Sawcutting for new maintenance bulkhead recesses at Montgomery Locks and Dam

SITE VISIT

An organized site visit has been scheduled for Friday, November 20th 2015 at 10:00 am

Participants will meet at the landwall building conference room on the second floor at Montgomery Locks and Dam, 100 Montgomery Dam Road, Monaca, PA 15061

Please contact Michelle Anderson via email michelle.l.anderson@usace.army.mil if you will be
attending.

The work consists of wire saw cutting and core drilling concrete and embedded items for the new maintenance closure system in the upstream and downstream approaches to the 110-ft. x 600-ft. primary land lock chamber. The wire sawing will be from the top of the land and middle wall monoliths to the underwater poiree and boule dam sills at the elevations indicated. Portions of this work will occur underwater. Core drilling, wire sawing, line drilling, or other precision cutting methods shall be utilized for the concrete cutting. Steel corner protection and wall armor will also be cut at locations of the proposed concrete wire sawing. The contractor is responsible to cut concrete free as indicated and install a temporary Government-supplied stability system. The Government will remove the concrete sections at a later date.

Construction will occur in close proximity to waterway traffic in the land lock chamber. All work shall be performed in a manner that will not interfere with the duties of project personnel or lock operation. Limited, minor lock closures will be accommodated. The lock chambers at Montgomery L/D are currently operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The work is located at the Montgomery Locks and Dam, 100 Montgomery Dam Road, Monaca, PA 15061-2221.

The estimated cost of the proposed work is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

The procurement is 100% Small Business Set Aside Firm Fixed Price Acquisition. All responsible offerors are encouraged to participate. The work shall be completed within 270 calendar days after written Notice to Proceed. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued approximately 11 November 2015, online through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO.gov), therefore, requests for hardcopies of the solicitation will not be honored. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must register as an interested vendor on the FBO.gov website. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing notification of any changes to this solicitation. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before receiving a contract award (go to www.sam.gov to register). The NAICS for this procurement is 238990, "All other Specialty Trade Contractors" and the small business size standard is $15,000,000 Million.