Hungry Horse Cavitation Repair

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation is seeking qualified contractors to perform cavitation repair work on turbine runners at Hungry Horse Dam in Montana through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) construction contract. The primary services include cavitation repair and related welding and grinding operations on Francis-type turbines (Units G-1 through G-4) at the Hungry Horse Powerplant, located approximately 20 miles northeast of Kalispell, Montana. Key requirements include the use of Flux-Core Arc Weld (FCAW) wire feed welding machines exclusively, with Shielded Metal Arc Weld (SMAW) prohibited, and contractor personnel must obtain Federal Government-issued Personal Identification Verification (PIV) Cards for unsupervised facility access. Interested contractors must demonstrate past performance on three to five similar projects completed within the past five to eight years, provide construction bonding information, and document their business size and SBA certifications. Responses to this sources sought notice are due by March 11, 2026, and should be submitted to ashleyjohnson@usbr.gov, with the anticipated contract award scheduled for on or around September 23, 2026.

This opportunity is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with an estimated small business size standard of $19.0 million. The anticipated contract capacity is $5,500,000 over a five-year performance period, with historical data indicating the government typically orders a minimum of two turbine runner repair actions annually, though it is not obligated to order more than one unit per year. The contract will be structured with five contract line items (CLINs) covering mobilization and preparatory work, contract document management system requirements, turbine runner cavitation repairs, supplementary welding, and supplementary grinding. Payment for turbine runner cavitation repairs and supplementary welding will be based on unit price per pound of steel required, while supplementary grinding will be compensated at unit price per hour. No current incumbent contractor is identified in this sources sought notice, and task orders will be issued via Optional Form 347 throughout the five-year performance period.