PWS_2025_Herbicide_Dams_Final.pdf

The Performance Work Statement (PWS) details a herbicide spraying contract for the US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District covering five multipurpose flood control projects and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The scope includes managing woody vegetation control across approximately 26 miles of rip-rap armored shoreline, encompassing dam sites in Pennsylvania (Beltzville, Francis E. Walter, General Edgar Jadwin, Prompton) and Bernville Protective Works, with treatments occurring every two years to maintain structural integrity, control invasive species, and prevent vegetation interference with navigation lights and utility infrastructure.

The contract objectives focus on comprehensive vegetation management, specifically targeting unwanted woody growth and phragmites within critical areas extending 15 feet beyond contact points of earth-filled structures. The herbicide spraying program aims to reduce maintenance efforts, protect structural elements, and ensure navigational safety along canal and dam embankments, groins, and abutments. The solicitation (W912BU25QA003) will be awarded based on responsiveness, quote fairness, and ability to meet scope and delivery requirements, with quotes to be submitted via email to Contract Specialist Connor Struckmeyer and Contracting Officer Brandon Mormello.