Description
(Subject Continued) BW&T/Alabama Coosa Project, Tuscaloosa THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. Using Recovery Act funding, the Mobile District Corps of Engineers intends to issue a modification to contract number W91278-06-C-0038, a competitively awarded Cost-Reimbursable Plus Award-Fee contract for the Operation and Maintenance of Government-Owned Facilities and Equipment, Black Warrior and Tombigbee Waterway and Alabama River System, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, awarded to R&D Maintenance Services, Inc., P.O. Box 815, Hennessey, Oklahoma. This modification will increase the cost of a previous modification to de-water, clean, inspect, repair, and paint spillway gates at Bankhead Dam. The additional cost is a result of additional rental equipment needed and a greater amount of repairs needed than originally expected for hydraulic equipment, cables, and cathodic protection. This work is within the scope of the original contract technical provisions and the previous mod and includes making necessary repairs to steel, concrete, seals, cathodic systems, hydraulic systems, buildings, locks, and dams. Contract clauses required for projects involving Recovery Act funds have been incorporated into the existing contract. This existing contract must be used because: 1) The contractor is already performing the work under a previous modification. 2) A detailed scope of work can not be prepared. The extent of the work and the resources needed can not be fully determined prior to setting the stop logs, de-watering, cleaning to remove scum, silt, and debris, and inspection. 3) The required repairs could be extensive and require specialized expertise and equipment. The amount and type of necessary repairs cannot be determined prior to the closure and inspections. 4) This contract enables repairs to begin immediately after and even during the inspections without a detailed scope of work so as to minimize the time the facilities are closed thus minimizing the impact on management of water levels and flows. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contains specific acquisition requirements that must be met when using funds appropriated by the Act. Acquisitions must comply with FAR, and to the maximum extent practicable, be awarded under competitive procedures as fixed-price (FP) contracts. The Mobile District intends to use the current CPAF contract to meet it requirements. Though not a FP contract, it was awarded competitively as a small business set aside. The contract type was selected to provide the contractor with the greatest incentive for efficient and economical performance, given the types of services to be performed. Furthermore, the existing Operation and Maintenance contractor has experienced personnel that are already on site and ready to perform the work. Accordingly, it is deemed to be in the best interest of the government and in compliance with the goals of the Recovery Act to use the existing Operation and Maintenance contract to accomplish the requirements listed above.