RECOVERY--Z--Project Number 322610 Fall Creek Truinion Rehabilitation and Hoisting Wire Rope Replacement and Lookpoint Point Spillway Gate Hoist Rope Replacement

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has changed its requirement for Fall Creek Trunnion Rehabilitation and Hoisting Rope Replacement, Lowell, Lane County, OR. Presolicitation notice W9127N-10-R-0017 is amended as follows:

The project title is now Fall Creek Trunnion Rehabilitation and Hoisting Rope Replacement and Lookout Point Spillway Gate Hoist Rope Replacement.

The Magnitude of Construction will be between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

Additional work at Lookout Point Dam is added -- The scope of work will include the hoisting rope replacement of a minimum of one spillway tainter gate and up to five spillway tainter gates at Lookout Point Dam. The replacement of the hoisting ropes includes replacement of the wear plates, wire ropes, gate connection gears and compenents; reinstallation of the drums; and rope tensioning.

The anticipated date this project will be issued will be issued in electronic format is now on/or about 22 February 2010 with a proposal due date no less than 30 days after issuance.

All other information in the presolicitation notice remains the same.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has a requirement for Fall Creek Trunion Rehabilitation and Hoisting Rope Replacement, Lowell, Lane County, OR with a Magnitude of Construction ranging between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00.

The scope of the project includes replacing the wire ropes on a minimum of one and up to two tainter gates on which the trunion pins are replaced. The trunion rehabilitation includes replacing the trunion bushings, trunion pin, trunion thrust washers, and keeper plates with new Government furnished components. The replacement of the hoisting ropes includes the replacement of the wear plates, the replacement of the wire ropes, replacement of the gate connection components, reinstallation of the drums, and rope tensioning.

Detailed specifications will be inclusive in the solicitation package.

A Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) will be provided for all new contracts with this District. For this project, the person that will act as the SSHO is required to have a minimum of 3 years safety work with similar projects and a 30 hour OSHA construction safety class (or equivalent) taken within the last 3 years. The SSHO may have no other duties for this work except function as the on-site CQC Manager.

This procurement is open to both small and large business concerns; large businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan. The NAICS Code is 237990 and the small busines size standard is $33.5 million. Interested concerns must be enrolled in the Central Contract Registry (CCR) at www.ccr.gov or http://ccr.gov/ to conduct business with the Department of Defense.

A Request for Proposal (RFP) utilizing the Best Value/Tradeoff method will be issued. Evaluation criteria will be provided in the solicitation, and a single firm fixed price contract may be negotiated as a result of this procurement. The solicitation for this project will be issued in electronic format on/or about 1 February 2010 with a proposal due date no less than 30 days after issuance; a notice and link to download this solicitation via Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/default.cfm will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunity (www.fbo.gov or http://www.fbo.gov) website when the solicitation is made available for download. Interested parties must be registered with FedTeDS to download solicitation information. Interested parties are responsible for checking the referenced website(s) for updates. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for any party's inability to access the documents posted at the referenced websites. The point of contact for matters related to this procurement can be addressed by email to Barbara White at Barbara.A.White@usace.army.mil. All inquiries regarding this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry. Telephone and email inquiries will not be accepted. Bidder Inquiry is a web-based program that allows bidders to post questions regarding the solicitation and to view all questions by other bidders and answers by USACE. Bidder inquiry instructions will be detailed in the solicitation.