The purpose of the debris boom is to prevent floating debris from impacting the dam's tainter gates, which is crucial for maintaining the full operational capacity of the spillway. The boom will also serve as a visual barrier to boaters. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, engineering, fabrication, delivery, and optional installation necessary to furnish a complete debris boom system at Harry S. Truman Dam. The approximately 2,000-foot boom shall be designed to intercept floating debris upstream of the spillway and withstand site-specific hydraulic, wind, wave, debris, and impact loading conditions. The debris boom shall be designed for an 800-foot-long by 3-foot-thick debris field, use a minimum safety factor of 2.0 for design loads, withstand a direct head-on impact from an 18-inch-diameter, 100-foot-long log traveling at the maximum design water velocity, and withstand design conditions including 50 mph wind speed and 5-foot wave height. This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns and is competed as full and open competition, Unrestricted. An organized site visit has been scheduled for: Friday, 9 October 2026 at 11am.
Scope text as published by the buyer. Open the listing above for the full solicitation.
These are the agencies with welding, fabrication & machining work open in Missouri right now, by number of live solicitations.
Of the 1 open welding, fabrication & machining contract in Missouri, 1 is federal. That split matters: federal work runs through SAM.gov and needs a UEI and an active SAM registration, while state and local buyers each run their own portal with their own vendor sign-up. XL Eagle already holds both.
Posted on: SAM.gov (1)
Most welding, fabrication & machining firms never bid government work because the overhead is the barrier, not the job: SAM registration and a UEI, reps and certifications, bonding on larger jobs, wage determinations, and a different submission portal for almost every buyer. That is administrative work, not trade work.
XL Eagle bids as the prime contractor. We carry the registrations, write the proposal, own the compliance and submit through whichever portal the buyer uses. You price the work and perform it as our subcontractor. There is no fee to you and no registration for you to maintain.
1 live welding, fabrication & machining opportunity in Missouri as of October 19, 2026. The list is rebuilt daily.
For the federal solicitations, yes — a UEI and an active SAM.gov registration. State and local buyers use their own portals instead. Working through XL Eagle as the prime, you need neither: we hold the registrations and submit the bid.
Currently Department of Defense. The mix changes as solicitations open and close.
Nothing up front. XL Eagle bids as the prime contractor and the businesses that perform the work are paid as subcontractors on the awarded contract.
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