RECOVERY--M--PROJECT NUMBER 1680, Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, AL Prepare and re-paint Superstructure and Machineryat Bankhead Spillway, Operation and Maintenance of Governemnt-Owned Facilities and Equipment, BWT/Alabama Coosa (See Desc)

(Subject Continued) Project, Tuscaloosa, Alabama RECOVERY - PER FAR 5.7 THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY; THEREFORE FAR 5.203 DOES NOT APPLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO CONTRACTOR(S) UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT NUMBER(S): R&D Maintenance Services, Inc., W91278-06-C-0038 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. Utilizing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, the modification will increase the level of effort originally contracted for, to add the following work to: Prepare and re-paint the superstructure and machinery on Bankhead Spillway. This work is within the scope of the original contract technical provisions and includes making necessary repairs to steel, concrete, seals, cathodic systems, and hydraulic systems. Contract clauses required for projects involving Recovery Act funds have been incorporated in the existing contract. This existing contract must be used because: 1) The contractor must work in conjunction with government operated floating plant and personnel in order to set stop logs and position work barges. 2) The contractor is already making extensive repairs on the spillway and is already re-painting the spillway gates. It would impossible for a different contractor to work over the top of the existing contractor. 3) This contract enables repairs to begin immediately without a detailed scope of work so as to minimize the time the facilities are closed. 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.