Z--Lower Monumental Spillway Weir Boat Barrier

The proposed project involves constructing a floating boat barrier system spanning across Lower Monumental Dam forebay to restrain vessels that may inadvertently approach the spillway. The barrier will span a total of 1750 feet across the river and will be installed approximately 700 feet upstream of the dam powerhouse and spillway. Booms, associated products and connection hardware shall have a minimum tensile resistance of 54,000 lbs with a factor of safety of 1.5. The boom shall be international orange, cylindrical in shape, resist rolling, and contain bird spikes. Concrete anchor blocks shall be fabricated and install with all accessories to secure the barrier. Verification of the proper placement and orientation of the concrete anchor blocks by means of an underwater remote-operated vehicle (ROV) equipped with video recording and GPS abilities. Place of Performance is at the Lower Monumental located near Kahlotus, Washington, Franklin County. All on-site work shall be performed in accordance with the Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1). Solicitation is set-aside for small business concerns. Solicitation Number W912EF-15-B-0008 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website on or about 01 June 2015. The bid opening date will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that may be issued. A site visit will be offered approximately 2 weeks after the solicitation is posted. Refer to the solicitation for details regarding the site visit. Construction magnitude is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. A bid bond is required in the amount of 20 percent of the total bid price. Performance and payment bonds in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price are required. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The small business size standard is $36,500,000 in average annual receipts. Important Note: The FBO response date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for the FedBizOpps archive purposes only. It has no relationship to the actual bid opening date. The bid opening date will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that are issued. When issued, the solicitation documents for this project will be available via FedBizOpps.gov or https://www.fbo.gov. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Bidders are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to the Notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this solicitation, you MUST log in to FedBizOpps.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the quote mark Add Me To Interested Vendors quote mark button in the listing for this solicitation on FedBizOpps.gov. ACCESS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS: Security clearance for foreign nationals to attend a site visit requires a minimum of 4 weeks; therefore, clearance should be requested immediately. To request clearance, please submit the names of all foreign nationals proposed for site visit attendance, along with documentation to verify that they were legally admitted into the United States and have authority to work and/or go to school in the US. Such documentation may include a US passport, Certificate of US citizenship (INS Form N-560 or N-561), Certificate of Naturalization (INS Form N-550 or N-570), foreign passport with I-551 stamp or attached INS Form I-94 indicating employment authorization, Alien Registration Receipt Card with photograph (INS Form I-151 or I-551), Temporary Resident Card (INS Form I-688), Employment Authorization Card (INS Form I-688A), Reentry Permit (INS Form I-327), Refugee Travel Document (INS Form I-571), Employment Authorization Document issued by the INS which contains a photograph (INS Form I-688B). Send this information by email to contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov. Foreign nationals must have received clearance prior to being granted access to the project site.