MDC AE Dredges
This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for information purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. A Market Survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate small businesses for the following proposed contract: Award of one Indefinite Delivery Contract for Architect-Engineering Services in support of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Marine Design Center for Engineering and Design support for the USACE fleet of dredges and other large vessels. The proposed contract will include work on the following vessel types: • Minimum Fleet Unrestricted Ocean Going Hopper Dredges • Dredge Pump-Out Shore Connector Barge / Buoy Float systems. • Riverine Dustpan and Pipeline Dredges • Dredge Floating Pipeline systems. • Clamshell Dredges • Dredge Dump Scows • Other self-propelled vessel types with hull LWL greater than 150 feet. Work Conducted on the specified vessels above will be in the following areas: • Feasibility studies • Naval Architecture, • Marine Engineering, • Marine Electrical Engineering • Hybrid Power System Engineering • Dredging Engineering, • Dredge Hopper Pump Out Discharge Systems • Ballast Water Treatment, and Vessel VGP design & engineering. • Regulatory (ABS, USCG, API) compliance • Vessel overhauls and life extension projects • FEMS Maintenance processes, and items • Vessel energy efficiency optimization • Propulsion type evaluation • Propulsion sizing and design. • CRPP system design incorporating draft and velocity sensing. • Structural modeling (FEA), both steel and aluminum, • Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses, • Tank testing. • Sea keeping and motion analyses • Dynamic Positioning System Analyses • Hopper Pump-Out Mooring System Analyses • Acoustic and vibration engineering • Preliminary design, • Contract level design • Detailed (final) design • Cost Estimates • Vessel laser scans • Vessel Photogrammetry • Dredge hopper volume calibration to API tank capacity calibration standards. • Sea Trials support, including propulsion shaft line instrumentation and HP measurement and • Related design studies, analysis and reports. • Vessel Inclining Tests • Vessel inspections and condition evaluations • Shipyard Engineering phase support • Shipyard construction inspections This potential contract will have a contract capacity of $15,000,000 with a contract duration of FIVE (5) years. The average Task Order value of the work under this contract is estimated to be $100,000.00 with a maximum of $1,000,000.00 The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330 (exception 3) with a Small Business Size Standard of $41.5 million. SUBMISSION: All interested business concerns for this requirement shall provide the following information when responding to this sources sought: - Company name: - DUNS number: - Cage Code: - Type of business concern: Large business or small business (please identify type of small business) - Statement of capability and qualifications of the organization to perform the requirement. - List of similar projects worked on over the past 5 years and services provided on those projects. ** EACH SUBMISSION SHALL NOT EXCEED 5 PAGES TOTAL ** Notice to potential contractors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the Federal Government must be registered at Beta.SAM.gov at https://beta.sam.gov/. Additionally, all Services Disabled/Veterans Owned Business or Veterans Owned Small Business must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Veterans Enterprise Vet Biz Registry located at https://vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Responses shall be sent via E-Mail to Richard Rivera at Richard.Rivera2@usace.army.mil and Jamaal Edwards at Jamaal.A.Edwards@usace.army.mil no later than 5PM EST on 24 July 2020. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made.
