Lock & Dam 5 Routine Gate Maintenance

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District has a requirement for a contractor capable of providing all labor, material, and equipment necessary to meet the requirements for the Lock and Dam No. 5 Routine Gate Maintenance project.

Lock and Dam 5 is located at 12554 Highway 61, Minnesota City, MN 55959.

The scope of work includes the following:

1. Rehabilitation of the roller gates including sandblasting and painting, replacing seals, replacing end shields, and performing a detailed inspection of all members of the gates to determine miscellaneous steel repairs required. The steel railing on the roller gate piers beneath the service bridge requires sandblasting and painting. The steel railing contains lead-based paint and abrasive blast waste must be disposed of in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.


2. Rehabilitation of tainter gates including sandblasting and painting, replacing seals, performing a detailed inspection of all members of the gates in accordance with the specifications, to determine miscellaneous steel repairs required, removing old staff gages on piers and replacing with Government-furnished staff gages, cleaning and painting the staff gage pointers on the tainter gates, extending grease lines from trunnion hub to bridge handrailing, and disassembling the cover over the tainter gate trunnion yoke for inspection in accordance with the specifications, and replacement of neoprene gasket as shown on the drawings.


3. Rehabilitation of tainter gate bulkheads including sandblasting and painting, replacing seals, and lead-based paint mitigation.


4. Rehabilitation of the roller gate bulkheads. These repairs will need to be made prior to the use of the roller gate bulkheads.


5. Rehabilitation of bulkhead trucks including sandblasting and painting and disposal of the abrasive blast waste which contains lead-based paint in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.


6. Miscellaneous steel repairs of the roller gates and the roller gates and the tainter gates.


7. Perform gate muck and debris removal as specified in the specifications.


8. Two Optional CLINs include sandblasting and painting the roller gate bridge spans and the storage yard bridge spans. This work will include sandblasting the stair towers. These areas contain lead-based paint, and must be disposed of in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.

In accordance with DFARS 236.204, the anticipated magnitude of this project will be between $10.0 Million and $25.0 Million.

It is anticipated that this project will be solicited in March or April of 2023. All dates are tentative and for planning purposes only.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project would be 237990; Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction with a size standard of $39.5 Million.

The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price contract.

The solicitation shall be a Total Small Business set-aside.

The solicitation will be a request for proposal (RFP) and will be evaluated as Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).

This synopsis is not a request for quotes, proposals, or bids. This is a notice that a solicitation for a competitive acquisition for the award of one firm-fixed price contract is intended to be issued via Contract Opportunities (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) in the near future. The specifications will be detailed in the solicitation. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract.

This is a pre-solicitation notice, and as such, any additional information as to the size and/or scope of the project will not be available until the issuance of the RFP.

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