 000-0000, our fax number is +1 (555) 000-0000, and my email address is contact@example.gov.