Penstock Gate #4 Closure

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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued separately.

This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-03 dated January 17, 2025.

The solicitation number is FY255201020, and this solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ).

This is a 100% Small business Set Aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 332312 Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing, with a Product Service Code 3630 with a corresponding small business standard of 500 employees.

Only offers from small businesses will be considered for this solicitation.

All vendors must have an active registration at sam.gov at the time of submission in order to be considered. Any vendor that does not have an active Sam.gov registration will be rejected as non-responsive.

Offer due date/local time: 3:00 PM MST on August 29, 2025. Please reference the solicitation number FY255201020 in the subject line with project title.

Offers shall be emailed to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov.  FAXED QUOTES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Active Unique Entity ID (UEI) shall be included with your offer.

Form SF 1442 191BWC25r0004 and CLIN Structure shall be returned with your quote.

Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement shall be submitted to my attention via email at angelica.baca@ibwc.gov and COR Edi Delgado edi.delgado@ibwc.gov before scheduling a site visit. We will not be able to accept anyone who has not submitted this document prior to your site visit.

Only questions submitted by email to angelica.baca@ibwc.gov will be considered. Questions received from Offerors after 3:00 pm Mountain on August 22, 2025, may not be responded to.

A site visit is highly encouraged. It may be scheduled by contacting Edi Delgado edi.delgado@ibwc.gov

The site visit will close on 8/20/2025.

Please acknowledge the acceptance and understanding of services in accordance with the Schedule in the PWS.

Provide the name and contact information of the subcontractor, if used.

Description: The International Boundary and Water Commission Falcon Field Office is seeking a price quote for Falcon Penstock #4 Closure as per PWS attached.

Project Location

The project is located at the Falcon Power Plant, FM2098, 1 Reservoir Rd., Falcon Heights, Texas 78545.

Period of Performance

The contractor is expected to complete the work within 180 calendar days after the contract is awarded.

Warranty in excess of 1 year not required.

The government will award to the lowest price, technically acceptable, responsible offeror.

Technical Approach - Quote must demonstrate the technical approach by providing a narrative addressing all the items in the scope. The narrative shall at a minimum include your plan of action, equipment, key team members, and schedule.

Past Performance – Quotes shall demonstrate successful past performance of at least 3 three (3) references for similar projects. The information shall include the name of person, company, phone number, email address, and brief description of the project.

Offerors shall meet or exceed and specifications and scope of work of items being quoted.

Failure to submit the required technical approach and past performance will deem a proposal non-responsive and no consideration for award will be given.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. NOTE: The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed through http://www.acuisition.gov

INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM

The U.S. Section International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has transitioned to an electronic invoicing system. The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is a secure, web-based system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. IPP is available at no cost to any commercial vendor or independent contractor doing business with a participating government agency.

Information concerning accessing the IPP system will be provided at time of award.

END of combined synopsis/solicitation.

Attachments:

Performance Work Statement

SF1442 191BWC25r0004

CLIN Structure

Non-Disclosure Agreement

Davis Bacon Act Wage Determination

Drawings

Pictures

7/15/25 - to add a comment on "description" above regarding the Non Disclosure Agreement form.

7/25/25 - to add Q&As attachement with "Falcon Stop Log 125_130" attachment

8/7/25 - to add Q&A: What is the head on the stoplogs? How much does it vary? Water pressure on the Stop Logs, basically this information depends on the Dam Water Elevation.

8/13/2025 - to add Q&As as follows:

• P. 19 of the Performance Work Statement says, “All certificates and qualification documents must be submitted with the offer for evaluation and approval by the government prior to contract award.” What are the certificates and qualification documents that need to be submitted, and do they need to be submitted with the proposal? First need to be registered with SAM.gov and have a valid UEI Number and Construction License.


• P. 51 of the Solicitation says Manually signed under item 2. Since this is an email submission, does that still apply? N/A


• We do still need the net head range for the gates. Or if we can get the highest possible net head that would work for the design. We cannot design the new gates without this information and cannot bid this job. Can you please try and get this information so we can get together a design and bid this job? The Net Head Range for the Penstock Gates will require to be Medium-Head Systems because IBWC systems generally operate with head differences between 10 and 40 meters. Current IBWC Penstock gates for these applications would need to withstand medium pressures than low-head systems.

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