Y--Lookout Point/Dexter Crane Rehabiliation

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, intends to award a contract for the rehabilitation of the existing 200 ton bridge crane at Lookout Point Dam Powerhouse and the existing 100 ton bridge crane at Dexter Dam Powerhouse, located approxi mately 22 miles southeast of Eugene on the middle fork of the Willamette River near Lowell, Oregon. The Lookout Point rehabilitation work includes, but is not limited to providing new operator cab and chair, new wire rope, inspection of main and auxiliary hoist speed reducers, providing new bearings and seals, replacement of electrical equipment and cont rols, including new motors and brakes, and minor structural repairs and modifications. The new hoist and travel drives will be variable frequency drives. The Dexter rehabilitation work includes, but is not limited to, providing new operator cab and chair , new bridge drives, inspection of main and auxiliary hoist speed reducers, gear sets, hoist drums, providing new wire rope, providing electrical equipmen t and controls, including new motors and brakes, and minor structural repairs and modifications. The new hoist and travel drives will be variable frequency drives. The Lookout Point crane will be available to the Contractor starting in October 2006. The Dexter Crane will be available to the contractor for on-site work in October 2007. The magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Requests for Proposals will be available on or about June 9, 2006 with a tentative bid opening 30 days after issue. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in July 2006, and has a total contract period of approximately 21 months. A Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) shall be provided for all new contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District. For this project the person that will act as the SSHO is required to have a minimum of 3 years safety work with simil ar projects and a 30 Hour OSHA construction safety class, or equivalent, taken within the last 3 years. The SSHO may have other duties for this work that include being the Contractor on-site Project Manager and/or the on-site CQC Manager or other responsi ble individual. This procurement is open to both small and large business concerns. This is a Best Value Procurement. Evaluation and rating factors will be included in the solicitation when issued. Interested vendors can request access to this solicitation by going to the following link on FedTeDs: https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W9127N-06-R-0018. Your request will be approved within 2 business days, Email notification will be sent to registered parties when the soli citation is released. Registration is required to download this solicitation. Technical Point of Contact is Mike Magee at +1 (555) 000-0000 who may also be reached by email at contact@example.gov. Administrative point of contact is Courtney Jones at +1 (555) 000-0000, email contact@example.gov. NAICS code 2379 90