Solicitation
John Day Dam Navigation Lock Tainter Valve (TV) Repairs TV3 and TV4
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army Corps of Engineers Portland District wants a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) bid to repair and rehabilitate two Tainter Valves (TV3 and TV4) at John Day Lock and Dam. The estimated cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The response due date is November 19, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern). More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 20, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 22, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Army Corps of Engineers Portland District wants a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) bid to repair and rehabilitate two Tainter Valves (TV3 and TV4) at John Day Lock and Dam. The estimated cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The response due date is November 19, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern).
Who can bid
- Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 1 (Self) or higher, required before award and kept through the contract, for each system that handles federal contract information or controlled unclassified information
- Site visit attendees must be U.S. citizens with a REAL ID or other acceptable photo ID
Things to watch (4)
- Worth checking: Site visits on October 28, 2026 with advance sign-up. Two site visits are offered on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (9:00 AM at John Day Dam and 2:00 PM at The Dalles Dam); to attend, email your details by 11:00 AM on Friday, October 23, 2026. The notice does not call attendance mandatory.
- Worth checking: U.S. citizens with REAL ID only at site visits. Attendees must prove U.S. citizenship and carry accepted ID or be denied access, and later visits may not be approved.
- Worth checking: CMMC Level 1 (Self) required before award. A firm must have this cybersecurity level in place for each information system it uses on the job.
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- Minor: Government may cancel. The Government can cancel the solicitation before or after the response date, and pays no costs for responding.
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Full summary
What they want
- Repair and rehabilitation of two Tainter Valves (TV3 and TV4) at the John Day Lock and Dam navigation lock
- Work to the attached Solicitation, Specifications and Planset (not seen)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction
- Place of performance
- WA per the SAM.gov fields; the notice gives the John Day Dam site visit address as John Day Dam Rd, Rufus, OR 97050
- Estimated value
- Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (estimated cost of the project)
- Offers due
- November 19, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern) (from the version posted Oct 20, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Follow the attached Solicitation for how to bid; the notice text does not give submission steps
Not in the notice text
- The attached Solicitation, Specifications and Planset hold the details and were not read; check them on SAM.gov
- How to submit a bid, the evaluation method, bonding and insurance requirements, and the contract length
- Which wage rule applies, such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination
- Whether SAM.gov's blank set-aside means the work is open to all firms
- A similar requirement at The Dalles Lock and Dam will be solicited after this one; its timing is not given
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside, but the notice names requirements you must meet before you can bid:
- The notice mentions CMMC, the Defense Department's cybersecurity certification. Check the level it asks for.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W071 ENDIST Portland, OR
- Product/service code
- Z2KA · Repair or Alteration of Dams
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 19, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 19, 2026
- 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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