Z--Hungry Horse Power Plant Turbine Runner Cavitation

The contract is a five-year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) award under the solicitation number 140R1026B0003, issued by the Department of the Interior, Pacific Northwest Region, for turbine runner cavitation repair services at the Hungry Horse Power Plant located in Flathead County, Montana, with a zip code of 59919. The scope of work encompasses construction services including inspection of the turbine runner, metal removal, weld preparation, welding, and grinding, all performed on-site at the dam. The total estimated ceiling value of the IDIQ contract is $1,400,000. This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5, with the NAICS code 238190, defining the small business size standard as $19.0 million in average annual gross receipts over the past three years. All offerors must be registered in SAM.gov to be eligible, and only small businesses meeting this size standard may submit proposals. The clause FAR 52.225-11, Buy American—Construction Materials under Trade Agreements, will be included, and the acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and applicable Free Trade Agreements. Site visits are strongly encouraged but require pre-registration; foreign nationals must submit passport information well in advance as security and background checks can take two to thirty days. The solicitation was posted on June 1, 2026, with an initial proposed deadline of June 12, 2026, though the formal solicitation is expected to be issued no sooner than fifteen days after the pre-solicitation notice and will remain open for approximately thirty days following its release. Primary points of contact include Mrs. Ashley Johnson, DOI Contract Specialist, and Mr. Lance Fleming, Contracting Officer. No detailed evaluation factors, inspection criteria, packaging requirements, or invoicing instructions are provided in the current documentation, indicating the procurement is still in the pre-solicitation phase. The delivery location is fixed at Hungry Horse Dam in Montana, with no alternative places of performance specified. The contract will be administered through the Bureau of Reclamation, and work is expected to be executed under the direction of the contracting office based in Boise, Idaho. While the tasks and general deliverables are outlined, precise performance metrics, quality standards, delivery schedules, FOB terms, and payment or accounting