Hydraulic Steel Structure Fabrication of Vertical Lift Gate, Emergency Gate, and Service Gate

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District requires a contract for Vertical Lift Gate - Hydraulic Steel Structure Fabrication Emergency Gate and Service Gate at B Everett Jordan Dam, Chatham County, NC Emergency Gate at Falls Lake Dam, Wake County, NC

THIS SOLICITATION IS 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE: This solicitation is anticipated to issue as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) Purchase Order. The solicitation will issue on or about August 16, 2021, quote due date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued.  NAICS Code: 332312, Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing, and the size standard is 500 employees.

Requirement will be issued as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6.

Work will consist of the following: fabricate, assemble, paint, and deliver two hydraulic steel structures.   The work will primarily consist of two tasks: 1) fabricating and assembling gate structures; 2) shipment to the project. All work will be performed in accordance with the contract drawings and specifications.  Work also involves preparing final “As-Built” documents.

Falls Lake Dam emergency gate is a hydraulic steel structure and is classified as a vertical lift gate with dimensions 19-feet 10-inches in height and 9-feet 9-inches wide. The Falls Lake Dam service gate is a hydraulic steel structure and is classified as a vertical lift gate with dimensions 19-feet 8-inches in height and 9-feet 3-inches in width. The service gate has an attached 1-foot by 1-foot piggyback gate. The gates are constructed of structural steel members with skin plate on one side, seals and, a 45-degree bottom gate lip for hydraulic efficiency.  Side and top seals are J-type rubber seals, and the bottom seals are rectangular.  Six 16-inch diameter fixed wheels are mounted on cantilever axles on each side of each gate.  The weight of each gate is approximately 17,000 pounds.  Delivery shall be made to Falls Lake Dam located in Wake County North Carolina.

Due to the critical nature of these structures and the specified framing arrangement many of the structural members are "Fracture Critical", therefore, all welding is required to be performed to AWS D1.5M/D1.5 welding code standard by a steel fabricator certified under the AISC Quality Certification Program, Category CBR (Major Steel Bridge) with a Fracture Critical Endorsement (F) or the new AISC Certification Program for Steel Bridge Fabricators (AISC 205-11) for "Intermediate Bridges" (IBR) meeting supplemental requirements for "Fabricators of Bridges with Fracture-Critical Members" (FC).

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The points of contact for this procurement are Ms. Alicia Evans at 910-251-4785, alicia.g.evans@usace.army.mil and Ms. Missee Koehn at 910-251-4493, melissa.k.koehn@usace.army.mil