Hoover Davis and Parker Dams Bearing and Bushing 2016-2021

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded this Master IDIQ on September 16, 2016, for reconditioning bearings and bushings at Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams generating units, with ordering closed on September 15, 2021. The vehicle is no longer active; no orders may be placed against it.

The Bureau of Reclamation issued four task orders totaling $67 thousand in combined potential value, all of which has been obligated. The most recent order was placed on June 24, 2019. Activity was concentrated in the vehicle's first year of operation (two orders in 2016) and again in 2019 (two orders), with no orders issued between 2017 and 2018 or after 2019.

All work performed under the vehicle involved modifications and reconditioning of thrust bearing shoes, thrust bearing runners, and related components. Tasks included thrust bearing shoe modifications, thrust runner slope adjustments, and recondition work to restore components to original configuration. Two orders specified work on the N4 and N5 thrust bearing units; one order against American Babbitt Bearing Inc. was a firm fixed-price recondition contract with a minimum guarantee (deobligated at closeout on September 15, 2021).

American Babbitt Bearing Inc. and Kingsbury Inc. split the awards evenly by order count, with American Babbitt Bearing holding a larger share of potential value at $50 thousand versus Kingsbury's $17 thousand. The Bureau of Reclamation was the sole customer, funding all four orders. Three of the four orders carried no set-aside designation; one order to American Babbitt Bearing was designated Total Small Business.

Task order values were modest, ranging from a deobligated minimum-guarantee order to $36,100 (N5 Thrust Bearing Shoes, Total Small Business) and $13,800 to $17,080 for the two most recent competitively awarded orders. Performance spanned from September 2016 through September 2021, with individual task completion windows typically measured in months (ultimate completion dates ranged from December 2016 through July 2019, except for the minimum-guarantee order which ran through the vehicle's expiration).

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has a requirement for reconditioning bearings for Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams generating units. The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, tools, test equipment, transportation, supervision, and other items and services necessary to recondition various bronze bushings, thrust bearing components, and guide bearings to original configuration.