Mel Price Lock & Dam Lift Gate Install & Machinery Replacement   20

PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS

MELVIN PRICE LOCK & DAM MAIN LOCK LIFT GATE INSTALL & MACHINERY REPLACEMENT

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63104

POINT OF CONTACT: Angie Grimes, Contract Specialist, angie.l.grimes@usace.army.mil

PROPOSED SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912P9-23-R-0042

PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE: Alton, Illinois

COMPETITION SET-ASIDE: Full & Open Competition

TYPE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT: firm fixed price (FFP), Request for Proposal (RFP)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 20 months after date of award

ESTIMATED MAGNITUDE: between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000

PRODUCT OR SERVICE CODE (PSC): Y1PZ Construction of Other Non-Building Facilities

NAICS AND SIZE STANDARD: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this is effort is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business Administration small business size standard for NAICS code 237990 is $39.5 million annual average receipts (total or gross income) over the past three years.

DESCRIPTION:

General Site Description:

Melvin Price Locks and Dam is located on the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, approximately 21.3 river miles upstream from St. Louis and 200.8 miles above the mouth of the Ohio River. The project consists of a main lock and an auxiliary lock; a dam containing nine Tainter gates; and a fixed submersible dike reaching the Missouri Side of the River. The main lock is 1200 ft by 110 ft with a lift gate at the upstream end and a miter gate at the downstream end of the lock chamber. The auxiliary lock is 600 ft by 110 ft with a set of miter gates at the upstream and downstream ends.

Work Statement:

The work will consist of furnishing all labor, equipment, operators, supervision, supplies and materials, and incidentals necessary to perform the Melvin Price Locks and Dam Lift Gate Install and Machinery Replacement Project. The work is anticipated to be accomplished with traditional river marine construction equipment, such as floating plant and barge mounted crane, and staged behind the bulkheads on the upstream end of the main lock. All heavy lifts to include the removal of the existing lift gate leaves, installation of the new lift gate leaves, and removal/installation of the maintenance bulkheads will be performed by the Government. However, full coordination will be required between the Government and the Contractor during the removal and installation processes. The contractor will be required to install Government Furnished unwatering pumps and maintain the pumps during the duration of the unwatering. Once work has been accomplished coordination will be required to ensure that the lock is properly rewatered, bulkheads removed, and main lock put back into operation per the schedule.

The work will be performed during a scheduled closure of the main lock which is currently estimated to occur in the winter timeframe starting between December 2024 and January 2025 and ending between March and April 2025. Main lock closure is expected to be a no more than 90-days, main lock will only be closed for a maximum of 90 consecutive days. The main lock work must be fully completed with commissioning and acceptance accomplished 7-days before lock opening date.

The structural work on the project includes but is not limited to the following:

• Working with the Government to assist with the final installation of the replacement government furnished two leaf lift gate. The Contractor must be able to follow a detailed sequence given in the specifications for the work that will be coordinated with the Government for the installation of the replacement lift gate.
• Removal of existing counterweights.
• Fabrication and installation of the replacement counterweights.
• Installation of reinforced concrete lift gate sill raise and gate rests.

The mechanical work on the project includes but is not limited to the following:

• Removal of select lift gate machinery components.
• Supply and installation the new vertical lift gate machinery components.
• Installation of the hoisting and counterweight wire ropes after the Government installs the replacement lift gate leaves.

The electrical work includes but is not limited to the following:

• Replacement of low-voltage 480VAC motor control centers (MCC) including removal of existing MCCs, installation of new MCCs, and replacement of various power feeder cables.
• Replacement of low-voltage 480VAC electric hoist motors, adjustable speed drive (ASD) motor controller enclosures, and various power feeder cables and control devices.
• Programming, start-up, and testing of ASD motor controller systems and integration of new ASD systems with existing Lock PLC/HMI system.
• Modifications to existing Lock PLC/HMI system program to accommodate specific operating parameters of the new lift gate.

Once the machinery is properly aligned and the PLC/HMI system modifications are complete, commissioning will be required to calibrate and hone gate travel limits and operational speeds prior to acceptance.

SOLICITATION: The solicitation is expected to be available on or about May 15, 2023. The proposal submission date and time will be contained in the solicitation package. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential offerors are responsible to check the information on the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov/. This solicitation package will be posted on SAM, which can be accessed at www.sam.gov/.

Paper copies of this solicitation and its amendments will not be available or issued. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package or the Interested Vendor List will not be honored.

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for proposal preparation costs.

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