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Design, construct, and test one Medium Class Hopper Dredge (MCHD) for the Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District for use in support of its Ready Reserve mission, in accordance with the attached specifications.

ITEM UNIT TOTAL

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CLIN 0001 Medium Class Hopper Dredge 1 EACH

0001AA PLANNING AND SCHEDULING – PHASE I (The submittals required for Planning and Scheduling are listed in contract Paragraph H02.). This item is initiated only by a Notice to Proceed issued by the Contracting Officer.

1 JOB XXXX $USD _______

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0001AD TEST, SEA TRIALS, & DELIVER – PHASE IV (The submittals for “Construct, Test, and Deliver” are listed in contract Paragraph H02.). This item is initiated only by a Notice to Proceed issued by the Contracting Officer or the Contracting Officer Representative. The Contractor may not start this item until he receives a Notice to Proceed for this item.

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The Government may reject an offer as non-responsive if it is materially and mathematically unbalanced as to price for any offered item or combination of offered items. An offer is unbalanced when it is based on prices significantly less than cost for some work and prices, which are significantly overstated for other work.

The targeted budget for this contract is $125 Million. The target budget should be used to assist offerors with their technical trade-off decisions in order to achieve the best collective combinational balance of technical features to satisfy the MCHD’s mission while at the same time considering the Government’s budget considerations.

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C000 GENERAL

C001 MINIMUM FLEET MISSION, AND MCFARLAND REPLACEMENT

A. USACE MINIMUM FLEET

The Corps maintains a minimum fleet that includes the hopper dredges ESSAYONS, YAQUINA, WHEELER, and MCFARLAND, pursuant to Public Law (PL) 95-269 (1978). These government hopper dredges play an important role in guaranteeing the ability of the Corps to deliver its navigation mission and enable safe, reliable, effective and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation systems for vital national security, commerce, and recreation needs.

USACE manages the minimum hopper dredge fleet using accepted asset management principles, including a Plant Replacement and Improvement Program (PRIP) that ensures the financial capacity to fund replacement of vessels when needed.

The Corps has a long-term plan for recapitalizing its minimum fleet consistent with the financial obligations of the USACE dredge fleet. The plan is based on the importance of the minimum fleet to the mission, the age and operating condition of the vessels, and the capacity of the PRIP fund.

Decommissioning of the old dredges will occur at the time of replacement.

B. READY RESERVE OPERATION

The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1996 and WRDA 2007 further directed the dredges WHEELER (WRDA 1996) and MCFARLAND (WRDA 2007) to operate in a Ready Reserve status for national defense, for emergency needs, and for contract work when private industry has failed to submit a responsive and responsible contract bid. As a reserve fleet, the WHEELER and MCFARLAND provide essential capability to the Nation in maintaining the flow of commerce, in support of national security missions, and during emergencies.

The McFARLAND was placed in a Ready Reserve status on 31 December 2009. The dredge periodically performs readiness and training exercises to ensure the ability of the vessel and crew to perform urgent and emergency dredging work. These exercises are project funded and are currently limited to the Delaware River and Bay. During the remainder of the year, the MCFARLAND is maintained pier-side by a reduced crew and remains poised for Ready Reserve call-out within 72 hours to urgent or emergency dredging requirements via direction of the USACE Director of Civil Works or his/her designees. The MCFARLAND’s primary geographic areas of responsibility include the Delaware River and Bay, the Eastern seaboard and its harbors, and the Gulf of Mexico including the Southwest Pass (lower 33 miles) of the Mississippi River.

C. McFARLAND REPLACEMENT The Marine Design Center (MDC) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued this solicitation to acquire a new Medium-Class Hopper Dredge (MCHD) to replace the ageing Dredge McFARLAND.

The new dredge shall have: 6000 Cubic Yard Hopper Capacity, Diesel-Electric Power System, and Azimuthing Thruster Propulsion.

The completed vessel will be placed in service with the Philadelphia District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CENAP) and will be used by the District for operations as described in Paragraph C002. As discussed above, the McFARLAND will be removed from service when the new vessel is in operation.

