Attachment 5 - Technical Worksheet.docx

RFP HTC71124RR008 – Attachment 5

Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104 (When Filled-in, this Document becomes CUI//SP-SSEL)

TECHNICAL WORKSHEET

SOLICITATION #: HTC71124RR008

STEVEDORING AND RELATED TERMINAL SERVICES

BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY T&C

Offeror:

**Submission Rules**

When completing this technical worksheet based on the posted requirements, the Offeror shall assume the Government has no prior knowledge of the Offeror’s experience, past or present. Evaluator(s) will base evaluation SOLELY on the information presented for EACH question and the Offeror’s response within this Technical Worksheet.

**Submission Rules & Instructions: **

· The entire submission of this Technical Worksheet SHALL NOT exceed 20 single sided pages in length.

· The proposal shall not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address “how” the Offeror intends to meet each item in the worksheet in accordance with (IAW) the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

· Statements that the Offeror “understands, can or will comply with the PWS; statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof; flowcharts simply listing activities related to performance of the PWS; and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used,” etc., without explanations, descriptions or how services will be performed in detail shall be considered unacceptable.

· Page size shall be no larger than 8.5x11 inches and single sided.

· Submitted Technical Worksheets that exceeds 20 pages, will have only the first 20 pages evaluated and all other pages will be removed before the Technical Worksheet is evaluated.

· All requested attachments, port certifications, licensing, permits, documentary evidence (photos) and Material Handling Equipment (MHE) lists shall not count against the page limits.

NOTE** Failure to complete this document in its entirety or attach requested documents may result in a proposal being ineligible for award.

**Technical Worksheet**

1. Labor/Management

1a. Labor strength: Please describe your company’s ability to provide qualified and appropriate labor necessary to meet the Government’s port support needs and required productivity. Include in your response how this labor will be utilized to provide flexible start times, operate multiple work sites, and transition to contingency operations, maintaining work schedules 24/7 as outlined in the PWS.

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2. Capabilities 2a. Support T&C for Stevedoring and Longshoring: Explain the abilities of your company to support T&C for Stevedoring and Longshoring services that also include but limited to vessel loading and discharging (to include documenting securing/lashing materials), cargo reception and disposition, stuffing and un-stuffing containers or flatracks, transferring cargo around the port, loading and discharging commercial trucks and railcars for onward movement of the USG’s cargo.

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2b. What is your experience in providing management, labor, tools, equipment, supplies, materials, and other services necessary for T&C for S&RTS? Please note that experience refers to complexity as well as longevity.

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2c. Do you have or have you had foreign commercial contracts that comply with local laws, regulations, and labor union agreements governing work hours; and labor regulations including collective bargaining agreements, workers’ compensation, working conditions, fringe benefits, and labor standards or labor contract matters? If so, provide specific conditions required to have a contract with USTRANSCOM.

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3. Vessel Operations

3a. Flexibility. The Government requires its T&C contractor to be flexible in providing service. Can you provide flexible start times for receiving cargo at the port, starting vessels at odd hours or transitioning from normal workday schedules to contingency operations maintaining work schedules 24/7? Please explain your company’s ability “how” it would provide this flexibility of varied start times and describe any impacts to the Governments schedule.

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3b. Multiple Worksites Please describe your company’s ability to provide qualified and appropriate labor types necessary to meet the Government’s port support needs and required productivity. Include in your response how this labor will be utilized to provide flexible start times, operate multiple work sites, and transition to contingency operations, maintaining work schedules 24/7 as outlined in the PWS.

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4. Bremische Hafentelematik (BHT).

4a BHT. The T&C Contractor is responsible for inputting required data into the BHT System, which is the automated export customs clearance system for cargo moving via Bremerhaven. Please explain or describe your own company’s ability to provide following service (exclusively as Prime Contractor): Immediately after receipt of export cargo i.e. containers, containers with hazardous and/or dangerous cargo, aircraft, breakbulk cargo, military vehicles (tracked and/or wheeled, the contractor shall obtain the necessary and required information and provide it to the port authorities using the BHT system to fulfill the requirement of the German Customs for export shipments.

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5. Certifications & Documents

5a. Publicly appointed and sworn goods surveyor (Öffentlich bestellter und vereidigter Guetermesser). The Government requires that the Contractor employs a sworn Tally in his company. Please confirm that this person works for your company and name them, to include certification. Click here to enter text.

5b. Can your company comply with certifications as per local laws and/or any other international agency regulations, to perform T&C for S&RTS Services in Germany and the port of Bremerhaven? Click here to enter text.

5c. What form of documentation would your company provide that demonstrates authorization to operate at the Port of Bremerhaven Germany?

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