SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Young Clamshell Bucket Machine Work
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 332710
— Machine Shops
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, Rock Island, P.O. Box 2004, Clock Tower Building, Attn: CEMVR-CT, Rock Island, IL 61204-2004
- ZIP Code
- 61204-2004
- Solicitation Number
- W912EK-07-T-0078
- Response Due
- 9/17/2007
- Archive Date
- 11/16/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Young Clamshell Bucket Machine Work: All work will be done on a Young hydraulic clamshell bucket SN RS250BE-140. The work includes welding and line boring worn eyelets, fabricating, through heat treat hardening and shrink fit installing new bushing s into eyelets, installing grease zerks in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (government) supplied pins, supplying Grade 8 bolts and locknuts, fabricating and installing new steel plate shims and pressing oil seals into hydraulic cylinder eyelets to protect bus hings. All eyelets receiving bushings shall be bored to insure a .004 to .006 shrink fit of the bushings. The eyelets that include bolt holes for bolting pins in place shall only be bored deep enough, from the opposite side of the bolt holes, to accept the new bushing. Boring shall not be done through the bolt hole area. New pins and pin collars will be provided to the successful bidder by the government. The bucket, with the exception of the bucket spindle, will be reassembled to insure proper fit and smo oth operation of all the new pins through the new bushings. The government supplied crosshead mounting pin shall be installed in the bucket spindle to insure proper fit. All clamshell bucket parts will be thoroughly greased through the newly installed and existing grease zerks during and after final assembly and testing of the clamshell bucket operation. Drawings and specifications for all work done by the bidder will be provided to the government; i.e. final diameters and depths of all eyelets welded and bored, dimensions and locations of all bushings fabricated and shrink fitted into eyelets, dimensions of steel plate shims and specifications of the oil seals pressed into the hydraulic cylinder eyelets. Off-the-shelf, commercially available bushings may b e used, instead of fabricating these items, if they meet the requirements of the specifications. The reassembled bucket, as shown in drawings and photos, and bucket spindle with assembled crosshead mounting pin, will be shipped back to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The approximate dimensions and weights of the individual bucket pieces are: left half bucket, 6L x 4W x 3H, 2,300lbs.; right half bucket, 6L x 4W x 3H, 2,200lbs.; two bucket links, 35 L x 6 W x 1 T, 50lbs. each; two hydraulic cylinder s, 2.5L x 6 D, 170lbs. each; bucket frame, 40 W x 39 H x 36 W, 1,250lbs.; bucket spindle, 26 L x 22 W x 21 H, 600lbs; two pins, 39 L x 3 D, 80lbs. each; two pins 13 1/8 L x 2.5 D, 18lbs.each; two pins 11 7/8 L x 2.5 D, 17lbs. each; four pins, 6.5 L x 2 D, 6lbs. each; Grade 8 bolts and lock nuts, bushings and shims; size and weight are negligible. The bid price shall include all labor and materials to complete the work and will include shipping of the assembled bucket from the successful bidders place of b usiness back to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois Waterway Project Office, 257 Grant St., Peoria, Illinois 61603-3585. The bucket parts, including the left and right halves of the bucket, two bucket links, two hydraulic cylinders, bucket frame, bu cket spindle, new pins and sample used pins, bolts/nuts, bushings and shims will be shipped, disassembled, to the successful bidder by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is recommended that prospective bidders inspect the clamshell bucket and parts befor e submitting a bid.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, ILLW Project Office 257 Grant St Peoria IL
- Zip Code: 61603-3585
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 61603-3585
- Record
- SN01395741-W 20070907/070905221753 (fbodaily.com)
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