Kentucky Downstream Lock Excavation

Added: Feb 02, 2018 4:03 pm The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Nashville District, is conducting market research to seek information from potential contractors on the lock chamber excavation contract for Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River at Grand Rivers, KY.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) and is for planning purposes only as defined by FAR 15.201. This is not a solicitation announcement, nor is it an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP), or Request for Quote (RFQ). No solicitation is currently published. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award. The Government will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Do not submit cost proposals or cost information. Response to this notice is strictly voluntary and will not affect any firm's ability to submit a proposal if and when a solicitation is issued. The information gathered will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Replies to responses, comments, or suggestions will not be provided.

The scope of the project consists of construction activities for excavation of the navigation lock chamber at the Kentucky Lock and Dam. The project area is located on the Tennessee River at river mile 22.2 near Grand Rivers, KY. The new 1200' x 110' lock is to be excavated landward of the existing lock.

The major components of the Kentucky Lock Downstream Lock Excavation contract include:
1) Excavation of approximately 1.03 million cubic yards of soil and rock;
2) Installation of 80 large diameter strand anchors to stabilize the downstream cofferdam walls and the existing lock's land wall;
3) Construction of a maintenance building for lock operations;
4) Demolition of three (3) abandoned bridges;
5) Grouting of lock wall and downstream cofferdam walls;
6) Installation of instruments on downstream cofferdam and sections of existing lock land wall; and
7) Relocation of approximately 5,000 linear feet of 8" diameter ductile iron water main.

The estimated performance period for this contract is 28 months.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this acquisition is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. Small Business size is $36.5M.

The magnitude of this project is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.The following information is requested from Contractors interested as a prime contractor in this project:
1. Firm's name, addresses, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.
2. Firm's interest in providing a bid on the pending solicitation once issued.
3. Experience: Evidence of capabilities to perform comparable work in the area of mass concrete placements, structural concrete placements, concrete batch plant operation, fabrication of structural steel components.
4. Firm's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity.
5. Questionnaire comments concerning Project Labor Agreements (PLAs). See attached questionnaire.
6. Firm's business category and business size (Large Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Women Owned, etc.)
7. Firm's Joint Venture information, if applicable.
8. Cage Code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI, formerly known as DUNS) number
9. Bonding capacity
 
Please submit responses no later than 9:00 am (Central Time) on 26 February 2018. Responses shall be emailed to james.w.purcell@usace.army.mil . Please include the title "RFI- Kentucky Lock Excavation" as the subject line in email communications. All attachments must be in either Microsoft Word or Adobe pdf format.

An Industry Day related to this project is tentatively scheduled for late April or early May 2018, located at or near the project site.