Lock and Dam (LD) 5A Routine Gate Maintenance Quality Assurance and LD 3&4 Gate Fabrication Quality Assurance

***Amendment 0002 removes and replaces the Scope of Work (SOW), makes changes to the Basis for Award, and extends the solicitation closing date.

***Amendment 0001 removes and replaces the Schedule of Services.

***This solicitation notice was inadvertently posted as a small business set-aside and has been corrected to Full and Open (Unrestricted).

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District has a requirement for a contractor capable of providing Quality Assurance (QA) Inspection services for the Lock and Dam (LD) No. 5A Routine Gate Maintenance project and the LD 3 and 4 Miter Gate Fabrication Contract. 

QA services for the LD5A will be required at the following locations:

• Johnson Machine Works

48899 Hy Vee Rd

Chariton, IA 50049

• Lock and Dam 5A

W679 WI-35

Fountain City, WI 54629

QA services for the LD5A will be required at the following locations:

• G&G Steel Inc

15825 AL-243

Russellville, AL 35653

• Warrior River Steel LLC

6275 Horsecreek Blvd

Cordova, AL 35550

Required services include work associated with the following LD5A RGM and LD3&4 MGR activities: QA Inspection and Verification of Construction Contractor’s inspections; QA testing and inspection of steel repairs; QA testing and inspection of steel fabrication; QA inspections of Construction Contractor’s Painting Means and Methods; QA inspections of coatings; and Review and Response to applicable requests for information (RFI) and submittals. 

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 541380; Testing Laboratories and Services with a size standard of $19.0 Million.

The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a base year period of performance and four (4) option years.

The solicitation is Full and Open (Unrestricted).

The solicitation is a request for quote (RFQ) and will be evaluated using Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluations in accordance with FAR 15.101-2.

No CDs or hard copies of the solicitation will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) for any update(s) to the solicitation.  The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document posted at the referenced website.

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As required by 15 U.S.C. 644(w), the Corps of Engineers policy and procedures, as well as past performance information, in regard to definitization of requests for equitable adjustments is found at https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering.