SOURCES SOUGHT
Z -- Ice Harbor Navigation Lock Downstream Gate Operating Machinery Replacement
- Notice Date
- 4/20/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 237990
— Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Walla Walla, 201 N. Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362-1876
- ZIP Code
- 99362-1876
- Solicitation Number
- W912EF15RSS34
- Response Due
- 4/30/2015
- Archive Date
- 6/19/2015
- Point of Contact
- Hillary Morgan, 509-527-7214
- E-Mail Address
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USACE District, Walla Walla
(hillary.a.morgan@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District is seeking small business sources for a construction project entitled: Ice Harbor Navigation Lock Downstream Gate Operating Machinery Replacement. The work is located at the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam near Burbank, Washington. This will be a firm-fixed-price construction contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and the associated small business size standard is $36,500,000.00. This sources-sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work. This is not a solicitation. Only those firms who respond to this announcement by submitting the following information will be used in determining whether to set aside this requirement for small business concerns. A) A list of current or past projects demonstrating technical experience with work of a similar nature to that listed in the Summary Scope of Work. For each project submitted, provide a brief narrative statement of the work involved, your firm's role in the project, the dollar value and the completion date. Include a statement detailing any special qualifications and certifications, applicable to the scope of this project, held by your firm and/or in-house personnel. B) A reference list for each of the projects submitted in A) above. Include the name, title, current phone number and email address for each reference. C) Provide a statement of your firm's business size (HUBZone), Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), small disadvantaged, or woman-owned) with regards to the NAICS code listed above. D) Provide a statement that your firm intends to submit an offer on the project when it is advertised. E) Provide a statement of your firm's bonding capacity. A statement from your surety is NOT required. F) Cage Code and DUNS number. Submit this information to Hillary Morgan, Contract Specialist, via email to hillary.a.morgan@usace.army.mil. Your response to this notice must be received on or before 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Summary of Scope of Work: The work described herein involves the replacement/upgrade of the navigation lock downstream gate hoist mechanical machinery and the associated electrical and control equipment, and the rehabilitation of the gate hoist friction sheaves. Background The Ice Harbor navigation lock downstream gate is a counterbalanced vertical lift gate and measures approximately 90 feet tall by 88 feet wide and weighs approximately 740 tons. The gate is connected to two counterweights (one on each side) with twelve 2-1/4 inch diameter wire ropes. The hoist machinery is located in two machinery rooms located at the top of the downstream structural towers, one on each side of the lift gate. The wire ropes pass over an 18 foot diameter friction sheave. The friction sheave is driven through an electric hydraulic pump driving a high speed hydraulic motor. The speed is reduced and torque increased through a gearbox having an external pinion driving the gear around the perimeter of the sheave. The wire rope passes over the uppermost surface of the hoist sheave. The two hoist sheaves support the cumulative weight of the gate, the counterweight, and the hoist ropes. The downstream lift gate hoist machinery is the original machinery installed when the lock was placed into service in 1969, with the exception of a coupling (replaced in 1980), pedestal mounting system (added in 1980), output gear in box (reversed due to bent shaft in 1980), gearboxes and hydraulic system (replaced in 1989), hoist wire ropes (replaced in 2012). Electrical and control systems are original. Summary of Work Mechanical upgrades consist of the hoist drive components required to operate the gate, the overhead service crane in each machinery room, and the mechanical aspects of limits and controls for gate operation. Furnish and install the following items for the hoist drives in each machinery room: new pillow block bearings, ring gears, pinion gears, pinion shafts, pinion bearings, couplings, and brakes. In addition, install new Government-furnished gearboxes. Install new bearings and ring gear for the friction sheaves in each machinery room. In order to replace the friction sheave bearings and ring gears, the contractor must have technical experience, labor, and physical plant required for jacking and shoring of the existing 18 foot diameter friction sheaves that weigh approximately 112,000 pounds each and the counterweights which weigh approximately 740,000 pounds each. Upon completion of the bearing replacement, the contractor will be responsible for precise alignment of the friction sheave bearings and the alignment of open gear contact between the new pinion gears and the existing friction sheave ring gears. The contractor will be responsible for gate hoist wire rope load balancing that will require the services of a qualified engineer with a minimum of three years experience with load cells and load monitoring equipment to ensure the loads are evenly distributed across all hoist wire ropes at the completion of the work. The overhead service cranes in each machinery room will be replaced with commercially-available four ton rated electric wire rope hoists. New overhead cranes shall be single-girder top running bridge-type furnished with pendant style pushbutton remote control and wall-mounted pushbutton control station. Structural upgrades consist of weld repair of the downstream gate hoist friction sheaves, fabrication and installation of new machinery supports and pedestals, fabrication and installation of new safety handrails, and structural modifications to the existing overhead service crane corbels. All weld repair performed on the gate hoist friction sheaves must conform to American Welding Society (AWS) D1.5 - Bridge Welding Code requirements. Accordingly, contractor welders shall pass the qualification tests prescribed by AWS D1.5 prior to performing work on this contract. Develop welding procedures in accordance with AWS