**Amendment 0001**
The purpose of this amendment is to remove Barkley Chain Design and Q9-M-101 reference under 252.236-7001
**Amendment 0002**
The purpose of this amendment is to extend bid due date to 8 July 2024, no later than 12:00PM Central Time and remove “bond” verbiage from Bidder Instructions
**Amendment 0003**
The purpose of this amendment is to update drawings Q9-M-102, Q9-M-103 and Q9-M-101 in plans and update Section 35 01 41, Paragraph 2.2.4 in specifications. Updated plans and specifications will be provided under the attachments tab.
PURPOSE: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE}, Nashville District (LRN), is issuing an lnvitiation for Bid (IFB), Firm Fixed Price Supply Contract for Lake Barkley Spillway Gate Chains Fabrication. Contractor will be required to fabricate all components necessary to replace all of Lake Barkley Dam Spillway Gate Chains. Contract will be for fabrication only, USACE personnel will perform installation of the lifting chains at a later date. Each lifting chain is made up of around 1,000 metallic components in various quantities of chains, pins, collars, washers, etc.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The contractor will be responsible for the fabrication, assembly, and delivery of new spillway gate lifting chains. The contractor will, at a minimum, fabricate chains for three gates (6 total chain lengths) for the base of the contract and option years will be for varying quantities of additional chains (up to 24 total lengths) depending on available funding. Spillway gate chains consist of pins (of varying length), side bars, spacer sleeves, collars, washers, and retainer rings. The total length of one chain is roughly 80 feet. Machining for grease grooves/ports will also be required.
DELIVERY DATE: 270 calendar days after notice of award.
NAICS CODE AND SBA SIZE STANDARD: 332312, Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing, Size Standard: 500 Employees
TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: The solicitation will be 100% small business set-aside.
SOLICITATION AND CONTRACT TYPE: The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price supply contract.
SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, registration is required in the System for Award Management (SAM) database located at https://sam.gov/.
More specifically, "An Offerer is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchase agreement resulting from this solicitation.: (See FAR 52.204-7(b)(l)).
For SAM Customer Service, contact:
Federal Service Desk
URL: www.fsb.gov
Hours: 8am-8pm (Eastern Time)
US Calls: 866-606-8220
International Calls: 334-206-7828
DSN: 866-606-8220
Technical inquiries and questions relating to proposal procedures or bonds are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at http://www.ProjNet.org/ProjNet, using the bidder quick key listed in the solicitation. The Bidder’s bid shall be submitted electronically via Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), as described below. The Bidder’s bid shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in bids is prohibited.
POINT-OF-CONTACT: The Primary Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Samantha Bedard,
email: Samantha.J.Bedard@usace.army.mil. Any communication regarding this notice should be made in writing sent via email and must identify the Solicitation number, company name, address, phone number and point of contact.
