Upper Mississippi River Locks 4 & 3 Miter Gate Supply   4

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The following is an Invitation for Bid (IFB)

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 is 332312; Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing with a size standard of 500 employees.

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

The solicitation is a Total Small Business set-aside.

The solicitation is an Invitation for Bid (IFB).

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