Operation and Maintenance of Government- Owned Facilities and Equipment at Carters Lake, Georgia

Furnish all planning, supervision, labor, equipment, material, supplies, replacement parts, and all things necessary for the Operation and Maintenance of Carters Lake Project, Chatsworth, Georgia. The Project Facility is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir that is located in Murray, Gilmer, and Gordon Counties, GA, approximately 11 miles southeast and southwest of Chatsworth and Ellijay, GA, respectively; 60 miles north of Atlanta, GA; and 45 miles southeast of Chattanooga, TN.

It includes approximately 3,880 acres of open water at normal pool and an additional 4,634 acres of surrounding fee land. Carters Dam is located on the Coosawattee River, where it emerges from a gorge near Carters, GA, approximately 26.8 miles above the river's mouth. The project's shoreline stretches approximately 76 miles.

The Project operates 2 Class A campgrounds, 2 primitive campgrounds, 8-day use areas, 1 developed public beach, 14 boat ramp launch lanes, Powerhouse and Dam, Re-Regulation Dam, Nature Center, and Resource Management Office.

The contract scope of work will include, but is not limited to, some or all of the following types of work: maintenance and repair of project structures and buildings, offices, maintenance facilities, operation areas, project roads, vehicles, bathhouses, washhouses, toilets, gatehouses, security and other fences, sanitary disposal systems, launching ramps, playground equipment, bulletin boards, game courts, water and electrical systems, telephone lines, picnic sites, campsites, and other related facilities.

Work required to perform this type of maintenance includes carpentry, masonry, electrical, mechanical, structural, plumbing, chipping, caulking, sealing, cleaning, resetting, welding and replacing parts or equipment. Additional maintenance work includes guardrails, gates, electric barrier gates, signs, bumper blocks, landscaped areas, beaches, navigation or swimming buoys, paved roads, parking lots, trails, navigation aids, courtesy docks, and boundary lines.

Services to be performed include general maintenance, cleaning, custodial service, garbage removal, grass mowing, saddle dike and overlook clearing, debris removal, repair to riprap slopes, repair to earthen slopes, excavation, and storage and disposal of hazardous and/or toxic materials.