MNA Lamprey Entrance Permanence

McNary Lock and Dam Lamprey Entrance Permanence
Synopsis W912EF18B0025

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District is seeking small business sources for a construction contract titled: McNary Lock and Dam Lamprey Entrance Permanence. The work will be done at McNary Dam Umatilla, OR. This will be a firm-fixed-price construction contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the associated small business size standard is $36.5M. Magnitude of Construction is estimated to be between $250,000 and $ 500,000.

Summary of Scope of Work:

The work described herein involves a few modifications to make the structure a permanent addition to the fish ladder at McNary
Summary of Work:
In 2013, a prototype lamprey passage structure was installed in the south fishway entrance at McNary Dam. Through biological evaluations this structure has been deemed a success and will now require modifications to make the structure a permanent addition to the fish ladder. Modifications include: removing the ported hood box and making this box shorter in length (to un-occlude the bulkhead guide slot), reinstalling the box, securing the knife gate in a fully open position, removing the "screw jack" lifting mechanism and all supporting structure, cutting and installing inspection ports (4 total) in the baffle box section, and removing an I-beam from the channel wall outside the fishway entrance. These tasks require dive work. The modification to the ported hood box will be done in the dry. This lamprey passage structure is constructed entirely of aluminum. This work will occur during the ladder outage period in the months of January and February.

At all times during performance of this contract and until the work is completed and accepted, the Contractor shall assign and have on the worksite a competent superintendent as per FAR Clause 52.236-6 "Superintendence by the Contractor".

A Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) employed by the prime contractor is required for the contractor's on-site operations. The SSHO shall possess a minimum of 5-years' experience in construction safety on similar projects, shall have completed the 30-Hour OSHA Construction Safety training within the last 5 years, and shall have completed at least 24 hours of formal safety training each year for the past 5 years.

Provide qualified Diving Personnel as required in EM 385-1-1.

Establish and manage an effective Contractor Quality Control Program that will require the development and submission of a comprehensive project specific CQC Plan for Government acceptance. A CQC System Manager employed by the prime contractor is required to be on-site for each shift of the Contractor's operations and have complete authority and responsibility to take any action necessary to ensure contract compliance. The CQC System Manager shall be assigned no other duties. The CQC System Manager must possess a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a supervisory or management position such as Quality Control Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, or Construction Manager directly involved in the management of construction quality at the project site. In addition, the CQC System Manager shall have completed the course entitled "Construction Quality Management for Contractors" within the last 5 years.

The project involves the development and management of Contractor furnished submittals for items such as pre-construction plans, product data, test reports, and contract close-out documentation as required by the technical specifications of the contract.

All welding performed as part of this contract shall comply with the standards of AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code - Aluminum. Welding procedures shall be qualified as prescribed in AWS D1.2 and be witnessed by and submitted to the Government for approval. Welders, welding operators and tack welders shall be qualified in conformance with AWS D1.2 Part 3.

The Contractor will be required to use the Government-furnished Construction Contractor Module (referred to as QCS) of the Resident Management System (RMS) to record, maintain, and submit various information throughout the contract period. QCS is a Windows-based program that can be run on a stand-alone personal computer or on a network. The Government will make the QCS software available to the Contractor after contract award.

Miscellaneous work within the project includes the delivery of As-Built Drawings.

The project will involve the development and management of contractor furnished submittals for items such as pre-construction plans, product data, test reports, and contract close-out documentation as required by the technical specifications of the contract.

Miscellaneous work within the project includes the delivery of As-Built Drawings and Operations & Maintenance manuals to the customer.

Solicitation Number W912EF-18-B-0025 will be posted to the FBO.gov in approximately 2-3 weeks. The solicitation is an Invitation for Bid. Bids will be due no sooner than 30 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. Important Note: The FedBizOpps Response Date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for FedBizOpps archive purposes only. It does not necessarily reflect the actual proposal closing date. The bid closing date will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that may be issued.

A site visit will be offered approximately two weeks after the solicitation is made available to offerors. See solicitation for details about the site visit. ACCESS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS: Security clearance for foreign nationals to attend a site visit requires approximately 4 weeks; therefore, clearance should be requested immediately.

To request clearance, please 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 (INS 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 leanne.r.walling@usace.army.mil.

Foreign nationals must have received clearance prior to being granted access to the project site.
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