The completed vessel shall be ABS classed. As a United States dredge, the vessel construction, manning, and operation shall satisfy all requirements of the Jones Act/Merchant Marine Act of 1920.

The following performance-based specification and outlined operational requirements were identified to ensure the capability of the replacement MCFARLAND meets mission requirements within its Area of Responsibility (AOR).

C002 VESSEL OPERATION AND PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS

A. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Medium Class Hopper Dredge (MCHD) to be designed and delivered under this contract will become part of the USACE Minimum Fleet and upon delivery will be placed in a Ready Reserve status. Ready Reserve means that the dredge will generally be kept dockside on shore power in a standby mode and be expected to be versatile in capability and quick to respond when called out for dredging.

The MCHD will complete 70 days of dredging in the Delaware River on an annual basis as its training and readiness exercise. The dredge will be utilized for channel maintenance dredging to supplement the capability of the commercial industry dredge fleet when circumstances dictate, and it is called upon.

The dredge will be home ported at the USACE Fort Mifflin dock facility on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The dredge is anticipated to operate primarily on both the East Coast and Gulf Coast of the US. However, it may be utilized anywhere in the US, as needed, to include the West Coast but excluding the Great Lakes.

Ready Reserve Mission:

“Ready Reserve” status means the MCHD can be called upon by USACE Headquarters to conduct urgent or emergency dredging. Historically, the McFARLAND has been called out from Ready Reserve to dredge approximately 60 days per year.

The primary mission of this dredge is to respond to emerging issues affecting coastal navigation in the US called out for dredging. In that regard, the dredge is expected to be designed and built to allow very fast mobilization from the time requested to the time underway. Operations needed to transition from being on shore power at the dock to vessel underway in 72 hours or less.

Being a Ready Reserve dredge, the exact conditions, locations, and circumstances for its use are variable. As a result, versatility in the design is encouraged to maximize the number of potential situations that the dredge can support.

The overall goal for the dredge is to be able to support any condition for maintenance dredging that presents itself. It is understood that there may be some trade-off between “optimum” under specified conditions and “range of operation” under more extreme conditions.

Once in a dredging mode, the goal is to maximize production in terms of Cubic Yards of material removed. Production is based on a combination of hopper load and total cycle time.

USACE experience with their existing Ready Reserve fleet has identified features that contribute to better overall operation that include:

• Maximized hopper loading capacity with 1.8 S.G In Hopper material.

• Maximized dredge maneuvering control and dredging performance in high current and wind conditions as described in the specification,

• Propulsion and Steering systems that together maximize maneuvering power (with the inclusion of a Bow Thruster) and also provide rapid response to propulsion and steering inputs.

• Ease of maintenance and equipment replacement while in ready reserve dockside status,

• Minimized need for dry docking,

• Power System Redundancy and operational flexibility that precludes being completely out of service (operating at reduced dredging capacity until repairs are affected) when there are individual component breakdowns.

Current Ready Reserve Dredge Operating Profile (MCFARLAND):

For the purpose of Offeror background information about the existing operating profile of the vessel being replaced (MCFARLAND), the following dredging operations are provided based on historical use and situations considered most likely. However, it should be understood that actual usage may vary to include differing locations, dredging depth, material, distance to the disposal site, and potential upland disposal. Offerors shall utilize this information as the basis for the Operating Profile of the new dredge, in conjunction with the technical requirements in this solicitation:

Normal Dredging Cycle:

Arrive at dredging station, Dredge with or without overflow (see specific sites below), Transit to Disposal Site, Bottom Dump or Pump out upland (see specific sites below), Return to dredging station

Primary Dredging Locations:

New Orleans District – Southwest Pass, sea buoy to Venice, lower 30 miles (30% of overall vessel dredging assignment time) [PRIMARY MISSION PURPOSE] Mobilization from Philadelphia – twice per year to New Orleans 1700 nautical miles and 1700 nautical miles back. The dredge will travel at transit speed with the hopper empty, but free flooded.