W912BU20R0032 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Philadeplhia
7/9/20, 1:25 PM AE Services for Marine Design Center, Dredge Fleet
Pre-Solicitation Announcement: This is not a request for proposals. The Philadelphia District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to post the solicitation on or around the 23nd of December 2020 to award one, five-year Indefinite Delivery Contract to support the Marine Design Center (MDC) which is the Army Corps of Engineers’ National Center of Expertise for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. The principle geographic areas of responsibility for this project is anywhere within the worldwide geographic footprint of the Marine Design Center work for other Government Agencies and work for overseas projects could be a part of this contract. USACE Philadelphia intention is to award one, five-year indefinite delivery contract, having a total capacity of $15,000,000.00 with the average task order value of work being estimated to be $100,000.00 with an estimated maximum value of $1,000,000.00. The guaranteed minimum for the contract term will be $10,000.00 and will be satisfied by the simultaneous award of a task order with the base contract. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541330 with a size standard of $41.5M and will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. PROJECT INFORMATION: Following award of the IDIQ Contract, the actual scope of work to be performed will be defined in detail under each individual Task Order. Task Orders will be negotiated and issued as firm fixed price orders under the terms and conditions of this IDIQ Contract. The Government is under no obligation to issue any particular number or type of orders. Labor rates for each discipline, overhead rates and escalation factors for each calendar year of the contract will be negotiated in the base contract with negotiated escalation factors applied to the years of the contract. When determining whether work should be placed under this contract as opposed to other available sources, the Government will consider the following criteria in descending order of importance: A. Relevant specialized experience noted in evaluation factor A of the selection criteria below B. Capacity to accomplish the task order in the required time The principle geographic areas of responsibility for this contract is anywhere within the worldwide geographic footprint of the Marine Design Center work for other Government Agencies and work for overseas projects could be a part of this contract. ANTICIPATED SCOPE Task orders will include design and engineering support in the following areas including but not be limited to: • Feasibility studies • Naval Architecture • Marine Engineering • Marine Electrical Engineering • Hybrid Power System Engineering • Dredging Engineering, • Dredge Hopper Pump Out Discharge Systems • Ballast Water Treatment, and Vessel VGP design & engineering • Regulatory (ABS, USCG, API) compliance • Vessel overhauls and life extension projects • Facilities Engineering Maintenance System (FEMS) Maintenance processes, and items • Vessel energy efficiency optimization • Propulsion type evaluation • Propulsion sizing and design • CRPP system design incorporating draft and velocity sensing. • Structural modeling (FEA), both steel and aluminum • Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses • Tank testing • Sea keeping and motion analyses • Load Management Program Development and Support (GLM) • Dynamic Positioning System Analyses • Hopper Pump-Out Mooring System Analyses • Acoustic and vibration engineering • Preliminary design, • Contract level design • Detailed (final) design • Detailed weight estimating • Cost Estimates • Vessel laser scans • Vessel Photogrammetry • Dredge hopper volume calibration to API tank capacity calibration standards. • Sea Trials support, including propulsion shaft line instrumentation and HP measurement And • Related design studies, analysis and reports. • Vessel Inclining Tests • Vessel inspections and condition evaluations • Shipyard Engineering phase support • Shipyard construction inspections Additional Information: This is not a request for proposals. (A) All contractors are advised that registration in the System Award Management System (SAM) at www.sam.gov is required prior to submission of your SF330s to the solicitation. Failure to be registered in SAM may render your firm ineligible for award. All firms are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing the SAM website at www.sam.gov. Additionally, all Services Disabled/Veterans Owned Business or Veterans Owned Small Business must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Veterans Enterprise Vet Biz Registry located at https://vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ (B) The Solicitation is expected to be posted on or around the 23nd of December 2020. (C) The point of contact for this Pre-Solicitation announcement is Richard Rivera who can be reached at Richard.rivera2@usace.army.mil and the alternate is Jamaal Edwards at Jamaal.a.edwards@usace.army.mil (D) The Contracting Officer reserves the right to terminate negotiations with firms that do not respond to government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc., in accordance with established schedules. This is not a request for proposals.
