REHABILITATION AND FABRICATION OF LOCK AND DAM STRUCTURAL EQUIPMENT The purpose of this notice is to inform all parties that the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, Huntington, WV Proposes to award the final option period of contract DACW69-98-D-0007 on a sole source basis to KYOWVA Corporation. The option period is from 1 April 2000 TO 31 Dec 2000. This is an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. This contract was originally solicited for bids as a small business set-aside on 27 January 1998 for a base and two option periods. Only one bid, KYOWVA Corporation, was received in response to this solicitation. An award was made to KYOWVA Corporation for the base and the two option periods. However, due to an administrative error of not informing the contractor of the Government's intent to exercise the option and not executing a modification to exercise the option in a timely fashion we are synopsizing our intent to sole source the last option period. Based on the initial submission of only 1 bidder for this procurement, the Government knows of no other source that can satisfy the requirements of the contract. The work to be performed under this contract consists of furnishing supplies, labor and equipment necessary to rehabilitate lock and dam structural operating equipment. The rehabilitation work may include such items as welding structural cracks and defects, replacing bushings, machining shafts and bushings, machining shafts and bushings, installing sleeves on shafts, sandblasting to white metal, painting, replacing bolted on rubber seals. The fabrication work may include welding members together, fabricating items in accordance with drawings and specifications, cutting and drilling rubber seals, bolting members together, sandblasting, and painting. All work except sandblasting and painting shall be performed within an environmentally controlled structure. The contractor will be responsible for unloading all items to be rehabilitated from Government provided barges or trucks and transporting to contractor's work area. The contractor shall have a crane available for unloading and loading items to be rehabilitated from barges, maximum weight shall be 35 tons. Once required work is completed the contractor will be responsible for moving all fabricated or rehabilitated items from their work area and loading it onto Government provided barges or trucks. Contractor's work and responsibility shall include, but not be limited to, all planning, programming, administration and management necessary to assure that all services provided are conducted in accordance with the contract and all applicable laws, regulations, codes, or directives. Contractor shall ensure that all work meets or exceeds tolerances specified or included in referenced documents. The Government intends to provide pint, thinner, steel plates and shapes, bolts, nuts, bushing material, and sleeve material necessary to rehabilitate and/or fabricate specified items. The contractor shall provide any necessary items not provided by the Government. The contractor will provide all other materials, supplies, safety equipment required by OSHA and Corps of Engineers Safety Manual EM385-1-1 to accomplish the necessary Scope of Work (e.g. welding electrode rod, grinding disks, goggles, respirators, etc.). A complete set of drawings for each item of work will be provided when the "Scope of Work" is issued. The "Scope of Work" will specify whether the contractor will be responsible for any transportation. If required, the contractor shall supply a tractor trailer to pick up/deliver items from any Government facility and transport them to the contractor's facility. A river docking facility must also be provided for loading/unloading Government barges. Work Orders (DD 1155) will be issued to include the Scope of Work to be performed, the end results expected by the Contracting Officer and required completion date. All inquiries or concerns must be addressed in writing to: JoAnna Black, Chief, Contracting Division, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, 502 8th Street, Huntington, WV25701-2070 or by email: joannab@lrh.usace.army.mil. Telephone requests or inquiries will not be accepted. The SIC Is 3441 with a size standard of 500 employees. This procurement is 100% set aside for small business. Please see numbered Notes 1, 22, AND 23. Posted 01/27/00 (W-SN419474).

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