The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Northwestern Division, Portland District (CENWP) intends to solicit construction firms who are interested in submitting a competitive firm-fixed-price proposal for this project. This announcement is for the Bonneville Concrete Fish Ladder Rebuild in Skamania County Washington. 

The scope of this contract will replace the existing serpentine control section in the Washington shore fish ladder with a vertical slot and orifice control section. Seventeen of the eighteen existing concrete baffles will be demolished and replaced with nine baffle pairs, each with a vertical slot and two orifices; a large orifice to allow passage by salmon or lamprey and a small orifice that will only allow passage by lampreys. Lamprey refuge boxes will be provided approximately in line with the lamprey orifices. Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag antennas (to be fabricated and delivered by others) will be installed in the slots and both orifices of four of the baffle pairs, along with associated power supplies and fiber-optic transceiver panels, and a connection to the fisheries lab. Access to the PIT tag antennas will be provided by a contractor-designed non-ferrous walkway over the baffles which does not interfere with PIT tag detection.

The anticipated completion date for physical construction is 28 February 2025. 

The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). Best value tradeoff source selection procedures will be used to evaluate proposals. Evaluation criteria will be stated in the RFP. We intend to award one firm-fixed-price contract.

The estimated magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

This procurement is set-aside 100% for small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 237990; Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction with a small business size standard of $45M.

This synopsis is not a request for quotes (RFQ), proposals (RFP), or in an invitation for bids (IFB). This is a pre-solicitation notice indicating that a solicitation for a competitive acquisition for the award of one firm-fixed-price contract is intended to be issued via Contract Opportunities at SAM.gov.  The tentative solicitation issuance date is late April 2024.  The solicitation will not be issued less than 15 days from the date of this notice.  The specifications and drawings will be included with the solicitation once issued.

This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract.

Proposals will be due not less than 30 days from the date the solicitation is issued.  The definitive proposal due date and time will be stated in the solicitation and any associated amendments that may be issued.

Contractors are responsible for checking this page for any update(s) to this notice.

Pursuant to FAR 4.1102, firms must be System for Award Management (SAM) registered at the time their offer is submitted.  Proposals from offeror’s that have not registered or completed their online representations and certifications may be rejected.  The initial registration process in SAM may take several weeks.  Registration instructions may be obtained, and online registration may be accomplished, at www.SAM.gov