--Fabricate Steel Orifice Gate and Draft Tube Bulkheads for Center Hill and Dale Hollow Power Plants

Pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, and the Partnership Agreement dated 1 Feb 2002 between the Small Business Administration and the Dept of Defense; US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, intends to award a sole-source contr act to Carmin Industries, Inc of Jacksonville, AL for this procurement. The Contractor shall provide all necessary plant, labor, equipment, and material to fabricate and deliver one (1) orifice gate approximately 8 feet by 11 feet as specified and as show n on drawings Q-2/281A, Q-2/281B and Q-2/281C and two (2) draft tube bulkheads approximately 7.5 feet by 7 feet as specified and as shown on drawings 0-4/726B and 03-79/617. The new orifice gate and one (1) draft tube bulkhead shall be delivered to the Cen ter Hill Lake Power House compound, ATTN: David Mackie, 270 Lancaster Road, Lancaster, TN 38569, phone number 931-858-3618. One (1) draft tube bulkhead shall be delivered to the Dale Hollow Power House compound, ATTN: Dickie Lovett, 99 Powerhouse Road, Ce lina, TN 38551-9711, phone number 931-243-3135. Shop drawings shall include fabrication and assembly details and type, grade, and class of materials with certifying letter from supplier. Electronic copies of the final approved shop drawings shall be prov ided in Intergraph Micro station Version 8 format. Welding, welding inspection and corrective welding shall be in accordance with AWS D1.1/01.1M. For the orifice gate, all W shape steel sections shall be ASTM A992 steel unless otherwise noted and all steel plates shall be ASTM A36 steel unless otherwise noted. The draft tube bulkhead steel materials shall conform to ASTM A572 Grade 50, unless otherwise shown. Delivery of the orifice gate to the project site shall be 75 days after award of the contract. De livery of the draft tube bulkheads shall not exceed 120 day after date of award.