PRESOLICITATION NOTICE FOR GATE HOIST MACHINERY PAINTING AND HOIST HOUSE REHABILITATION FOR FOX RIVER DAMS, WISCONSIN

** This Pre-Solicitation Notice is being issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers- Chicago District to inform interested vendors of the district?s intent to issue a solicitation for Gate Hoist Machinery Painting and Hoist House Rehabilitation for Fox River Dams, Wisconsin. ** ** PROJECT INFORMATION: The Government is seeking a contractor to 1) repaint the gate hoisting machinery and 2) to rehabilitate the gate hoist houses for 9 (nine) US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) operated dams on the Fox River, Wisconsin. The dams include the following: Kaukauna Dam, Little Chute Dam, Cedars Dam, Appleton Lower Dam, Menasha Dam, Appleton Upper Dam, DePere Dam, Little Kaukauna Dam, and Rapid Croche Dam.Base 1 repainting work includes surface preparation and painting of the various gate hoisting machinery located at each dam. Base 2 hoist houses rehabilitation work at each dam includes: (1) replacing the existing shingle roofing with metallic sheet roofing; (2) replacing current doors with heavy duty commercial doors (modify existing door wall framing as needed ISO heavier doors); (3) replacing exterior vinyl siding with galvalume siding; (4) replacing the exterior soffit fascia; and (5) insulating the ceiling and wall cavities.Material specifications and installation procedures will be in accordance with the USACE EM 385-1-1 requirements and procedures summarized in a scope of work. ** ** ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY for Small Business Concerns. The North American Industry System Classification Code is 236220, with a small business size standard in dollars of $45.0 Million. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, bid, or proposal, as appropriate, which will be considered by the agency. The requirement is for one (1) year. The solicitation package, bid opening, and award is planned for advertisement Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2026. ** ** Prospective vendors can download the solicitation and related documents only from DoWs Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) system, once it is released. The PDF files can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. ** ** IMPORTANT POLICY: Contractors are REQUIRED to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) AT THE TIME ITS BID/PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED, in orderto comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Registration can be completed free of charge at www.sam.gov. Contractors also must register with sam.gov, prior to registering PIEE. Your firm must register with PIEE in order to access the solicitation and to place a bid/proposal in response to the upcoming USACE Solicitation. Use the PIEE System Registration link: ? https://piee.eb.mil and follow the instructions on their website. Request for Solicitation packages made by telephone, fax, or e-mail will not be honored. ** ** Information regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers process for settling requests for equitable adjustments and duration goals to achieve definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts can be found by going to https://www.usace.army.mil/Strategic-Partnerships/Partnering/mod/129895/details/443/ then scrolling down on right hand side of page by clicking on ?View FFP Contract Changes Playbook Here?. ** ** The Point of Contract for this acquisition is Ericka Hillard at ericka.d.hillard@usace.army.mil. ** ** Please include Solicitation number W912P626BA026 on all correspondence. **