D1.5 and provide the services of AWS D1.5 certified welding inspectors to conduct required non-destructive testing of new and repaired welds on the gate hoist friction sheaves. Structural modifications to the existing overhead service crane corbels consist of the installation of an adhesive anchor system to increase the load capacity of the corbels from 5,000 pounds to 8,000 pounds. Evaluate concrete drilling locations for the presence of existing reinforcing steel with Ground Penetrating Radar or an approved equivalent method. Electrical upgrades consist of replacement of the machinery room motor control centers and power supply wiring and circuit breakers, installation of new variable frequency drive (VFD) equipped motors, new main power disconnects, new power distribution blocks, new VFD's, new control voltage transformers, new dynamic brake resistors, new programmable logic controllers (PLC), new network switches, new fiber optic panels, and new control relays. New PLC installations require the contractor to provide PLC program development, licensed software packages, shop testing, and operator field tests. New VFD installations require specified hardware, programming software, onsite installation supervision by the VFD manufacturer, VFD test plans, and execution of performance verification tests. New control panel, graphic panel, and equipment panel installations require specified hardware to be verified through Government-witnessed shop testing prior to delivery to the work site. A critical element of the project involves complex sequencing and coordination of commissioning and cut-over of new equipment and systems, and highly technical interfaces between new and old systems. The Contractor must demonstrate experience and qualifications necessary to manage challenging Quality Control and Commissioning programs for both factory and on-site testing requirements. The project involves long lead time procurement of complex electrical and control equipment and fabrication of large mechanical gears. Complete on-site work in close coordination with the Government lock and dam facility, and minimize outages and disruptions to operations. Provide on-site customer operations and maintenance training by authorized representatives of the new equipment manufacturers. Miscellaneous elements of the contract include RCRA 8 metal based paint and asbestos containing material (ACM) removal and disposal from existing equipment, and reroofing both tower roofs with a liquid applied membrane. Complete all work at the navigation lock within a finite work window of 12 weeks between December 2016 and March 2017. Work must be completed within the specified work window in order to return the navigation lock to service in accordance with a coordinated Columbia/Snake River navigation system outage plan. Staff (supervision and labor) and provide on-site physical plant to support multiple daily work shifts to meet the requirements of the aggressive construction schedule constraints. All on-site work shall be performed in accordance with the Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1). Establish and manage an effective on-site Safety and Health program in accordance with EM 385-1-1 that will require the development and submission of a comprehensive project specific Accident Prevention Plan for Government acceptance. In addition, develop and submit for Government acceptance Activity Hazard Analyses for each phase of work and a project specific Fall Protection Plan that comply with EM 385-1-1. A Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) employed by the prime contractor is required for each shift of the contractor's on-site operations. The SSHO shall possess a minimum of 5-years experience in construction safety on similar projects, shall have completed the 30-Hour OSHA Construction Safety training within the last 5 years, and shall have completed at least 24 hours of safety training from accredited safety training sources each year for the past 5 years. Provide a qualified Fall Protection Competent Person for each shift of the contractor's on-site operations that involves work that exposes workers to fall hazards. Furnish mobile crane equipment, crane operators, and rigging equipment that comply with the certification and testing requirements of EM 385-1-1. Furnish construction equipment to support elevated working positions such as scaffolding, scissor-lifts, boom-lifts, and aerial lift equipment. Establish and manage an effective Contractor Quality Control (CQC) System that will require the development and submission of a comprehensive project specific CQC Plan for Government acceptance. A CQC System Manager employed by the prime contractor is required to be on-site for each shift of the Contractor's operations. The CQC System Manager must possess a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a supervisory or management position such as Quality Control Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, or Construction Manager directly involved in the management of construction quality at the project site. In addition, the CQC System Manager shall have completed the course entitled quote mark Construction Quality Management for Contractors quote mark within the last 5 years. Use the Government-furnished Construction Contractor Module (referred to as QCS) of the Resident Management System (RMS) to record, maintain, and submit various information throughout the contract period. QCS is a Windows-based program capable of operating on a stand-alone personal computer or on a network. The Government will make the QCS software available to the Contractor at time of notice to proceed. The project involves the development and management of Contractor furnished submittals for items such as pre-construction plans, product data, test reports, and contract close-out documentation as required by the technical specifications of the contract. Miscellaneous work within the project includes the delivery of As-Built Drawings, O&M Manuals, Contractor- Prepared Shop Drawings, and spare parts to the customer. Contracting Office Address: Attn: CENWW-CT / 201 North 3rd Avenue / Walla Walla, Washington 99362-1876 Place of Performance: USACE - Ice Harbor Lock and Dam / 2763 Monument Dr. / Burbank, WA 99323 Primary Point of Contact: Hillary Morgan / Contract Specialist / hillary.a.morgan@usace.army.mil / Phone: 509-527-7214
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, Walla Walla 201 N. Third Avenue, Walla Walla WA
- Zip Code: 99362-1876
- Zip Code: 99362-1876
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