Bar Grating and Saddle Clips

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, procuring through Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC, seeks fabrication and delivery of bar grating assemblies and saddle clips for the Vertical Detector Cryostat roof decking system supporting the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, with proposals due November 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM CT.

Place of performance and delivery is the Dakota Warehouse in Rapid City, South Dakota (1313 E Saint Patrick Street). The procurement requires galvanized (hot-dipped) bar grating with 1-1/2" bearing bar height, 3/16" thickness, 48" nominal unsupported span, and maximum 1" clear spacing between bearing bars. The grating must support a minimum live load of 100 PSF for personnel, concentrated line load of 1,000 lbs at mid-span, self-weight dead load of 11 PSF, and achieve maximum deflection of 0.25". Associated saddle clips must clamp to W44x290 cryostat roof beam flanges and W10x49 spacer beam flanges. Deliverables include ten line items totaling 530 bar grating panels in eight sizes (ranging from 62.875" x 12" to 78.75" x 24"), 1,768 Type W44 saddle clips, and 352 Type W10 saddle clips. All freight charges and FOB Destination terms are included in the firm-fixed price proposal. Shipments must conform to Ross Load Envelope specifications and packaging requirements for warehouse handling.

This is a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection; award will be made without discussions to the responsible supplier offering the lowest evaluated price and technically acceptable proposal. Proposals must include completed RFP documentation, SARC (PROC-FRM-100 v1.0), and Proposal Certifications (PROC-FRM-466 v1.0). The NAICS code is 332323, Ornamental and Architectural Metal Work Manufacturing. PSC code is 5670, Building Components, Prefabricated. No set-aside applies.