Floating_Crane_Services_Performance_Work_Statement_(PWS)_dated_21_March,_2019.doc

Attachment 1

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Floating Crane Services USCG Shipyard, Baltimore, MD

(21 March, 2019)

1. General: This is a non-personal services contract to provide floating crane services at the U.S. Coast Guard Shipyard, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD. Performance shall take place on the waterways surrounding the Yard and sometimes at the contractors Yard. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the Contractor employees performing the services herein. The Contractor’s employees shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.

1.1. Description of Services/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide floating crane barge, tugs for moving crane, all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items necessary to perform Floating Crane Barge Services, as defined in this PWS, except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services.

1.2. Background: It is anticipated that the U.S. Coast Guard Yard will require Floating Crane Barge Services for the purpose of lifting vessels during docking operations, performing lift and load tests on Government-provided cradles and spreader bars used for docking operations, and general lifting.

1.3. Objectives/Scope: Contractor shall provide floating crane services using a crane capable of lifting a minimum of 180 short tons, ability to navigate the waterways of Arundel Cove, tugs for crane movement, pilot/crane operator, adequate crew, and required weights (water tank, concrete weights, etc.) as follows:

1.3.1 Dock, undock, and relocate vessels on the Yard and provide cradles, as necessary, at various locations at the Coast Guard Yard as directed by the COR. A docking/undocking event consists of the loading or unloading of a vessel, either from the water into a cradle on dry land or from the cradle into the water. The unloading of a vessel into the water and subsequent loading of a vessel into the empty cradle constitutes 2 events. In most instances, a crane services job will consist of undocking one vessel from the cradle (1 docking event) and docking another vessel into the cradle (1 docking event) and, on rare occasions, may consist of 3 events.

1.3.2 Perform lift and load tests on docking cradles and/or spreader bars using Contractor provided water tank and/or weights at the Contractor’s facility as directed by the COR.

1.3.3 Transport cradle(s) and/or spreader bars to the Contractor’s yard to perform lift and load tests on docking cradles and/or spreader bars using Contractor provided water tank and/or weights as directed by the Coast Guard Yard’s Dock Master. Transport items back to the Coast Guard Yard when work is complete.

1.3.4 Perform general lifts as required and as directed by Yard’s Dock Master or Rigging personnel.

1.3.5 Provide and/or manufacture spreader bars and lifting straps on limited occasions to accommodate lifts.

1.4. Period of Performance: The period of performance shall consist of a one (1) year base period and four (4) one year option periods, if exercised by the Government.

1.5. General Information

1.5.1. Recognized Federal Holidays: The Contractor may be required to work on the following federal holidays:

New Year’s Day

Labor Day Martin Luther King JR’s Birthday

Columbus Day President’s Day

Veteran’s Day Memorial Day

Thanksgiving Day Independence Day

Christmas Day

1.5.2. Hours of Operation: The United States Coast Guard Yard normal working hours are from 7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M., Monday thru Friday, except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed, due to local or national emergencies, inclement weather, administrative closings or similar Government directed facility closings.

1.5.3 The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed.

The Contractor may be required to work outside of the normal working hours and days, to include weekends.

1.5.4. Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay Baltimore, MD 21226. The testing of cradles and spreader bars will be done at the Contractor’s Facility.

1.5.5. Reporting Requirements: Contractor personnel shall report to the Contacting Officer’s Representative any information or circumstances of which they are aware that may pose a threat to the security or safety of U.S. Coast Guard personnel, contractor personnel or resources, immediately.

1.5.6. Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental Standards: The Contractor is required to follow 29 CFR 1915 (OSHA Shipyard Industry Standard), while performing work at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard. The Contractor must provide all required personal safety equipment for their employees, such as, but not limited to; safety helmet, safety glasses and shoes, floatation devises, and hearing protection. All safety equipment must meet OSHA standards. Failure of the Contractor employees to comply with the above requirements could result in a shutdown of operations. Contractor must also have a current Safety Plan, which shall be submitted for review as part of their quote.

1.5.6.1 The U.S. Coast Guard Yard has 24 hour first aid, spill response, and fire protection available. If necessary, the Contractor may call 410-636-3993 from non-Yard phones and extension 3000 from Yard phones for emergency situations. The U.S. Coast Guard Yard will provide emergency first aid only. Injuries must be reported immediately and followed up with a written report to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) within 5 business days.

1.5.6.2 The Contractor is responsible to comply with all applicable Federal, State and local environmental laws and regulations including but not limited to the Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.

1.5.7. Special/Technical Qualifications: Contractor must submit documentation that demonstrates compliance to these special/technical qualifications:

Equipment: The Contractor must provide a certified floating crane capable of lifting a minimum of 180 Short Tons at a boom radius suitable to place a load 31’ out from end of barge, at a hook height of not less than 106’ above water line. Due to limited navigational clearances, the floating crane barge length must not exceed 150’. A load chart must be submitted as part of proposal. Crane must be certified annually by OSHA regulations 29 CFR 1910.180 - 29 CFR 1926.1400 Subpart cc, b30.8 Floating Cranes & Derricks and Title 29 part 1919. Annual certification must be submitted via email to the Contracting Office and the COR one month before the start of each new option period.

1.5.8. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): The COR will be identified by separate letter. The COR will monitor all technical aspects of the contract and assist in contract administration. The COR is authorized to perform only those functions designated in the letter, issued by the Contracting Officer. A letter of designation, issued to the COR (a copy of which will be sent to the Contractor), states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in performance dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and/or conditions of the contract. All contract changes that impact price or cost, quality of work and the performance schedule may only be approved or made by the Contracting Officer.

1.5.9. Personnel/Qualifications: The Contractor shall provide a crane operator that has been certified through the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) or qualified through an audited employer program under OSHA Regulation 29 C.F.R. 1926.1427(a) and an on-site supervisor who will be responsible for managing the crane crew and communicating with the COR.

1.5.10. Coordination with COR: The Contractor shall coordinate all work requirements, stated herein, with the Contracting Officer and the COR.

2. QUALITY CONTROL: Contractor shall provide a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QAS) that addresses all necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of the end service shall meet contract and commercial quality requirements.

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1 General: The COR shall provide the signaling and direction of the Contractor’s personnel with regard to the timing, location, and placement of all lift(s).

3.2 Equipment/Services: The Yard shall furnish, place, and hook up, through its own personnel, all hooks, slings, nets, pennants, spreaders, or other lifting gear on the lift(s). Yard personnel shall remove all such lifting gear upon completion of the lift(s).

4. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES, FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

4.1. General: The Contractor shall furnish all equipment and services required to perform work under this contract, other than those explicitly addressed in Section 3 of this PWS.

4.2. The Contractor shall report to the designated work site on the date specified on the written notification by the Contracting Officer in the form of a signed task order. No other individual has the authority to direct the Contractor to begin work, other than a warranted Contracting Officer.

4.3. Lift Safety: The master or supervisor assigned by the Contractor to the floating crane performing the services shall have the discretion to determine whether or not it is safe to move or operate equipment at any given time, having due regard for the state of the weather, the placement of the vessel, the size and weight of the lift(s) and other factors that involve or affect the safety of the Contractor’s equipment and crew.

4.4. Equipment/Services: The Contractor shall provide floating barge crane, tugs for movement of barge, all safety equipment for crew (personal floatation devices, hardhats, safety glasses, safety boots, etc), and water tank and/or concrete weights for lift & load testing.