W912BU20R0032 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Philadeplhia
12/8/20, 3:50 PM AE Services for Marine Design Center, Dredge Fleet
Title: INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR DREDGE VESSEL ENGINEERING SERVICES, NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, MARINE ENGINEERING Classification Code: C -- Architect and engineering services NAICS Code: 541330 -- Engineering Services Is this a Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action? No Response Date: 22 January 2021 at 5pm EST Primary Point of Contact: Richard Rivera Phone: (215) 656-6563 Email: Richard.Rivera2@usace.army.mil I. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Marine Design Center (MDC) is the Army Corps of Engineers’ National Center of Expertise for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. The MDC requires assistance with vessel design and analysis services for dredges and other vessels with hull LWL greater than 150 feet. It is intended to award ONE (1) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, having a total capacity of $15,000,000.00. The average task order value of work is estimated to be $100,000.00 with an estimated maximum value of $1,000,000.00. The guaranteed minimum for the contract term is $10,000 and will be satisfied by the simultaneous award of a task order with the base contract. The contract term will be for a five (5) year period. This contract is being solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside (SBSA). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330, Engineering Services, and the Small Business size standard is $41,500,000. II. PROJECT INFORMATION: Following award of the IDIQ Contract, the actual scope of work to be performed will be defined in detail under each individual Task Order. Task Orders will be negotiated and issued as firm fixed price orders under the terms and conditions of this IDIQ Contract. The Government is under no obligation to issue any particular number or type of orders. Labor rates for each discipline, overhead rates and escalation factors for each calendar year of the contract will be negotiated in the base contract with negotiated escalation factors applied to the years of the contract. When determining whether work should be placed under this contract as opposed to other available sources, the Government will consider the following criteria in descending order of importance: A. Relevant specialized experience noted in evaluation factor A of the selection criteria below B. Capacity to accomplish the task order in the required time The principle geographic areas of responsibility for this contract are anywhere within the worldwide geographic footprint of the Marine Design Center work for other Government Agencies and work for overseas projects could be a part of this contract. III. ANTICIPATED SCOPE Task orders will include design and engineering support in the following areas including but not be limited to: • Feasibility studies • Naval Architecture • Marine Engineering • Marine Electrical Engineering • Hybrid Power System Engineering • Dredging Engineering, • Dredge Hopper Pump Out Discharge Systems • Ballast Water Treatment, and Vessel VGP design & engineering • Regulatory (ABS, USCG, API) compliance • Vessel overhauls and life extension projects • Facilities Engineering Maintenance System (FEMS) Maintenance processes, and items • Vessel energy efficiency optimization • Propulsion type evaluation • Propulsion sizing and design • CRPP system design incorporating draft and velocity sensing. • Structural modeling (FEA), both steel and aluminum • Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses • Tank testing • Sea keeping and motion analyses • Load Management Program Development and Support (GLM) • Dynamic Positioning System Analyses • Hopper Pump-Out Mooring System Analyses • Acoustic and vibration engineering • Preliminary design, • Contract level design • Detailed (final) design • Detailed weight estimating • Cost Estimates • Vessel laser scans • Vessel Photogrammetry • Dredge hopper volume calibration to API tank capacity calibration standards. • Sea Trials support, including propulsion shaft line instrumentation and HP measurement And • Related design studies, analysis and reports. • Vessel Inclining Tests • Vessel inspections and condition evaluations • Shipyard Engineering phase support • Shipyard construction inspections IV. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following evaluation factors, A tough F form the basis for selection. The criteria are listed in descending order of importance: A. Specialized experience and technical competence applicable to marine vessels. The following areas of organizational expertise and recent experience, items 1 tough 5 below, are listed in descending order of importance with dredge-related experience being significantly more important than other marine experience. Organizational experience and recent experience will be evaluated based upon the project examples listed in Section F of the SF 330 with no more than 10 projects listed. The projects shall demonstrate the teams experience and competence with all the areas listed below. The prime A/E/ JV Entity shall be included in at least 5 of the projects listed in Section F. Projects completed with the last 5 years will be given more weight than projects completed within the last 10 years. Projects completed more than 10 years ago shall not be provided as relevant experience. The participation and involvement of key personnel listed in Section E and G will also be part of the evaluation criteria. : 1. Design and engineering support for the following types of vessels with hull LWL greater than 150 feet including: • Unrestricted Ocean Going Hopper Dredges • Dredge Pump-Out Shore Connector Barge / Buoy Float systems. • Riverine Dustpan and Pipeline Dredges • Dredge Floating Pipeline systems. • Shallow Draft Split Hill Dredges • Other self-propelled vessel types Note - This Contract is not intended to acquire the detailed proprietary designs of individual dredging components (ex. dragheads, dredge pumps, etc.) for the purpose of fabrication. It is intended to provide design and engineering support for the integration of dredging components that are purchased commercially under separate contracts. 