Gates 2 and 3 Replacement, Ball Mountain Dam

Gates 2 and 3 Replacement, Ball Mountain Dam Pre-Solicitation Notice.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a set aside for certified small business contract for Gates 2 and 3 Replacement at Ball Mountain Dam, located in Jamaica, VT.  The NAICS code for the work described below is 238990 (Size Standard $16.5 Million). The project is planned to be issued in August 2020, and will be set aside for Small Businesses.  The period of performance will be 1 year beginning in September 2020 and having a winter shutdown period from December 2020 through March 2021.   The estimated magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.  Any responsible source meeting this standard may submit a bid to be considered by the New England District.

The work of this project involves fabrication and installation of two new stainless steel hydraulic vertical lift gates at Ball Mountain Dam in Jamaica, Vermont, to replace the existing service gates. As part of this work the Contractor will be responsible for fabricating and installing a set of stop logs for Gate 2. The float well pipe, located in the conduit downstream of Gate 1, will also be repaired under this project.

This project has the following major components:

1. Fabricate new lift gates, seals, and gate stems
2. Furnish and install stop logs to dewater Gate 2 (Gate 3 does not require stop logs)
3. Remove existing gates, seals, and stems and replace with new (one gate at a time)
4. Replace hydraulic gaskets and packings
5. Install hydraulic oil filters for each gate
6. Perform minor floatwell pipe repair work.

Please note that this solicitation is set aside for certified small businesses.  This is not a request for proposals at this time; the solicitation requirements and contract documents which will include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about August 2020.  Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted.  The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the System for Award Management website (beta.sam.gov).  All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District.  Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at Sara.J.Torres@usace.army.mil.