# Operation and Maintenance of Government-Owned Facilities and Equipment, Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and Okatibbee Lake Projects, Alabama and Mississippi

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w9127826ra034

- Solicitation number: W9127826RA034
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to R & D Maintenance Services Inc. for $95,000,000.00
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: W074 Endist Mobile (W91278)
- NAICS: 561210 Facilities Support Services
- Product or service code: M1PA Operation Of Recreation Facilities (Non-Building)
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- First posted: January 20, 2026
- Last posted: May 20, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a002388b9ccf4fe290201a902ca5fdef/view

## Description

Furnish all planning, supervision, administration, labor, equipment, material, supplies, replacement or repair parts, and all things necessary for the Operation and Maintenance of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and Okatibbee Lake Projects, Alabama and Mississippi. The project is a vital inland waterway that connects the north-flowing Tennessee River to the south-flowing Tombigbee River.

The waterway extends from mile 217 on the Black Warrior and Tombigbee near Demopolis, Alabama, to mile 215 on the Tennessee River in the Pickwick Pool near the common boundary of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. The project is located in west central Alabama and northeastern Mississippi; Sumter, Greene, and Pickens Counties in Alabama, and Noxubee, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe, Itawamba, Prentiss, Lauderdale, Kemper and Tishomingo Counties in Mississippi.

The overall length (navigation miles) of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is 234 miles. As constructed, the project has ten locks and dams and numerous other related navigation structures and features such as spillways, flow structures, stabilization structures, levees, dikes, etc. Currently the project Navigation is providing for approximately 1300 commercial lockages annually and 750 recreational lockages. The commodity tonnage for 2012 was approximately 6 million tons.

Recreational areas were completed early in 1994 and include eight Class A Campgrounds, three Visitor Centers and 52 Day Use Areas (including Okatibbee sites) providing for boating, fishing, picnicking, swimming, and other recreation activities, wildlife management areas on project and wildlife mitigation lands in both Alabama and Mississippi. The project is operated under the direction of Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama. Average annual visitation exceeds 1 million visitors.

Requirements also include the operation and maintenance of a floating plant consisting of a towboat, crane barge and several other workboats and barges, as well as major lock maintenance closures to accomplish major overhaul and repair work.

In general (not all inclusive), work will entail maintenance and repair of project structures, buildings, offices, maintenance facilities, operation areas and roads; locks, dams, spillways and miscellaneous flow structures; vehicles, floating plant, boathouses, 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, operation of the project visitor center, repair to riprap slopes, repair to earthen slopes, excavation, and storage and disposal of hazardous and/or toxic materials.

It is anticipated that one (1) Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) with a $95,000,000.00 capacity will be awarded for a five (5) year ordering period. This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business.

The size standard for which is a concern, including its affiliates whose average annual gross revenue does not exceed $47,000,000.00 for the past three (3) years under NAICS 561210.The solicitation will only be issued as a direct download at the following website: https://piee.eb.mil. All offerors must be registered in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information.

The solicitation will not be provided in a printed paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the offeror to check the website for solicitation posting and any changes to this solicitation. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.

See Amend 0004

**Clarification:** This is the 5th Amendment posted in PIEE but only the 4th Amendment posted for the solicitation

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: R & D Maintenance Services Inc. (UEI R759RF3GV7B5)
- Contract: W9127826DA072
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 3 offers received
- Link: award number W9127826DA072 equals the contract number; same awarding office W91278 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_W9127826DA072_9700/


## Publications

- January 20, 2026: Presolicitation. Notice 4b85528fd8464e6cbc1d92601a633200. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4b85528fd8464e6cbc1d92601a633200/view
- February 2, 2026: Presolicitation. Notice bfb3ac1e48884282a8edd57f36e117a1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bfb3ac1e48884282a8edd57f36e117a1/view
- February 12, 2026: Solicitation, due March 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 67ced9a8d2b142e38ba32dfae54a00fd. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/67ced9a8d2b142e38ba32dfae54a00fd/view
- March 10, 2026: Solicitation, due March 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 2a659d32f65440aaa002ca2aa14c7ac4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2a659d32f65440aaa002ca2aa14c7ac4/view
- March 17, 2026: Solicitation, due March 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 15836c2f5e8b46df8aa8ccc68113ef5e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/15836c2f5e8b46df8aa8ccc68113ef5e/view
- March 17, 2026: Solicitation, due April 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice f50f68aa93684d7b82f636b93633dc42. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f50f68aa93684d7b82f636b93633dc42/view
- March 24, 2026: Solicitation, due April 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 35a3fd94f6e54756b56379815f3e786c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/35a3fd94f6e54756b56379815f3e786c/view
- March 30, 2026: Solicitation, due April 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 7092bf09b4a6481998b6936b052dbf00. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7092bf09b4a6481998b6936b052dbf00/view
- May 20, 2026: Award notice. Notice a002388b9ccf4fe290201a902ca5fdef. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a002388b9ccf4fe290201a902ca5fdef/view

## Points of contact

- Sophia Chin, sophia.m.chin@usace.army.mil, 251.690.3349
- John (Chris) Vandiver, john.c.vandiver@usace.army.mil, 251.441.5447

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