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Refurbish and Repair Equipment Barge #774 - La Crescent, MN (UMRM 702.5)

Due
November 12, 2026
4 days left
Buyer
Department of the Army
Endist St Paul · Department of Defense
Who can bid
Small business set-aside
Small businesses only
NAICS
336611
Ship Building and Repairing
Notice ID
W912ES27QA015
Posted November 3, 2026

Please quote inspecting, refurbishing and modifying one equipment barge, Barge 774, with pickup and return at Lock and Dam 7, La Crescent, Minnesota.

  • Facility: Shipyard with a drydock for a steel barge measuring 110 feet long, 26 feet wide and 5 feet deep.
  • Hull: Raise the barge on a drydock, pressure blast and thoroughly inspect the hull, and paint it.
  • Decking: Completely remove and replace the timber or wood decking.
  • Steel work: Reposition the anchoring poles called spuds, build and install new wells for them, and extend or replace the 30-foot spuds with 40-foot spuds.
  • Winches: Move existing winches, replace their wire rope, and reroute their three-phase 480-volt power.
  • Schedule: Pick up after November 30 and complete all work and return the barge by April 1, 2027.

Please confirm availability and send your quote by November 12, 2026.

The original documents

Deadline: November 12, 2026

See the original on sam.gov

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What they need

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - St. Paul District requires a shipyard with a drydock to inspect, refurbish and modify Barge 774, a 110 ft x 26 ft x 5 ft steel equipment barge.

Contractor will pick up the barge at Lock and Dam 7 (UMRM 702.5), La Crescent, MN after November 30, transport it to their facility, raise the vessel on a drydock, pressure blast the hull and thoroughly inspect. Work includes (but is not limited to) complete removal and replacement of timber/wood decking, spud repositioning and fabrication/installation of new spud wells, moving existing winches to new positions and replacing wire rope, re-routing three-phase 480-volt power to winches, painting the hull and extending/replacing the 30 ft spuds to 40 ft spuds. Contractor will prepare estimates for any out of scope repairs required to return the barge to full operational condition.

All work shall be completed and the barge returned to Lock and Dam 7 no later than 1 April 2027. This solicitation is 100 percent set-aside for small business under NAICS 336611, with an SBA size standard of 1,300 employees. Offerors are requested to submit their quotes through the PIEE module.

Offerors must be fully registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) in order to receive a Federal Government contract.

Past history: who won Ship Building and Repairing work across the US

Recent federal contract awards in the same industry across the US, from USAspending.gov. These are comparable jobs, not earlier rounds of this exact solicitation.

Typical award: $82K to $923Kmiddle half of 15 recent awards · median $272K
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Bis Automation, INC.Thruster drive programming and service $14,898U.S. Coast GuardApr 2028
Rolls-Royce Marine North America INC.Production of stators $6,605,960Department of the NavyMay 2027
Ghostrock Systems Development, LLC-C410A-MATERIAL support-uss sterett (DDG-104) $629,825Department of the NavyApr 2027
Soderberg Manufacturing Company, INC.Searchlight $15,840U.S. Coast GuardMar 2027
Pacific Marine Inspections LLCMarine Seat $88,814U.S. Coast GuardMar 2027
Ghostrock Systems Development, LLC-C410A-MATERIAL support-uss green BAY (LPD-20) $75,248Department of the NavyMar 2027
G I Industrial-Marine, LLCTask order- dockside repairs to the uscgc calhoun (definite items) $1,474,657U.S. Coast GuardFeb 2027
Platypus Marine INCUscgc sockeye DD FY27 pop: 23FEB2027 - 27APR2027 $1,098,087U.S. Coast GuardFeb 2027

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