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Portland District Corps of Engineers intends to issue a modification using recovery act funding to contract number W9127N-09-C-0004 awarded to Triad Mechanical for removal and reinstallation of the gates at Willamette Falls Locks, in Oregon City, Oregon. The modification will exercise optional line items 0003 through 0008 for the removal and reinstallation of gates 7, 1, 6, 5, 4, and 2, in the amount of $937,000.00, this amount is current until the new labor agreement for Iron Workers is negotiated or renewed beginning July 2009. The contract will be modified to reflect the increase in labor costs only. Optional line items 0009BB (Weld repair over 50/LF) and 0010BB (Replace lagging over 50/SF) were exercised after February 15, 2009. The negotiated price for line item 0009BB was negotiated and increased to $2,500.00/LF for a total amount of $125,000.00 and line item 0010BB was negotiated to $55.55/SF for a total price of $2,527.50.