Title: Lock Tending Contract 2022-2025

Deadline: 6/30/2022 2:00 PM   (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Status: In Review

Solicitation Number: 37839

Description: The District is responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of three waterway navigation locks and dams located within the Ocklawaha River Basin. The locks and dams are in operation the entire year, unless conditions require temporary closure for safety reasons. The three locks are located at:

• Apopka Lock & Dam, 16400 County Rd. 48, Mount Dora, FL., 34705.
• Burrell Lock & Dam, 10499 Lock Rd. Leesburg, FL., 32757.
• Moss Bluff Lock & Dam, 9685 Southeast Highway 464C, Ocklawaha, FL 32179.

The locks provide for vessel passage through the Ocklawaha River, Haines Creek and the Apopka-Beauclair Canal and are controlled by upstream and downstream miter gates and slide gates. The lock chambers’ approximate measurements are Apopka - 15 feet wide by 67 feet long; Burrell – 28 feet wide by 74 feet long; and Moss Bluff - 30 feet wide by 154 feet long and all locks provide a minimum estimated depth of six feet. They are operated seven days per week during the hours specified in this Statement of Work.

The estimated budget for the first term of the project is $855,000.00. 

Pre-Bid Meeting Date: 6/14/2022 10:00 AM

Pre-Bid Meeting Details: A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is scheduled for June 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at Moss Bluff Lock 16255 SE 96th Ln, Ocklawaha, FL 32179. The purpose of the pre-bid conference is to clarify requirements of this solicitation.

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