Lake Barkley Spillway Gate Chains Fabrication

PURPOSE: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE}, Nashville District (LRN), intends to issue an lnvitiation for Bid (IFB), Firm Fixed Price Supply Contract for Lake Barkley Spillway Gate Chains Fabrication.   Contractor will be required to fabricate all components necessary to replace all of Lake Barkley Dam Spillway Gate Chains. Contract will be for fabrication only, USACE personnel will perform installation of the lifting chains at a later date. Each lifting chain is made up of around 1,000 metallic components in various quantities of chains, pins, collars, washers, etc.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The contractor will be responsible for the fabrication, assembly, and delivery of new spillway gate lifting chains. The contractor will, at a minimum, fabricate chains for three gates (6 total chain lengths) for the base of the contract and option years will be for varying quantities of additional chains (up to 24 total lengths) depending on available funding. Spillway gate chains consist of pins (of varying length), side bars, spacer sleeves, collars, washers, and retainer rings. The total length of one chain is roughly 80 feet. Machining for grease grooves/ports will also be required.

DELIVERY DATE: 270 calendar days after notice of award. 

NAICS CODE AND SBA SIZE STANDARD: 332312, Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing, Size Standard: 500 Employees 

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: The solicitation will be 100% small business set-aside. 

SOLICITATION AND CONTRACT TYPE: The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price supply contract. 

SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The anticipated release date for this solicitation is on or around 29 May 2024. 

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, registration is required in the System for Award Management (SAM) database located at https://sam.gov/. More specifically, "An Offerer is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchase agreement resulting from this solicitation.: (See FAR 52.204-7(b)(l)). 

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This is a Pre-solicitation Notice. This Notice is being issued for planning and information purposes only. This notice is not a solicitation, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this notice, nor will the Government accept bids as a result of this notice. 

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The Primary Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Samantha Bedard, email: Samantha.J.Bedard@usace.army.mil. Any communication regarding this notice should be made in writing sent via email and must identify the Solicitation number, company name, address, phone number and point of contact. 

Information regarding USACE’s process for settling requests for equitable adjustments and duration goals to achieve definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts can be found by going to https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering/ then clicking on “View FFP Contract Changes Playbook Here”.