2. Design for efficiency and application of environmental technologies, specifically those commonly applied to dredges with hull LWL greater than 150 feet and their dredging systems. This also includes general environmental regulations being imposed on the marine industry, such as emission reduction and reduction/elimination of discharges. 3. Life Cycle analysis to include capital costing of new vessels, costing of conversions, predictions of operating and maintenance costs, and vessel useful life expectancy. 4. Design and engineering support on Government contracts in tier 2 and sub-tier 2 shipyards, including onsite technical support, construction engineering surveillance and coordination. 5. Regulatory body (USCG and ABS) submittals and approval process. B. Professional Qualifications – Key personnel members of the prime A/E / JV Entity shall include professionally registered/licensed Naval Architect(s) and Marine Engineer(s). They shall be supported by either in-house staff or a demonstrated (with evident previous historical relationship) network of sub consultants consisting of the following professionally qualified specialists: 1. Electrical Engineers 2. Dredging Engineering consultants 3. Acoustic Vibration Engineers 4. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Engineers 5. Propeller Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFO) Engineers 6. Specialty marine sub-contractors. Evidence of previous historical relationships with subconsultants shall be provided in the form of a narrative in Section H of the SF 330. All work produced under this contract shall be reviewed and approved by registered professional engineers responsible for the project. Evaluation of qualifications will primarily consider relevant education, registration, and training and overall relevant experience using information provided from Section E (resumes of key personnel) of the SF 330. Resumes provided in section E shall be limited to 2 pages each. All relevant project experience of individuals will be considered. At least one member of each key project discipline shall have work experience of at least 20 years in that discipline. The matrix in Section G showing experience of the proposed lead designers on the projects listed in Section F will also be used as part of the evaluation. C. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time parameters.The submission shall demonstrate the capability of the organization to perform up to $3 million in work of the required type within a one-year period. Additionally, the prime A/E/ JV Entity shall demonstrate the capability of performing over 50% of the work anticipated under this contract. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel in the disciplines described in paragraph B. above as presented in section E. (Resumes of Key Personnel) of SF 330. As a secondary measure the evaluation will also consider the numbers listed in Part II of SF 330 to evaluate the overall capacity of the team. Include a Part II form of SF 330 for each firm and each office of each firm that is part of the proposed team. D. Capability and experience in utilizing specialty marine software to include at a minimum GHS, NavCad, AutoCad, Rhino, Nei Nastran with FEMAP, EasyPower and Solidworks, or compatible software that outputs directly into the formats of the programs previously described in this section. Evidence of capability and experience shall be provided in the form of a narrative in Section H of the SF 330. E. Past performance, if any, of the firm with respect to performance on Government and private contracts. References and letters of recommendations from customers addressing your firms cost control, quality of work and schedule compliance capabilities may be included in Section H of the SF 330. Any letters should be for projects of similar/relevant nature. Contracts referenced and information such as letters provided shall be no older than 5 years from the date of this solicitation. Information provided with the submission as well as a review of the CPARS system will be the basis of the evaluation. F. Extent of participation of Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, HUBZone, 8(a), Women Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. IV. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 330 (revision 8/2016) Parts I and II for the prime A/E firm and Part II for each/any subconsultant, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Wanamaker Building, Room 702, 100 Penn Square East, Contracting Division ATTN: Richard Rivera, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390 not later than the 22nd of January 2021 at 5pm EST. Include your DUNS number in block 11 of paragraph C of Part I of the SF 330. It is also requested that you provide your SF330’s on a CD-ROM along with two hard copies of your completed SF330’s. All contractors are advised that registration in the DODs System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Database is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to be registered in the SAM Database may render your firm ineligible for award. All firms are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing the Web Site http://www.sam.gov or you may call (866) 606-8220 (available 24 hours, 7 days a week). The Contracting Officer reserves the right to terminate negotiations, with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. In accordance with the FAR 36.601-4(b) – contracts for architect-engineer services may only be awarded to firms permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture or engineering. Firms who are offering as a joint venture should include with their submission a copy of the joint venture agreement. Failure to include the joint venture agreement may result in the firm’s elimination from further evaluation. (this statement is based on criterion A and E) Place of Contract Performance: US Army Corps of Engineers 100 Penn Square East Wanamaker Building Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 United States Set Aside: Total Small Business
W912BU20R0032 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Philadeplhia
12/23/20, 11:18 AM