Presolicitation
Bonneville Powerhouse II Unwatering Pump Replacement
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army Corps of Engineers Portland District plans a small business set-aside construction job to replace a vertical turbine unwatering pump at Bonneville Lock and Dam Powerhouse II in North Bonneville, WA. It will be one firm-fixed-price contract bid as an Invitation for Bids, with an estimated magnitude of $500,000 to $1,000,000 and about 180 days to finish. This is a presolicitation, so the actual bid date will come with the solicitation. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Aug 21, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 5, 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 plans a small business set-aside construction job to replace a vertical turbine unwatering pump at Bonneville Lock and Dam Powerhouse II in North Bonneville, WA. It will be one firm-fixed-price contract bid as an Invitation for Bids, with an estimated magnitude of $500,000 to $1,000,000 and about 180 days to finish. This is a presolicitation, so the actual bid date will come with the solicitation.
Who can bid
- Small business concern (100% set-aside, size standard $45M)
- CMMC Level 1 (Self) status posted in SPRS before award
- Active SAM registration and NIST SP 800-171 basic assessment in SPRS to access documents with FCI
How to submit: Electronic bids through the PIEE Solicitation Module, due Not given; bids due not less than 30 days after the solicitation is issued (tentatively September 2026). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Worth checking: Specifications not yet available. The specifications are only released with the solicitation, so scope and risk cannot be fully judged yet.
- Worth checking: CMMC and NIST paperwork before award. You need current CMMC Level 1 (Self) status in SPRS or you are ineligible, and document access needs a NIST SP 800-171 assessment.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
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- Minor: Specialized installation work. Large pump and motor procurement and installation at a dam powerhouse requires equipment sourcing and construction experience.
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Full summary
What they want
- Procure, install and test one 7,000 gpm vertical turbine unwatering pump assembly
- Procure and install discharge head piping connecting to existing North pump discharge piping
- Procure and install one 460V, 3 phase motor
- Test all equipment before commissioning and turnover to the Government
- Government removes the existing pump
- Contract type
- Single firm-fixed-price contract, to be bid as an Invitation for Bids (IFB)
- Period of performance
- 180 calendar days after Notice to Proceed for physical construction
- Place of performance
- Bonneville Lock and Dam Powerhouse II, North Bonneville, WA (Skamania County)
- Estimated value
- Between $500,000 and $1,000,000 (estimated magnitude of construction)
- Offers due
- Not given; bids due not less than 30 days after the solicitation is issued (tentatively September 2026) (from the version posted Aug 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Electronic bids through the PIEE Solicitation Module
What to include when you submit
- PDF preferred; only electronic bids accepted
- Provide pricing in whole dollar amounts for all line items on SF 1442
- Register in PIEE with the Proposal Manager role to upload and submit a bid
- PIEE account email must match the SAM.gov registration email
- Must be registered in SAM at the time the bid is submitted
Not in the notice text
- Bid due date and time
- Bonding requirements
- Full specifications and drawings
- Evaluation basis beyond IFB (normally price and responsibility)
- Whether there's a site visit: this summary doesn't say. Check the solicitation and its amendments on SAM.gov.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. The notice also names requirements: More open small business set-asides under NAICS 237990
- The notice mentions CMMC, the Defense Department's cybersecurity certification. Check the level it asks for.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Electronic bids through the PIEE Solicitation Module. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- 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
- Aug 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- 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
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0003No date on SAM.gov
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0002No date on SAM.gov
- Aug 21, 2026 · Amendment 0001No date on SAM.gov
- Aug 21, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)No date on SAM.gov
- Related notices
Other notices that name this solicitation, or that this one names.
- Bonneville Powerhouse II Unwatering Pump Replacement · W9127N27BA012Posted later Nov 5, 2026 · Due Dec 7, 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside