Upper Mississippi River Locks 3 & 4 Miter Gate Supply   4

***This is a presolicitation notice only. No quotes, bids, or proposals will be accepted as a result of the issuance of this notice.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - St. Paul District has a requirement for the fabrication and delivery of replacement miter gates and associated ancillary equipment for Lock and Dam (LD) 3 and 4 on the Upper Mississippi River. Four leaves (two upstream and two downstream) will be required per site. The base contract will be for the delivery of the LD 4 gates in 2028, with the LD 3 gates as a separately priced option with a delivery date in 2029. The work includes, but is not limited to, fabricating, testing, painting, prestressing, and delivering new lock chamber miter gate assemblies (each miter gate assembly consists of two miter gate leaf's), and appurtenant parts to the Mississippi River Maintenance Facility (Pleasant Valley, Iowa) and retrieving and disposing of the old miter gates at Pleasant Valley, Iowa. Additionally, there will be options for Strut Arm Assemblies and long term storage of the Miter Gates. Each option will be exercised at the Government's discretion. Delivery of the strut arm assemblies will be required within six (6) months of option award.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project will be 332312; Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing with a size standard of 500 employees.

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

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

The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bid (IFB).

It is anticipated that a solicitation will be issued in June or July of 2024. This date is for planning purposes only, and does not commit the Government to issuing a solicitation during this timeframe.

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 IFB.

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