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 Fish Accords Lamprey Project near Cascade Locks, OR.

The requirement is for lamprey passage improvements on Bradford Island, at Bonneville Lock and Dam near Cascade Locks, Oregon (Multnomah County). Work includes but is not limited to the following: 

• Fabrication and installation of new steel variable width entrance weir.
• Counterweight slot modification.
• Fabrication and installation of new custom submerged steel bollard plates.
• Fabrication and installation of a new metal trash rack and hoist.
• Installation of a new gravity fed water supply.
• Fabrication and delivery of aluminum flume and collection tank.  
• Demolition in the fingerling passage.
• Installation of new fingerling passage concrete weir.

All construction must be completed during an in-water work window from December 11, 2023, to February 23, 2024. 

The solicitation will be 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. This acquisition will result in a single 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 best value tradeoff 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 the end of March 2023.  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   

Businesses registered in SAM must update their SAM registration in order to have their small business status updated based on the new size standards effective December 19, 2022. Until the SAM registration is updated, the SAM profiles will continue to display the small business status under the old size standards.