Lake Washington Ship Canal Emergency Closure System (ECS) Crane Replacement, Seattle, WA

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Construction Project:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Seattle District requires removal of the current 75-ton stiffleg derrick crane located on the Ballard Locks' northern monolith and replacement with a luffing style crane along the same footprint. Work will also include equipment removal and minor upgrades to the neighboring hoist house.

The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed-price.

Solicitation number W912DW-17-B-0007 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov, on or about 6 July 2017. The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bids. Bids will be due no sooner than 30 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. See the solicitation for details about bid opening. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, and the associated small business size standard is $36,500,000 in average annual receipts. The solicitation is unrestricted and open to both large and small business concerns.

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