Sagamore Bridge Painting, Sagamore, MA

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is soliciting small business contractors for the Painting of the Sagamore Bridge, across the Cape Cod Canal, in the town of Sagamore. The NAICS code for this procurement is 238320. The project is planned to be issued in June 2012. The construction will occur in 2013, after on-going steel repairs are completed and the project duration is expected to take five to seven months. The estimated construction cost is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. Any responsible source meeting this standard may submit a bid to be considered by the New England District.

The work of this project consists of abrasive blast cleaning all of the metalwork of the Sagamore Bridge to bare metal and painting the entire steel superstructure with a moisture-cure polyurethane paint system. The bridge is a three-span continuous truss comprised of approximately 5,100 tons of steel. Truss members are built-up sections consisting of channels, angles, and plates with riveted connections. Span length of the superstructure is 1,408 feet abutment to abutment, and the width of the bridge is 51 feet. At mid-span, the lower chord elevation of the bridge structure is 135 feet above mean high water. The existing paint system on the bridge contains red lead primer, therefore all surface preparation work must be performed in accordance with applicable environmental regulations and worker health and safety standards including containment, emissions monitoring, collection, and disposal of all contaminated blast debris.
This project also includes miscellaneous structural steel repairs that are generally limited to replacement of deteriorated lacing bars and rivets. New steel components are to be connected with high strength bolts.

The solicitation will be available on or about June 14, 2012 and will be available for downloading by accessing the Federal Business Opportunities website (http:/www.fbo.gov). In order to view this solicitation, prospective contractors are required to self register their firm with federal Business Opportunities (go to http:/www.fbo.gov and register under Vendor/Citizen). Amendments, if any, to the solicitation will be made available at the http:/www/fbo.gov website. Neither telephonic, mailed nor fax requests will be accepted. Registrants are responsible for the accuracy of the information on the FedBizOps Registration List.