Spillway Gate Painting and Repair

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has a need for a construction contract to repair and re-paint six (6) spillway gates at West Point Lake. The objective of this project is for the contractor to provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to perform weld repairs, power wash, and prime and paint all metal components of the spillway gates, hoists, and associated equipment, and existing stoplogs (bid option) with a 3-A-Z vinyl paint system. In order to perform the work, the contractor shall set nine (9) stoplogs to dewater each gate. Only one (1) gate can be dewatered at a time. The existing paint system includes lead primer. Removal and disposal of any failing paint or primer will be accomplished in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Minor repairs to gate seal keeper bars, skin plate, embedded sills, gate anchorage, lift cables/components, lifting machinery shall be performed as necessary while each gate is dewatered. Weld repairs shall be performed in accordance with AWS D 1.1 - non-tubular statically loaded structures. Repairs shall be done with the gates in place. The spillway gates shall be painted and repaired in the gate slots. The gates will not be allowed to be removed. Contractors shall show experience with similar projects that consist of painting Hydraulic Steel Structures in their gate slots, placing stop logs, replacing spillway gate wire ropes, and performing weld repairs on spillway gates.