Solicitation
John Day Dam Navigation Lock Tainter Valve (TV) Repairs TV3 and TV4
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Portland District wants a construction firm to repair and rehabilitate two Tainter Valves (TV3 and TV4) at the John Day Lock and Dam. It is a firm-fixed-price bid with an estimated cost between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, and the response due date is November 19, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific. Two site visits are held on November 3, 2026, with registration by email due October 28, 2026. More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Portland District wants a construction firm to repair and rehabilitate two Tainter Valves (TV3 and TV4) at the John Day Lock and Dam. It is a firm-fixed-price bid with an estimated cost between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, and the response due date is November 19, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific. Two site visits are held on November 3, 2026, with registration by email due October 28, 2026.
Who can bid
- Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 1 (Self), a self-assessment of basic safeguards, or higher, in place before award and kept up for any contractor system that handles federal contract information
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Site visits on November 3, 2026, with registration by October 28, 2026. Visits are at John Day Dam (9:00 AM) and The Dalles Dam (2:00 PM); the text does not call attendance mandatory, and later visits may not be approved.
- Worth checking: Site visit attendees must be U.S. citizens with REAL ID. Anyone attending must show proof of citizenship and acceptable ID to enter the sites.
- Worth checking: Cybersecurity certification before award. You need CMMC Level 1 (Self) or higher before award and must maintain it through the contract.
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- Minor: Solicitation can be cancelled. The Government may cancel before or after the response due date and pays nothing toward your bid costs.
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What they want
- Repair and rehabilitate Tainter Valves TV3 and TV4 at John Day Lock and Dam
- Follow the attached solicitation, specifications and planset (drawings)
- Have CMMC Level 1 (Self) in place before award for any system that handles federal contract information
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price
- Place of performance
- John Day Lock and Dam; SAM.gov lists WA, and the John Day Dam site visit meets on the Oregon side at Rufus, OR
- Estimated value
- Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (stated as the estimated cost of the project)
- Offers due
- November 19, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific
What to include when you submit
- To attend the site visits, email Andrew Sprys and Justin Figueredo by 11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 with the solicitation number, project title, attendee names, company name, phone, email, and whether all attendees are U.S. citizens
- Bid per the attached solicitation and planset; bid instructions are in the solicitation
Not in the notice text
- The attached solicitation with specifications, the planset and Amendment 0001 hold the detailed scope and bid instructions; they were not seen here
- How to submit the bid is not stated
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated
- Bonding requirements, the contract period and how bids are evaluated are not stated
- Whether attending the site visits is required is not stated
- Whether the work is set aside for a type of business is not stated; SAM.gov states no set-aside
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 22, 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 0001 (this version)Due Nov 19, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · SolicitationDue 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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