Presolicitation
USACE LRD Various Metal Fabrication, Refurbishment, and Installation Projects
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) is seeking interest from metal machining and fabrication businesses for a possible multiple award task order contract (MATOC: several firms win a place on one contract, then compete for individual orders). The work is fabricating specialized, durable components for locks and dams and other civil works, with a potential value of $250M to $400M over about 5 to 10 years. This is a presolicitation notice only: the solicitation will be available on or after November 2, 2026. More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) is seeking interest from metal machining and fabrication businesses for a possible multiple award task order contract (MATOC: several firms win a place on one contract, then compete for individual orders). The work is fabricating specialized, durable components for locks and dams and other civil works, with a potential value of $250M to $400M over about 5 to 10 years. This is a presolicitation notice only: the solicitation will be available on or after November 2, 2026.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Worth checking: Presolicitation only, not a request for quotes. The notice is for information and planning, and specifications and instructions come with the formal solicitation.
- Minor: Very large contract. A potential $250M to $400M MATOC suggests bonding, capacity and past performance on locks and dams will matter.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Fabricate, refurbish and install highly specialized, durable metal components for locks and dams and Civil Works systems
- Support the LRD districts: Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Huntington, Louisville, Nashville and Pittsburgh
- Contract type
- Possible multiple award task order contract (MATOC)
- Period of performance
- Approximately 5-10 years
- Estimated value
- Between $250M and $400M over approximately 5-10 years (potential value of the whole effort)
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC-4
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The future MATOC is anticipated to be similar to contracts awarded under previous solicitations W911WN22R0001 and W911WN22R0002.
Not in the notice text
- The full details are in the document titled USACE LRD Presolicitation Notice, which was not read
- Set-aside status, evaluation method, submission instructions and eligibility requirements
- Place of performance and which districts' work will be ordered where
- The date offers will be due once the solicitation is posted
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W072 ENDIST Pittsburgh, PA
- Product/service code
- 9640 · Iron and Steel Primary and Semifinished Products
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332312)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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