W912EE22B0008 - RED RIVER BASIN, CATAHOULA PARISH, LOUISIANA LOCK AND DAM NO. 1 (BOGGS) TAINTER GATE REPLACEMENT

Note: Bid opening due date and time have been rescheduled for 13 December 2022 at 2:00 PM Local Time. A correction has been made to the estimated quantity for each optional "steel material" line item. Please use the revised bid schedule in Amendment 0008 when preparing and submitting bids.

Description of Work: The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) Solicitation Number W912EE22B0008 for Red River Basin, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, Lock and Dam No. 1 (Boggs) Tainter Gate Replacement.

The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials, and equipment, and removing existing steel Tainter gates, and fabricating and installing new steel Tainter gates. Principal features of the work include mobilization and demobilization, dewatering of the Tainter gate bays, demolition and disposal of the existing steel Tainter Gates, fabricating, painting, delivering, and installing the new steel Tainter Gates including seals, wire rope, and accessories, trial operation and skinplate watertightness testing, and environmental protection.

This IFB will be for one (1) Firm Fixed-Price Construction Contract. This procurement is unrestricted. The North American Industrial unres Classification System (NAICS) Code 237990 with a size standard of $39.5 Million. In accordance with FAR 36.204, the magnitude of this construction project is estimated to be between $10 Million and $25 Million. The official plans and specifications will be available on the SAM website at https://sam.gov/. Bidders may register on the Interested Vendor’s List (IVL) at https://sam.gov/ and retrieve an IVL from the same location. Compact disc and hardcopies will not be available. Telephone and fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Bidders are encouraged to check often for changes (AMENDMENTS) to posted solicitations. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing.

Bidders must have and maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://sam.gov and must include the NAICS code they are bidding under to receive a Government contract award. If the bidder is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award a bidder is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective bidder. For additional information regarding this solicitation, please contact Andrew McCaskill via email at andrew.mccaskill@usace.army.mil.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.projnet.org when the solicitation is made available. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times. 

BID OPENING DATE AND TIME: 13 DECEMBER 2022 AT 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME. THIS PROCUREMENT IS UNRESTRICTED. IT IS ISSUED UNDER NAICS 237990, UNRES FSC CODE Y1PZ, FOR ONE (1) FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.