SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- CONSTRUCTION OF A LOCK AT SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 237990
— Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
- ZIP Code
- 48226
- Solicitation Number
- W911XK-05-X-LOCK
- Response Due
- 8/18/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/17/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Corps of Engineers is developing an acquisition plan for the construction of a new lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Mi., a project expected to cover a number of years and cost multi millions of dollars. We are seeking information about interested prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers of construction materials such as steel, stone, concrete, pumps and other supplies that may be needed to operate the lock. Please note that we are in a planning stage and this is a market survey. There is no soli citation and no reimbursement will be made for costs associated with responding to this announcement. Interested firms should provide a summary of their capabilities, business size and socio economic status e.g., large business, small business, small disad vantaged, disabled veteran. Responses should be sent to Detroit District, Corps of Engineers, attn: George Fedynsky, 477 Michigan Ave. Room 617, Detroit Michigan 48226-2550 or emailed to george.fedynsky@lre02.usace.army.mil. In the St. Marys River at Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, there are four parallel locks. Three of the locks are operational. Only the Poe lock has the length, width and depth to accommodate all Greta Lakes Vessels. The MacArther Lock has the depth but neithe r the length nor width required by some vessels. The Davis and the Sabin Locks are old and deteriorated and have neither the width nor depth for the contemporary commercial Great Lakes cargo vessels. The government intends to replace the Sabin and Davis lock with a new Poe Class Lock. The following provides a brief description of the proposed new Poe-Class Lock. Approach Walls- The approach procedure for lake vessel is to align itself with an approach wall. The existing Sabin Lock approach walls will be used for both the upbound and downbound traffic. To be effectively used as approach walls for the new Poe-Clas s lock, upgrading of the existing approach walls is required. The downstream, north approach wall upgrade will consist of a combination of precast concrete wall panels and 30-foot diameter steel sheet pile cells with a combined length of 1814 linear feet. The downstream, south approach wall upgrade will consist of 1250 linear feet of 30-foot diameter steel sheet pile cells tapered from the new lock into the existing center pier. The upstream, north approach wall will consist of 2480 lineal feet of 30-foo t diameter steel sheet pile cells. The approach wall is offset 30 feet south of the existing approach wall to allow vessels to clear the existing bascule bridge. The upstream, south approach wall will consist of 735 linear feet of 30-foot diameter steel sheet pile cells tapered from the new lock into the existing east center pier. Lock Chamber-The new lock chamber will consist of the north and south camber walls, miter gate area lock walls, lock chamber floor, upstream and downstream miter gates and an emergency closure system. The north chamber wall will incorporate the Sabin Lock existing monoliths. Five feet of the old concrete will be removed from the top and sides of the monoliths and replaced with 10 feet of new concrete. A precast concrete skirt wall will be constructed to accommodate the chamber deepening. The south chamb er wall will be a completely new monolith founded on bedrock. The bedrock elevation is higher then the lock chamber floor. Precast concrete skirt walls will be constructed from the bottom of the monoliths to the chamber floor. Stability of the precast s kirt walls will be obtained by using rock anchors. The miter gate monoliths include the emergency closure/bulkhead, fender boom monoliths, and miter gate monoliths. The new lock chamber concrete floor will be built approximately 10 feet below the existin g Sabin Lock floor to accommodate the Poe-Class vessels. The filling and emptying system is to be constructed beneath the lock chamber floor. The lock chamber will have a single upstream and downstream miter gate. These gates will each consi st of two horizontal framed leaves of welded construction, 62 feet 11 inches long between contact points. The height of the upstream leaves is 38.2 feet and the height of the downstream leaves is 59.9 feet from top of sill to top of lock wall. The fillin g and emptying system will consist of an intake manifold, culvert filling and emptying system valves, culvert ports and outlet manifold. Multiple culverts are placed side by side to span the entire width of the chamber floor with corresponding port config uration similar to the current Davis and Sabin systems. Four, 12-foot by 12-foot butterfly valves located on the upstream and downstream miter gate sills control the flow through the culvert system. North Canal Deepening- The north canal is the approach to the new lock chamber. The existing project depth of the north canal, upstream approach is 24.3 feet while the existing project depth of the north canal, downstream approach, is 23.1 feet. The nort h canal upstream and downstream approaches will be deepened to 29.0 and 28.5 feet respectively. The canal deepening will consist of removal of both loose overburden material and bedrock. It is anticipate that underwater blasting will be required for bedr ock removal. It is estimated that the canal deepening will require the removal and disposal of 258,000 cubic yards of overburden and bedrock. Disposal areas There are two disposal sites for the disposal of the canal deepening and lock chamber excavation material. The first is the backfilling of the existing Davis Lock. The second is a spoil site located behind the northwest pier. The rock e xcavation will be placed up to 10 feet below the top of the lock. The next 8 feet will be filled with common excavation and the final 2 feet with topsoil. The remaining material will be placed at the spoil site located behind the northwest pier. It is e stimated that the site can accommodate 1.7 million cubic yards of spoil material placed at a height ranging from 33 feet on the east side to 84 feet on the west side. It is proposed that the project be constructed in three phases. Phase 1 would be the construction of the cofferdams. Phase 2 would be the construction of the approach walls and canal deepening. Phase 3 would be the construction of the lock chamber. It is estimated that the lock chamber construction duration is seven years.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit St. Marys Falls Canal Sault Ste. Marie MI
- Zip Code: 49783
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 49783
- Record
- SN00861540-W 20050805/050803212444 (fbodaily.com)
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