John Day Dam Bearing Shoe Repair - Phase 2

SYNOPSIS:  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Portland District intends to solicit construction firms who are interested in submitting a competitive firm-fixed-price proposal for this project. This announcement is for John Day Dam Bearing Shoe Repair - Phase 2 near Klickitat County, Washington.

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS: The existing downstream gate was installed in 2011. Recently, gate inspections have observed that the bearing shoes on the north and south sides of the gate have experienced lateral cracking through the bolt holes. An interim repair of a 38" section on the south side was performed in March 2017 following a failure of that section. Subsequent inspections have found bolts loose within their respective threaded locations, or, in at least one case, a bolt sheared and spinning freely. A construction contract replaced the 'Bottom 1/3' of the bearing shoes in March 2018 addressing a number of the problems noted in recent inspections. However, the remaining existing bearing shoes must be replaced to address the noted problems in the remaining portions of the existing bearing shoes.

Major elements of the project include replacement of approximately 72 ft of bearing shoes as base CLINs ('Middle Third') and 90 ft of bearing shoes as optional CLINs ('Top Third') for the north and south sides of the Navigation Lock Downstream Gate with government furnished bearing shoes and incidental related work.

Work will be performed during two planned navigation lock outages in March 2023 and March 2024. The construction start date for the first in-water work period on the Middle 1/3 Bearing Shoes is expected to begin on 12 March 2023 and end on 23 March 2023 which is the final construction physical completion date for that work activity. The construction start date for the second in-water work period on the Top 1/3 Bearing Shoes (Optional CLIN) is expected to begin on 10 March 2024 and end on 23 March 2024 which is the final construction physical completion date for that work activity. 

Acquisition Strategy: The solicitation will be a request for proposal (RFP). Best Value/Trade Off source selection process will be used in the evaluation of proposals. Evaluation criteria will be stated in the RFP. This aquisition will result in a single firm-fixed-price contract with option CLINS.

Magnitude of Construction: The estimated cost of the project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

Set Asides and Codes: This is an unrestricted (full and open) procurement. This effort is classified through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) under code 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (Size Standard: $36.5M).The FSC is Z1KA - Maintenance to Dams.

Point of Contact: The USACE-NWP Contract Specialist will be the primary point of contact for this action. E-mail responses to the Primary Point of Contact, Mr. Clinton Jacobsen at Clinton.M.Jacobsen@usace.army.mil, SUBJECT: John Day Dam Bearing Shoe Repair - Phase 2

Proposal Period: The solicitation is scheduled for release on or about 30 May 2022. The tentative date for receipt of proposals is on or about 30 June 2022.

THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INFORMING INDUSTRY THAT THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE POSTED ON FBO ON OR ABOUT 30 MAY 2022. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND PROPOSALS RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR EVALUATED. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS SOLICITATION EITHER BEBORE OR AFTER THE CLOSING DATE. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUEST.