SADD and IDD Improvements Design Build

This pre-solicitation notice seeks design-build contractor services to implement fish passage facilities and provide design and construction at the San Acacia Diversion Dam and Isleta Diversion Dam. The Bureau of Reclamation aims to allow upstream movement of the endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow and reconnect habitat. Contractors must collect design data, prepare designs within a $14-16 million budget, complete construction and acceptance testing by March 2025, and provide six months of post-construction support. A request for qualifications is anticipated to publish in May 2022 to evaluate contractor experience with similar dam projects.

This will be a total small business set-aside contract issued under NAICS code 237990 for other heavy and civil engineering construction. The solicitation number will be 140R4022R0007 released by the Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Regional Office. Substantial completion of fish passage facilities and all construction work is required by March 2025 at both dam sites located in New Mexico.