East Lynn Lake Bridge Bearing Replacement, East Lynn, WV

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District intends to procure a construction contract for the East Lynn Access Bridge Bearing Replacement, East Lynn Lake, East Lynn, West Virginia The award of one (1) Firm Fixed price Construction Contract is anticipated. 

This contract consists of removing and replacing the bridge girder bearings of the East Lynn Lake project Kiah Creek bridge in Wayne County, WV. All portions of the existing steel fixed and expansion bearings and anchor bolts shall be removed. Elastomeric bearings shall be installed. The bridge ends must be temporarily supported and protected during the bearing replacement. The bridge consists of four steel girders, simply supported in a single span of approximately 78 feet. The approximate total unloaded weight of the bridge is 225 ton.

An organized site visit will be conducted on August 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at East Lynn Lake, 683 Overlook Trail, East Lynn, WV 25512, interested bidders are highly encouraged to attend this site visit.  See solicitation for full details.

The contract will be awarded to the lowest priced bidder who is found to be responsive and responsible.   This procurement is 100% Small Business set-aside.  The NAICS code for this procurement is 237310, which has a size standard of $39.5 million average annual receipts.  Solicitation documents will be available on or about July 27, 2022 and can be downloaded at sam.gov/.

ALL SUBMISSIONS TO THIS BID ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH DOD SAFE. No paper copies, CD-ROMs or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Electronic Bid Submission is required through the Army’s Electronic File Sharing Service, DOD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil). There are no user accounts for SAFE. Authentication is handled via email. Anyone has access to DOD SAFE, and the application is available for use by anyone. The SAFE “Getting Started Guide” has information on how to utilize the system (https://safe.apps.mil/about.php). Instructions for uploading are as follows:

1. Send an email to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist to receive the link to drop off your proposal. This will need to be completed two (2) business days prior to the bid due date.

Thomas P. Hartman, Contract Specialist at Thomas.P.Hartman@usace.army.mil

Katrina L. Chapman, Contracting Officer at Katrina.L.Chapman@usace.army.mil

2. You will receive an email with the link to submit your drop-off.

3. Short Note to the Recipients: Click the Add Files or Drag and Drop your files. For file description, enter W9123722B0005-FIRMNAME-Bid.

4. Click Upload button to send documents.            

Please note, as of April 2018, GSA’s System for Award Management (SAM) system is requiring new registrations and renewals of existing registrations to submit an original signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator. The notarized letter is not to be submitted to the Huntington Contracting Office as it is not our requirement. Vendors are encouraged to check their entity’s status in www.SAM.gov and plan accordingly. If the prospective contractor is not registered in the SAM database, the Contracting Officer will follow the procedures in FAR 4.1103. Contact the supporting Federal Service Desk at www.fsd.gov, or by telephone at 866-606-8220 (toll free) or 334-206-7828 (internationally) Monday through Friday from 8am to 8pm EDT, for free assistance. The SAM registration process may take several weeks to process once submitted. Please carefully consider this information when deciding to submit your bid.