B09 - FRP A-E Services Contract Industry Day_09.25.2025.pdf

FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER

(FRP) ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING

SERVICES – FRP INDUSTRY DAY

Presenters:

Eric Johnson, PE, SE, CCT-VIP Nicholas Moore, Contracting Officer Date:

September 25, 2025

Agenda

• Welcome and Administrative Items

• Introductions

• Background

• Contract Overview

• Source Selection Overview

• Contracting Overview

• Closing Remarks

• Adjourn

• Nicholas Moore, Contracting Officer

• Eric Johnson, PE, SE, CCT-VIP

No questions will be taken during the Industry Day. We request all questions be submitted via ProjNet. Further information on how to submit questions will be provided at the end of the meeting.

Introductions

Background

• USACE Headquarters Engineering and Operations leadership has a vision to transition to the use of FRP for replacement, and/or new construction of hydraulic structures where appropriate and cost effective per ECB 2024-08 and HQ Joint MFR on

FRP.

• USACE budget packages for funding now require a charette and life cycle cost analysis to determine if FRP is appropriate & cost effective.

Flap Gate (40-ft Head) (LRN Loyall, 2022)

Why?

• Expected surge in hydraulic structure replacement in next 25+ years

• FRP is another tool to execute work

• Steel manufacturers have limited capacity & delivery timelines are growing significantly

• FRP can be delivered sooner

• Lifecycle cost saving

• Reduced maintenance requirements

Lift Gate (Netherlands 2023)Lift Gate (Netherlands 2023)

Jacksonville, Florida:

Canaveral Lock Chamber Wall completed in 2003

Rock Island, Illinois:

225 Illinois Waterway Wicket gates delivered in 2023-2025

Seattle, Washington:

Miter Gate Contact Blocks (2 projects: 2015 & 2024)

Wilmington, North Carolina: bulkheads (two 20-ft x 10-ft) in fabrication

Jacksonville, Florida:

WP Franklin Dam Lift Gates (8) Port Mayaca Bulkheads (10)

Alabama & Kentucky: Miter Gate Contact Blocks

Illinois: Lock 16 Tainter Valve Wilmington Bulkheads

WP Franklin Spillway – Lift Gate Port Mayaca - Bulk HeadsLock 16 Tainter Valve 16-ft radius, 12-ft width

Dam Tainter gates (Rock Island, IL; Mobile, AL & New Orleans, LA) Lock sector gates (Jacksonville, FL and New Orleans, LA) Lock dewatering stop logs (Buffalo, NY and Mobile, AL) Lock valve culvert bulkheads (Mobile, AL) Lock guide wall piles and fendering (New Orleans, LA)

Selden Dam - Tainter Gate Canaveral Lock - Sector Gate

Architect-Engineer Services Contract

• Contract requirements could include, but is not limited to:

• Development of design packages for FRP hydraulic structures

• Project Management

• Structural design of hydraulic control structures utilizing composite materials

• Mechanical engineering

• Computer Aided Drafting and Design

• Cost estimating

• Specification preparation

• Engineering during fabrication including Quality Assurance inspections

• Hydraulic computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling

Contract Overview

• This Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act and implemented through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 36.6, Architect-Engineer Services.

• Process will result in one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

• IDIQ will consist of 5-one-year ordering periods with a total contract ceiling amount not to exceed $4,500,000.

• Negotiated Firm-Fixed Priced Task Orders will be awarded off the IDIQ for FRP

A-E Services

• Responses/SF 330s are currently due NLT 2:00 p.m. Central Time, 27

October 2025

Selection Criteria

• The evaluation board will use the information provided in the SF330 to rate the primary criteria. Extra consideration may be given for offerors that exceed the minimum requirements.

• Criteria (a) through (e) are primary criteria.

• Criteria (a) Professional Qualifications and (b) Recent Specialized Experience and Technical Competence are equally weighted.

• Criteria (c) Capacity to Accomplish the Work, (d) Past Performance, and (e)

Knowledge of Locality are equally weighted.

• Criteria (a) and (b) are weighted more heavily than criteria (c), (d), and (e) when combined.

Selection Criteria Cont.

• Criteria (f) through (h) are secondary criteria, equally weighted, and will only be used as a tiebreaker in the event there are multiple technically equal firms after the interviews with the most highly qualified offerors are conducted.

• All criteria must be documented in the SF 330.

• Letters of commitment are required if credit for the experience and past performance of key subcontractors is desired.

Primary Criteria

a) Professional Qualifications

b) Recent Specialized Experience and Technical Competence

c) Capacity to Accomplish the Work

d) Past Performance

e) Knowledge of Locality

Secondary Criteria

• The secondary criteria will not be used to determine whether a firm is highly qualified but will only be used as a tiebreaker should it be needed after final interviews of the most highly qualified firms.

(f). Geographic Proximity of Firm Relative to Primary Mission Area (g). Volume of DoD Contracts Awarded to Firm (h). Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Participation

• All three Secondary Criteria will be weighted equally

Next Steps

• Inquiries and Questions are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet

(https://www.projnet.org) NLT 2:00pm Central Time, 30 September 2025

• Instructions for ProjNet Bid Inquiry are provided in the Synopsis document available for download on https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/720ce978dca24077a6ddf3019f03a 66d/view

• Responses/SF 330s are due NLT 2:00 p.m. Central Time, 27 October 2025 via email to Bobbi Boeh at bobbi.s.boeh@usace.army.mil and Nicholas Moore at nicholas.m.moore@usace.army.mil https://www.projnet.org/ https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/720ce978dca24077a6ddf3019f03a66d/view https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/720ce978dca24077a6ddf3019f03a66d/view

• Can set up saved searches with keywords “FRP” and “US Army Corps of Engineers”

• Additional pre-contract opportunities for industry input & feedback will also be posted to sam.gov

• Sources Sought

• Industry Days

• Solicitations

Upcoming Opportunities

• FRP bulkhead/stoplogs for Black Rock Lock (NY):

Industry Day in October Contract bids due 04 November 2025 https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3f4810dd238a48b b9e7bfcdcefedb7fa/view

• FRP Tainter gate projects Industry Day: November 2025 (date to be determined)

• Rock Island District draft solicitation for a Tainter gate

• Background on Mobile and New Orleans Tainter gate projects

Sector Gate at Canaveral Lock

Black Rock Lock https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3f4810dd238a48bb9e7bfcdcefedb7fa/view https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3f4810dd238a48bb9e7bfcdcefedb7fa/view

QUESTIONS?

• Inquiries and Questions are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet

(https://www.projnet.org) NLT 2:00pm Central Time, 30 September 2025.

• Instructions for ProjNet Bid Inquiry are provided in the Synopsis document available for download on https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/720ce978dca24077a6ddf3019f03a 66d/view https://www.projnet.org/ https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/720ce978dca24077a6ddf3019f03a66d/view https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/720ce978dca24077a6ddf3019f03a66d/view