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RFI Vinyl Paint Spec - LLA Discharge Ring and Cavitation Repair
Contact and place of performance
Chandra D. Crow
Starbuck, WA 99359
USA
This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) PGI 206.302-1(d) “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is executing a firm-fixed-price contract for the Little Goose Turbine Discharge Ring Upgrade and Blade Cavitation Repair. A cr...
View moreThe statutory authority for this brand-name restriction, to be made as a part of the larger construction effort, is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by RFO FAR 6.103-1(b) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, application for brand name descriptions.
The Government intends to solicit the Construction action in November 2026. The NAICS code is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The associated Small Business Size Standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is $45 million.
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR BIDS. This is a notice of intent to procure brand-name constituent materials within a larger construction contract. The Government is seeking information from responsible sources who can provide alternative constituent materials or coating systems that meet the rigorous impacted-immersion service life and adhesion requirements strictly mandated by UFGS 09 97 02.
Interested parties must provide a statement of capability with clear and convincing evidence (including independent laboratory testing and historical performance data on USACE navigable waterway structures) demonstrating that their proposed alternative materials can match the 20+ year service life of the specified vinyl formulation without causing adhesion failures, blistering, or galvanic corrosion, and without requiring additional Government-funded research and development or batch-level quality control testing.
If no affirmative written responses demonstrating such capability are received by 10:00 AM Local Time on the notice end date, a solicitation will be issued that includes the brand-name constituent material requirements. A determination by the Government not to compete this specific material requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Electronic responses shall be submitted via email to [email protected]. Oral communications are not acceptable. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is conducting market research for the Little Goose Turbine Discharge Ring Upgrade and Blade Cavitation Repair project in Starbuck, Washington. This special notice, identified under solicitation number W912EF26RSN16, details the government's intent to require specific brand-name constituent materials for a vinyl protective coating system. These materials—including brand-name Titanium Dioxide, Suspending Agents, Vinyl Resins, and Silanes from manufacturers such as Kronos, Elementis Specialties, Wacker Chemie AG, Momentive Performance Materials, and Dow Corning—are required to mitigate galvanic corrosion at the transition zone between new stainless-steel overlays and existing mild steel. The coating must withstand extreme hydrodynamic pressure and impacted-immersion environments as mandated by Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) 09 97 02, Painting: Hydraulic Structures.
This procurement is classified under NAICS 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction and PSC Z2KA Repair or Alteration of Dams, with no set-aside designated (NONE; NONE). While the government intends to solicit the full construction action in November 2026, this notice seeks information from sources capable of providing alternative materials that meet the rigorous 20-year service life and adhesion requirements validated by the USACE Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. Interested parties must submit a statement of capability via email to Chandra D. Crow by May 14, 2026, at 10:00 AM local time. Submissions must provide evidence, such as independent laboratory testing and historical performance data on USACE navigable waterway structures, demonstrating that alternative systems can match the specified vinyl formulation performance without requiring additional government-funded research or batch-level quality control testing.
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