Z--Dexter Dam & reservoir Spillway Tainter Gate Repair

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, CENWP-CT-C, 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland Oregon 97204 intends to issue a two phase Best Value Request for Proposal No. W9127N-10-R-0040. To provide services for the Corps of Engineers, Portland District at Dexter Dam located on the Willamette River, near Lowell, Oregon for the repair of Spillway Tainter Gates. The contract will be awarded in late July with onsite work starting in August 2010. Work performed under this contract requires heavy lifting, Contractor designed elevated platform work, and over water work. The gates are 44 feet wide by 40 feet high. The weight of one gate is approximately 50 tons. Successful completion of work similar to this type of work is required for this contact. The contractor performing the work will be required to provide the following repairs to two gates. The contract work will include replacement of the entire end frame arm assembly; this will also include fabrication of new trunnions. The end frames shall be shop fabricated, and delivered to the site. Due to the completed end frame size it may not be possible to deliver as one piece, the assemblies shall be delivered to the site in as large of pieces as possible. All welding performed on this job is considered Fracture Critical and shall be performed in accordance with AWS D1.5. The Sub-contractor or prime Contractor performing the end frame fabrication must be Major Steel Bridge Certified with a Fracture Critical Endorsement. The wire ropes, bridge sockets, U-bolts, pins, gate connection, and all items related to this shall also be replaced on two Tainter gates. Additional work will include installation of Government furnished new greaseless trunnion bushings, new stainless steel pins, new keeper plates, and new thrust washers for the two Tainter gates. The Request for Technical Proposal will be available on or about May 25, 2010. The tentative due date is June 23, 2010. Phase I, all interested parties will be asked to provide technical proposals, the proposals will be evaluated and the firms who are considered to be technically qualified will receive the Request for Proposal (RFP), Phase II. This procurement is open to both large and small businesses. The NAICS Code is 237990 and the small business size standard for this procurement is a firm with average annual sales or receipts, including all affiliates, for the preceding three years not in excess of $31 million. The Magnitude of Construction is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. Interested business concerns must be enrolled in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) at www.ccr.gov to conduct business with the Department of Defense. Interested parties can click on the Register to Receive Notification button to receive automatic update notices, or check often on FBO for updates. All inquiries regarding this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry. Telephone and email inquiries will not be accepted. Bidder Inquiry is a web-based program that allows bidders to post questions regarding the solicitation and to view all questions by other bidders and answers by USACE. Bidder Inquiry instructions will be detailed in the solicitation.