Work consists of minor demolition, design, fabrication, and installation of a head gate bay monolith dewatering structure; dewatering head gate bays; removal and reinstallation of head gate operating machinery; removal and reinstallation of dam head gate(s); inspection of head gate condition; removal, replacement and testing of rubber seals and steel keeper and base bars on the head gate(s); painting of head gate(s), strongback and roller assemblies; and minor electrical work.

Competition for this project is unrestricted, in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988, Public Law 100-656 (15U>S>C>, 644 note) FAR part 19. NAICS Code 237990, size standard $31 million. Please contact Mr. Jack McDaniel, at 309/637-1314 or 309/637-1379 to make arrangements for inspecting the site. Collect calls shall not be accepted.

The solicitation and all documents and project drawings shall be posted regarding the date, time, and registration information for a pre-proposal meeting. The estimated magnitude of this requirement in terms of physical characteristics and estimated price is between $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00.

The Contract Award shall be made using Competitive Proposal negotiation procedures for achieving the Best Value to the Government through the Source Selection (Tradeoff) Process, and shall be made to the offeror whose Technical and Price Proposal combined, meets the needs of the Government in the most effective, economical, and timely manner. The technical evaluation criteria factors to be used to determine the Best Value to the Government in the evaluation of Technical Proposals in descending order of importance:

Factor 1: Technical Approach
Factor 2: Past Performance
Factor 3: Proposal Risk
Factor 4: Cost/Price.

In addition to the above Technical Proposal, a Price Proposal shall be required to be submitted using the Price Schedule and other required forms provided in the Request for Proposal (RFP). A Government Estimate shall be prepared and shall be used in the consideration of Price Proposals. Price reasonableness that matches an offeror's technical approach is considered critical in the Government's Price Proposal consideration; however, award of a Contract shall not be based solely on the lowest price proposal, significant, unexplained differences where proposed prices do not match a proposed technical approach and risk involved, may result in a Proposal being removed from the Competitive Range. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions with all of the offerors within the Competitive Range. The Government also reserves the right to Award a Contract without discussions. All technical evaluation criteria factors other than Price when combined are significantly more important than Price. After the Government evaluates the Technical and Price Proposals received, the Contracting Officer shall determine a Competitive Range. The Competitive Range shall consist of all of the most highly rated Proposals against all technical evaluation criteria factors and Prices proposed. The Contracting Officer may limit the number of Proposals in the Competitive Range to the greatest number that shall permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated Proposals in accordance with FAR 52.215-1.

Plans and Specifications shall be available on or about 6 June 2008. Solicitation shall be issued in electronic format only and shall be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER AS INTERESTED VENDORS and add this to their watch list, on the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov. If you are not registered; the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any changes to this solicitation. In addition, in order to generate a Plan Holders List, all interested bidders must also REGISTER AS INTERESTED VENDOR which is also located on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Call 1-888-227-2423 for more information or visit the CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov.