The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry including Large Business and the Small Business Community to include but not limited to Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), 8(a) Certified Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), for a contract for the Repair of the Vessel Mooring Structure at the USACE Albany Field Office, Troy Lock & Dam located in Troy, NY. The NAICS Code is 237990 (small business size standard $39.5 million average annual receipts for preceding three fiscal years). No awards will be made from the responses to this synopsis. No solicitation will be available at this time. BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT The New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (District) is preparing plans and specifications for the Repair of the Vessel Mooring Structure at the USACE Albany Field Office, Troy Lock & Dam located in Troy, NY. The mooring structure is located downstream of Troy Lock & Dam on the Hudson River. The mooring structure is currently used by public and private ships when preparing to enter and exit the lock. The mooring structure, constructed in 1968, is a diaphragm type cellular structure. It consists of seventeen steel 1/2 inch sheet pile cellular filled with crushed stone and covered by a concrete deck. The mooring structure has a timber fender system consisting of seven rows of oak rubbing strips that are fastened along the entire length of the structure. There are nine cast iron snubbing posts and eight ladders. The repair project includes the following elements: Replace timber rubbing fenders with composite material fendering system.
Replace fendering system supports and tie plates.
Repair damaged ladders and metal grating.
Replace eight of seventeen concrete decks which have settled within the sheet piles.
Repair leaks along cell walls and fill voids.
Clear vegetation growing on the concrete decks of the structure, trim tree branches directly above the structure to include removal of one tree.
There will be no land access to this vessel mooring structure, all work shall be performed via water access only. The estimated construction magnitude cost is between $3 and $4 million. Award is projected in November 2024. Interest Responses due: 5 September 2024 (14 day posting)
The Method of Contractor Selection has not been determined at this Time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.
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