Braddock Hydraulic Upgrades   3

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, has a project that involves a hydraulic system upgrade which consists of demolition and removal of the existing hydraulic system and its related components, and installation of a new hydraulic system with supporting controls and buildings at Monongahela Locks and Dam Two at Braddock, Pennsylvania.

Primary hydraulic system components to be demolished and removed are motors, pumps, reservoir, filters, filter housings, piping & pipe hangers, hydraulic fluid, valves, and manifolds. Any hydraulic piping that is embedded in concrete shall be drained, cut flush with the concrete surface, capped or plugged, and abandoned in place. Only the hydraulic cylinders shall remain from the existing hydraulic system. Electrical demolition work shall include but not be limited to removal of specified buckets, cabinet doors, junction boxes, levers, buttons, indicators, limit switches, wiring, and hardware. Some concrete demolition work shall be required for placement of new buildings and routing of new electrical cable and mechanical pipe.

The following paragraph outlines the new equipment that shall be furnished and installed by the contractor to support operation of the existing hydraulic cylinders. Four new hydraulic power units (HPUs) shall be furnished and installed on the lock walls inside three new 2-story HPU buildings at locations specified on the contract drawings.

The HPU buildings shall be designed and constructed by the contractor in accordance with a performance specification and match the concept drawings included in the contract drawings. The HPUs shall send hydraulic power to the existing hydraulic cylinders by means of new stainless-steel piping and new manifold mounted hydraulic components. The new hydraulic equipment shall be operated by new electronic controls that will be installed inside new panels and new control consoles. The new control panels shall be installed on each HPU with an additional control panel inside of the middle wall operations building. The new control consoles shall be installed inside four new 1-story control shelters at locations specified on the contract drawings. The control shelters shall be designed and constructed by the contractor in accordance with a performance specification and the concept drawings included in the contract drawings. New buckets and supporting equipment shall be installed inside existing motor control centers (MCCs). New hardware and power and control cabling shall be installed as specified and as required for operation of the new electrical/mechanical equipment. Some concrete installation work shall be required for placement of new buildings and routing of new electrical cable and mechanical pipe. Minimal new aluminum closed-type planking shall be required for placement over top new concrete utility trenches. The work is located at the Braddock Locks and Dam in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

The work shall be completed within 730 calendar days after written Notice to Proceed. Per FAR 36.204(h) the magnitude of construction is more than $10,000,000.

This acquisition will be procured as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The resulting award will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract. All responsible Bidders are encouraged to participate. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued on or about 14 November 2025, online through Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) which posts the opportunity to SAM.gov; therefore, requests for hardcopies of the solicitation will not be honored.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) for this procurement is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the small business size standard is $45.0 Million.

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