Little Goose Dam Fish Ladder Window Cleaner Upgrade

Bid Opening Date has changed.  See Amendment 0001 for details.

Until May 9, 2016, please use the secondary contact person listed below.

SYNOPSIS:

Construction Project: Little Goose Dam Fish Ladder Window Cleaner Upgrade

This will be a firm fixed-price construction contract located at Little Goose Lock & Dam located in Columbia County, Washington. Estimated construction magnitude is between $100,000 and $250,000. Payment bond or irrevocable letter of credit will be required.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The purpose of this work is to upgrade three existing fish viewing window cleaners and one existing fish counting station window cleaner in the adult fish ladder at Little Goose Dam. The upgrade will include replacing the existing oil lubricated pneumatic cylinder and pneumatic motor on each window cleaner with non-lube cylinders and motors. The upgrade will also include replacement of all hoses, valves, brushes, bearings and electrical wiring. A new pivoting brush head assembly for the fish counting station window cleaner will be fabricated and fitted with a pivot cylinder. The existing structures that support the cleaners as well as most brush drive components will be reused. Construction will occur in January and February 2017.

All on-site work shall be performed in accordance with the Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1).

Invitation for Bid W912EF-16-B-0007 will be posted to the FedBizOpps (FBO) website in the very near future. Bids will be due on or around approximately May 12, 2016. See solicitation for full details. When issued, the solicitation documents for this project will be available at https://www.fbo.gov. The solicitation is offered to Small Business. The small business size standard for NAICS 237990 is no more than $36,500,000 in average annual receipts.

Important Note: The FBO Response Date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for FBO archive purposes only. It may have no relationship to the actual bid opening date. The bid opening date and time will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that are issued.

A site visit will be offered generally within 2 weeks after the solicitation is issued. The site-visit is HIGHLY recommended if a bid is intended. See solicitation for details about the site visit. Only ONE site visit will be offered.

Access for Foreign Nationals. It takes at least 30 days to obtain clearance for foreign nationals to enter the project site. If your company wishes to have a foreign national participate in the site visit for this project, you are strongly encouraged to submit the required identification immediately. To request clearance for foreign nationals, submit the names of all foreign nationals proposed for site visit attendance, along with documentation to verify that he/she was legally admitted into the United States and has authority to work and/or go to school in the US. Such documentation may include a US passport, Certificate of US citizenship (INS Form N-560 or N-561), Certificate of Naturalization (INS Form N-550 or N-570), foreign passport with I-551 stamp or attached INS Form I-94 indicating employment authorization, Alien Registration Receipt Card with photograph 9INS Form I-151 or I-551), Temporary Resident Card (INS Form I-688), Employment Authorization Card (INS Form I-688A), Reentry Permit (INS Form I-327), Refugee Travel Document (INS Form I-571), Employment Authorization Document issued by the INS which contains a photograph (INS Form I-688B). Send this information by email to cynthia.h.jacobsen@usace.army.mil. Foreign nationals must have received clearance prior to being granted access to the project site.

No CDs or hard copies will be available by the Government. Downloads are available only through the FBO website. Bidders are responsible for checking the FBO website frequently for any update(s) to the notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for a bidder's inability to access the document posted on the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this solicitation, you must log in to www.fbo.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Add Me To Interested Vendors button in the listing for this solicitation.