Cougar Dam and Reservoir Fish Collection Facility

DESCRIPTION:

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, intends to award a multi-year contract for a new fish collection facility at Cougar Dam located on the South Fork of the McKenzie River directly downstream of the dam. The project will include off site fabrication and on-site civil, structural, mechanical and electrical features. The offsite fabrication work includes, but is not limited to, miscellaneous metals features such as gates, guides, fish screens, diffusers, work platforms fish crowders, screen cleaners, flumes, and system piping. The on-site work includes, but is not limited to, cofferdam placement and removal, diversion of water, excavation, fill, roadwork, earth retaining structures, fencing, concrete pump stations, a concrete fish ladder, fish collection facilities, metal cover structure, supply and installation of mechanical equipment (pumps, valves, fish crowders, flumes, switchgates, false weirs, screen cleaners, system piping), supply and installation of electrical equipment (power distribution, transformers, generators, lighting, motor control centers, and PLC control system). The estimated cost range of the specified work is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Request For Proposal (RFP) will be available on or about October 15, 2008 with a tentative bid opening on or about November 19, 2008. The contact is anticipated to be awarded on or about December 5, 2008 and has a total contract period of approximately 18 months. All on-site work will be subject to the In-Water-Work timing restrictions.

This procurement is open to both small and large business concerns; large businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan. Interested business concerns must be enrolled in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) at www.ccr.gov to conduct business with the Department of Defense.

A Request for Proposal (RFP) utilizing the Best Value method will be issued. Evaluation criteria will be provided in the solicitation, and a single firm fixed-price contract will be awarded as a result of this procurement. The solicitation for this project will be Posted in FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov) when the solicitation is available for download. Tentative issue date is15 Oct 2008 with a due date 0f 19 Nov 2008; Interested parties must be registered in FedBizOps to download the solicitation information. Interested parties are responsible for checking this website for any update(s). The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for any parties inability to access the document posted at the referenced websites. Technical Point of Contact is Rick Mettler at (503) 808 4925, Rick.A.Mettler@nwp01.usace.army.mil or Mark Sawka at (503) 808-4951, Mark.J.Sawka@nwpo01.usace.army.mil. The administrative point of contact is Ken Piper at (503) 808-4619 who may also be reached by email at Kenneth.Piper@usace.army.mil. NAICS code is 237990.