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This is a Presolicitation notice.
The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.
The U.S. Army needs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business to paint the spillway machinery at the Barkley Dam in Kentucky.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need? The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs a contractor to paint the spillway machinery at the Barkley Dam in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The scope includes cleaning, prepping, and painting all 12 gates with a consistent coating. The contractor must follow specific work restrictions, including not disassembling active machinery components and using power shrouded tools with vacuum collection.
- What's the contract structure and timeline? The contract is a firm fixed-price construction contract with an anticipated period of performance of approximately 450 calendar days from the notice to proceed. The solicitation will be posted on or around July 17, 2026.
- How will they pick the winner? The evaluation basis is not specified in the notice.
- When and how do you bid? Bids must be submitted electronically via the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite. The bid deadline is July 11, 2026, at 9:00 PM ET.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
Heads up — easy to miss
- All participants are required to have personal protective equipment before entering the project site.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business certification is still active in SAM.gov.
- Register for the Pre-Bid Site Visit by submitting a U.S. Citizen Site Visit Request Form or FN Site Visit Request Form to the Point-of-Contact listed in the notice.
Primary point of contact
Name
Kenyanna Jennings
Email
kenyanna.l.jennings@usace.army.mil