Ngwsp intake & river pumping plant

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation is seeking construction services for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP) Intake & River Pumping Plant, a complex water infrastructure project located approximately 11 miles west of Farmington, New Mexico. The project involves constructing a new river pumping plant with multiple components including sitework, steel manifold piping, metal building systems, concrete structures, pumping units, electrical systems, SCADA systems, and water quality monitoring equipment. Contractors must have sufficient bonding capacity for the 20% bid guarantee and 100% payment and performance bonds required, along with successful registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). The procurement will use a best value evaluation process through full-and-open competition, and the solicitation is expected to be released on approximately September 24, 2025, with a pre-award site visit planned for around October 8, 2025. All questions must be submitted in writing to Contract Specialist Amy Loveless and Contracting Officer Ashton Jones by one week after the draft solicitation's posting, with final proposals due December 19, 2025.

This procurement has no set-aside designation and will be conducted as a full-and-open competitive opportunity under NAICS code 237110 (Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction) with a small business size standard of $45.0 million. The contract value is estimated to be between $50-$80 million, representing a significant infrastructure investment for the water supply project serving the Navajo Nation and surrounding regions. The comprehensive scope includes 124 contract line items covering various construction activities from mobilization and excavation work to specialized equipment installation, with substantial quantities such as 580-700 cubic yards of concrete foundations, 20,900-11,000 cubic yards of excavation, and 7,708-12,171 linear feet of electrical cable installations. The project spans approximately 125 acres with elevation changes ranging from 5075 to 5100 feet, and the technical drawings indicate construction will involve cement-bentonite slurry cutoff walls, detailed utility layouts, and precise grading specifications for the intake channel, settling channel, and outlet channel components.