Presolicitation
Presolicitation - BWT Operation and Maintenance
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W9127826RA005
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The Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District plans a presolicitation for operations and maintenance of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama River waterway project facilities across 13 Alabama counties. It is a total small business set-aside, expected as one firm-fixed-price IDIQ with a five-year ordering period. The solicitation package was expected on or about 27 July 2026.
Watch out for
- Very broad, geographically spread scope. Work covers nine locks and dams, many buildings and a floating plant across 13 counties, so a small firm needs wide trade skills, equipment and marine capability.
The project is geographically spread out over 13 counties in Alabama
- Floating plant operations. Maintaining a towboat, crane barge and barges is specialized work that many small contractors do not have experience with.
Operational requirements encompass the maintenance of a specialized floating plant
- Hazardous materials handling. Storage and disposal of herbicides and vehicle waste fluids may require specific licenses and procedures.
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Full brief
What they want
- Operate and maintain locks, dams, offices, boat houses, storage buildings and maintenance compounds
- General maintenance, cleaning, custodial service, garbage removal and grass mowing
- Repair riprap and earthen slopes, excavation, debris removal
- Maintain a floating plant (towboat, crane barge, workboats and barges)
- Handle storage and disposal of hazardous materials such as herbicides and waste fluids
- Trades work including carpentry, masonry, electrical, plumbing and welding
- Clerical duties at a Resource Office
- Contract type
- Firm-Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC); anticipated
- Period of performance
- Five-year ordering period
- Place of performance
- Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama River waterway project facilities across 13 counties in Alabama
- How to submit
- Solicitation is downloaded from https://piee.eb.mil; the offer submission method is not stated
What to include when you submit
- Register in PIEE to download the solicitation
- Check the website for solicitation posting and changes
You must have
- Small business under NAICS 561210; size standard is $47,000,000 average annual revenue over three years
This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business.
- Registered in PIEE to access the solicitation
All offerors must be registered in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment PIEE before they will be allowed to download solicitation information.
Not in the notice text
- Offer due date (response deadline not given)
- Evaluation method and factors
- Estimated contract value and order sizes
- Bonding, licensing or insurance requirements
- Place of performance field is blank in SAM
- Whether the solicitation has been released since the planned 27 July 2026 date
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Key facts
- Posted
- Jul 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W9127826RA005
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W074 Endist Mobile
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 561210
- Product/service code
- M1PA
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds
- Place of performance
- 35401
- Contracting contact
- Kevin Williamskevin.h.williams@usace.army.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
THE SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON OR ABOUT 27 JULY 2026. Furnish all planning, supervision, administration, labor, equipment, material, supplies, replacement or repair parts, and all things necessary for the Operations and Maintenance of Government-Owned Facilities and Equipment, Black Warrior- Tombigbee and Alabama River Waterways Project Facilities, Alabama. The project is geographically spread out over 13 counties in Alabama: Washington, Clarke, Marengo, Choctaw, Sumter, Hale, Greene, Tuscaloosa, Monroe, Wilcox, Dallas, Lowndes, and Autauga Counties, on the Black Warrior and Tombigbee BWT River System and the Alabama River System. The Project Management Office has responsibility for the operation and maintenance of nine locks and dams, two resource offices, a Project Management Office, two boat houses, one boat storage facility, storage buildings, two contractor maintenance compounds, and two hydro-electric generating plants. The BWT/AL Project is home to 9 beautiful lakes, they include Bankhead, Holt, Oliver, Warrior, Demopolis, Coffeeville, Claiborne, Millers, and RF Henry. These lakes for the BWT stretch from the headwaters near Birmingham, AL, south through Tuscaloosa and Demopolis to the southernmost Mobile District Corps facility located below Coffeeville, and for the AL river south from Montgomery, AL to the confluence with the Tombigbee River. The project is operated under the direction of Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama. It is anticipated that one 1 Firm-Fixed Price FFP, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity IDIQ, Single Award Task Order Contract SATOC will be awarded for a five 5-year ordering period. In general, not all inclusive, services to be performed include general maintenance, cleaning, custodial service, garbage removal, grass mowing, saddle dike and overlook clearing, debris removal, clerical duties at a Resource Office, repair to riprap slopes, repair to earthen slopes, excavation, and storage and disposal of hazardous and-or toxic materials, such as herbicides and waste fluids from vehicle maintenance. The IDIQ performance work statement PWS will include, but is not limited to, the following types of work: maintenance and repair of locks, dams, levees, riprap-concrete structures, flow structures, buildings, offices, maintenance facilities, operation areas, project roads, vehicles, floating plant, boathouses, bathhouses, washhouses, toilets, gatehouses, security and other fences, sanitary disposal systems, small boat launching ramps, playground equipment, bulletin boards, game courts, water and electrical systems, telephone lines, picnic sites, campsites, and other related facilities. Tasks required to perform this type of maintenance include carpentry, masonry, electrical, electronics, mechanical, structural, plumbing, chipping, caulking, sealing, cleaning, welding and replacing parts of or full pieces of equipment. Additional maintenance work includes guardrails, gates, electric barrier gates, signs, bumper blocks, landscaped areas, beaches, navigation or swimming buoys, paved roads, parking lots, trails, navigation aids, courtesy docks, and boundary lines. Operational requirements encompass the maintenance of a specialized floating plant?comprising a primary towboat, crane barge, and auxiliary workboats and barges?to support the Black Warrior-Tombigbee BWT and Alabama River Systems. This area of responsibility AOR extends from the mouth of the Mobile River to Birmingham on the BWT system and to Montgomery on the Alabama River system. These multi-purpose civil works projects are vital to facilitating commercial navigation, supporting public recreation, and managing regional wildlife habitats. This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business. The size standard for which is a concern, including its affiliates whose average annual gross revenue does not exceed $47,000,000.00 for the past three 3 years under NAICS 561210.The solicitation will only be issued as a direct download at the following website: https://piee.eb.mil. All offerors must be registered in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment PIEE before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. The solicitation will not be provided in a printed paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the offeror to check the website for solicitation posting and any changes to this solicitation. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.
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