Replacement of 36 HWK03K Hydronic Coil Kits on PTAC Units on the Quarters Barge Taggatz.

The contract is a Firm Fixed-Price solicitation for the replacement of 36 HWK03K Hydronic Coil Kits on PTAC Units aboard the Quarters Barge Taggatz, issued under solicitation number W912ES26QA0490002 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. The solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5, requiring all offerors to be certified small businesses registered in SAM with accurate size status and CAGE code disclosures, including representations for socioeconomic categories such as SDVOSB, HUBZone, and WOSB. Proposals must be submitted electronically via PIEE by 3:00 PM local time on May 8, 2026, with a copy optionally emailed to the contracting officer and administrative contact, and must include the Unique Entity Identifier and full compliance with FAR 52.212-1 and 52.212-4 for commercial items. The award will be made using a trade-off process, evaluating technical capability, past performance, cost/price, and supplier risk through the Supplier Performance Risk System, rather than on a lowest price technically acceptable basis. Performance is required within six months of contract award, with FOB Destination terms placing full responsibility for packaging, shipping, handling, and transportation costs on the contractor. All deliveries must be made to the USACE Lock and Dam 5A site in Fountain City, WI, where inspection and acceptance will occur on-site by USACE personnel. Compliance with MIL-STD-130 and MIL-STD-129 is mandated for item-level and shipment marking, requiring unique item identifiers encoded in Data Matrix symbols per ISO/IEC 16022 ECC 200, with globally unique serialization and verification using automatic identification technology. The contract includes extensive compliance clauses covering contractor ethics, whistleblower protections, privacy training, employment eligibility verification, affirmative action for veterans and persons with disabilities, and paid sick leave under Executive Order 13706. Notably, FAR 52.222-50 with Alternate I and FAR 52.240-91 with Alternate I are incorporated, requiring a Trafficking-in-Persons Compliance Plan, annual certifications, and prohibitions on passport confiscation and recruitment fees, with flow-down obligations to subcontracts exceeding $700,000 for overseas work. The contract