Fabricate & Deliver - Trunnion Blocks, Arm Bushings, Strut Pins, and Miscellaneous Parts for Nickajack Lock

The Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, seeks fabrication and delivery of trunnion blocks, arm bushings, strut pins, and miscellaneous parts for Nickajack Lock in Jasper, Tennessee, under a firm fixed-price supply contract, with proposals due September 15, 2026. The procurement is set aside 100% for women-owned small businesses.

Place of performance is the contractor's facility, with delivery to Nickajack Lock, 3490 TVA Road, Jasper, Tennessee 37347, Monday through Thursday between 0700 and 1600 hours, excluding federally observed holidays. The contractor bears all shipping costs under FOB destination terms. The NAICS code is 332999, All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; PSC is 5365, Bushings, Rings, Shims, and Spacers.

The contract calls for four trunnion blocks (MK 9), eight arm bushings (MK 15), four strut pins (MK 4), four strut pins (MK 5), and miscellaneous parts per technical drawings 64N552r0 and 64N554r0. Amendment W912P526QA049-0001, issued September 11, 2026, extended the project completion timeline from 180 calendar days to 275 calendar days after contract award, with all contract line items now due by July 2, 2027. The amendment also clarified thirteen technical specifications, including keeper plate thickness, tolerance allowances, groove dimensions, dowel hole requirements, acceptable casting alternatives, and government inspection hold points.

Fabrication requirements include materials per updated ASTM standards; dimensional tolerances of 1/32-inch maximum deviation where not otherwise specified; machining to specified tolerances with bronze bushings rough-machined at +0.100" outer diameter tolerance; and painting all steel surfaces except bearing surfaces with Amerlock 400 or approved equivalent in aluminum color. The contractor must establish a quality control plan and provide two government inspection hold points, generally after final machining and prior to shipment with two weeks' advance notice preferred. Award will be made to the lowest reasonably priced offer meeting specifications from a responsive and responsible offeror. Contractors must submit SAM registration, SF 1449 forms, completed price schedules, banking references, and past performance information. Questions were due September 9, 2026.