Construct New Bulkhead, Hugo Lake, Oklahoma

1. Action Code: This is a Pre Solicitation notice.

2. Date: 1 February 2026

3. Contracting Office Address:
USACE CEST CT E
2488 E. 81st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137 4290

4. Product Service Code: Z2KA Repair or Alteration of Dams

5. Subject Title: Construct New Bulkhead, Hugo Lake, Oklahoma

7. Contact(s) Points:

Name               Caitlyn M. Cox                                                 Shawn G. Brady

Phone               N/A                                                                  918-669-4984

Email               caitlyn.m.cox@usace.army.mil                          shawn.g.brady@usace.army.mil

8. Important: This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by FAR 5.2- Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions in preparation for release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) later date.

9. Description: The Request for Proposal for this project is expected to be issued on or about late February 2026. The North American Industry Classification System code is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, with a size standard of $45,000,000.00. The anticipated acquisition strategy is a Design Bid Build construction contract. The resulting contract is expected to be a Firm Fixed Price contract.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District intends to solicit for construction services to provide a new segmental bulkhead assembly at Hugo Lake, Oklahoma.

Work includes fabrication, shipment, field assembly, testing of a segmental bulkhead assembly and incidental related construction, including construction of a crane pad. The bulkhead assembly will consist of six individual hollow steel tubular segments approximately 51 feet long that will be assembled in the reservoir to create a single floating bulkhead used to block water flow through the tainter gate bays during inspection and maintenance activities. The floating bulkhead will be ballasted with water using mechanical pumps and rotated to a vertical orientation for placement against the tainter gate piers.

The bulkhead may be assembled and disassembled in the water, and bulkhead segments may be removed and stored out of the water when not in service.

Optional Work: Removal and disposal of the existing bulkhead assembly.

The estimated magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00

10. Place of Contract Performance:

The preponderance of the work to be placed under this contract is expected to be performed at Hugo Lake, Oklahoma, with final delivery of bulkhead segments occurring within approximately five miles of 3107 US Hwy 70 E, Sawyer, Oklahoma 74756.

11. Set Aside Status: This is a Full and Open Competition

12. Additional Details: THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Offerors can view and/or download the RFP and attachments at https://www.sam.gov when the RFP is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Vendors List at FBO. This will be the only method of amendment distribution; therefore, it is the OFFERORS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEBSITE PERIODICALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION. Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on the website. Prospective Offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement.

13. Period of Performance (POP):

The Period of Performance will be identified in the solicitation.

14. Disclaimer:

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.