Transit condition – fully stocked, full fuel, full potable water Dredging Material: Two primary locations conditions:

At Head of Passes (sand) Lower part of SW Pass – sand with much more silt (lighter material) Minimal organics (both locations)

Dredging Depth: 42 – 55 ft. (45 ft. starting channel depth, being dredged to 50 ft.) [See Specific Requirements Below] River Current – maximum 6 knot current Distance to Disposal Site

Average of 4 miles to Head of Passes site one-way (shallow water) [8 Miles Round Trip] Average of 5 miles to site outside of sea buoy one-way (deep water) [10 Miles Round Trip]

Type of Disposal - bottom dumping via hopper doors (need operational procedures to dump in shallow Head of Passes site; can almost touch bottom with loaded Dredge McFarland when site is near full – note that this site is emptied by re-handling with cutterheads to create capacity) Note: a large amount of time is spent maneuvering into and out of the disposal area and in dumping (material bridges) Condition: Turtle deflectors are in upper position during dredging (only the weight causes propulsive resistance) Environmental Considerations: Can overflow and in rare cases agitate by use of the overflows Philadelphia District – Delaware River above Ship John Shoal (50% of dredging time) Mobilization from Philadelphia dock – 5 times per year within 50 miles and back each time. The dredge will travel at transit speed with the hopper empty, but free flooded. Transit condition – fully stocked, full fuel, full potable water Dredging Material: Varies between specific ranges in the river;

sand and gravel [See specific requirements below] silt C&D canal (infrequent dredging) has some clay

Dredging Depth: 36 to 47 feet River Current: 2-3 knots Crosswinds: 15-20 knots Distance to Disposal Site – average 10 miles Type of Disposal – Pump-out to upland disposal sites (various river locations)

Present Discharge pipeline – Submerged – 150 feet of 28-inch ID steel pipeline Shoreline – various length 29-inch ID steel pipeline

Distances/Elevation Killcohook – 1.5 miles feet in length, 75-foot upward change in elevation Fort Mifflin (farthest cell) 8000 feet in length, minimal change in elevation

Current time to Pump-out – varies with material; minimum 1 hour, maximum 4 hours [See Specific Requirements Below]

Condition - Turtle deflectors are in place in deflector position during dredging (drag on bottom and weight causes resistance) Environmental Considerations – No overflow, hoppers pumped down before start of cycle; once dredging starts there is no overflow allowed Philadelphia District – Delaware River below Ship John Shoal (10% of dredging time)

Mobilization – 2 times per year, 80 miles and 80 miles back. The dredge will travel at transit speed with the hopper empty, but free flooded. Transit condition – fully stocked, full fuel, full potable water Dredging Material: Sand and gravel Dredging Depth: 38 – 47 ft.

Distance to Disposal Site - from 1.5 to 20 miles (average 10 miles each way) Type of Disposal - bottom dumping via hopper doors (deep water) Conditions: Turtle deflectors are required in deflecting position (resistance from both drag on the bottom and weight) Environmental Considerations - No overflow allowed (no discharge from start Lower Eastern Atlantic Coast (10% of dredging time) Mobilization – 1 time per year – assume 600 miles and 600 back. The dredge will travel at transit speed with the hopper empty, but free flooded. Transit condition – fully stocked, full fuel, full potable water Geographic locations have tended to vary over the years Dredging Material: (typical sites)

Morehead City –sand Wilmington Harbor, Cape Fear – (river mix –sand & shallow mud, slight organics)

Dredging Depth:

Morehead City (47 ft channel) - 28 to 48 feet Wilmington (similar) – 28 to 48 feet

Distance to Disposal Site – Morehead City - 2 sites – offshore is deep - 8 miles, close site (1 mile) is shallow and sometimes unavailable (McFarland grounded on one occasion) Wilmington (ocean) - 10 miles (deep)

Type of Disposal- bottom dumping via hopper doors (may need operational procedures to dump in relatively shallow sites depending on door extension below the hull) Current – maximum 3 knots along the track, 3.5 knot cross-current Crosswinds: 15-20 knots Conditions: Turtle deflectors are in deflector position during dredging (resistance from both drag and weight) Environmental Considerations - Florida monitors for turbidity (shut down if too high) – a small boat follows – less than 10% of the operating time has been affected by turbidity

A. REQUIREMENTS

The Dredge shall be designed and built according to the specifications throughout this contract.

B. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

The MCHD shall have the following characteristics:

Hull

Length Overall: 320 feet or less Beam: As best suits the design Air-Draft: 110 feet maximum Loaded Draft at minimum dredging freeboard: 26 feet Hopper & Loading Capacity: The hopper volume shall be 6,000 cubic yards to the top of the overflow, at maximum overflow height.

Power System: Diesel-Electric Propulsion: Twin or Triple Screw Azimuthing Thrusters (Z or L-drive). Thrusters shall be removable and replaceable with vessel afloat and without dry docking.

Shallow Water: for transit conditions water depth shall be taken as 3 times the Loaded Draft Speed (w/ 50% consumables, 100% fuel):

• Transit speed, hopper empty but free flooding, minimum 12 knots, Shallow Water.

• Transit speed, hopper full, minimum 10 knots, Shallow Water.

• Dredging speed (See 3. Machinery below under Propulsion)

Bow Thruster: at least one variable speed electric motor driven tunnel bow thruster.

Environmental conditions: Temperature criteria are as follows:

Philadelphia, PA Southwest Pass, LA Outside Air (cooling) 93.4°F DB, 75.1°F WB 92.8°F DB, 78.1°F WB Indoor Air (cooling) 75°F DB @ 50% RH 75°F DB @ 50% RH Indoor Air (heating) 75°F 75°F Outside Air (heating) 13.8°F DB 30.7°F DB Seawater Temperature (cooling) 80°F 85°F Seawater Temperature (heating) 37°F 61°F

Accommodation total of 26 persons and will have the following cabins, as a minimum:

8 x double cabins 6 x single cabins 2 x Ch. Eng. sleeping cabins Ch. Eng. day room/office 2 x Captain sleeping cabins Captain day room/office Hospital Galley Pantry Deck Department Office Engine Department Office Crew mess Officers mess Crew lounge Officer’s lounge Changing room Damage control locker Laundry Gym Provisions, hotel and linen stores

Range: Vessel range shall be sufficient for transit from Philadelphia to New Orleans, hopper empty but free flooding (with doors closed), at a transit speed of 12 knots, without refueling or resupply, with a reserve of at least 10% fuel and consumables. No boundary of an oil tank shall be integral with the side plate or bottom plate of the hull, nor with the sloped side plates of the hopper.

Endurance: Vessel must be able to operate without resupply or offloading of waste for a minimum of 18 calendar days for the following operating profiles;

Endurance Operating Profiles:

Profile 1:

Normal sailing condition full draft @ 10 knots: 20% of time Dredging condition full draft @ speed over ground of 2 knots with a 6 knots counter current: 50% of time Vessel empty but hopper flooded @12 knots: 20% of time Idle vessel in harbor, not on shore power: 10% of time While on Endurance Operating Profile 1 the vessel shall also be able to operate in a No

Discharge mode (no discharge of wastewater).

Profile 2:

Normal sailing condition full draft @ 10 knots: 50% of time Normal sailing condition full draft @ 12 knots: 50% of time While on Endurance Operating Profile 2 the vessel shall also be able to operate in a No

Discharge mode (no discharge of wastewater).

Profile 3:

Dredging condition full draft @ speed over ground of 2 knots with a 6 knots counter current: 100% of time

While on Endurance Operating Profile 3 the vessel shall also be able to operate in a No Discharge mode (no discharge of wastewater).

Dredging System Drag arms: 2 drag arms, one each side, with drag heads that are equipped with water jets, adjustable visors, and removable turtle deflectors (See Contract Paragraph C510).

Dredging depth (reference to water surface) and dredging system optimization: 65 feet depth with drag arms at no more than 45 degrees from the horizontal at a light draft (hopper empty but free flooding). Maximum operating drag arm angle shall not exceed 55 degrees when dredging deeper than 65 feet. (See Contract Paragraph C502)

Dredge pumps: one inboard dredge pump per drag arm (See Contract Paragraph C504).

Loading time to fill hopper with 5000 cubic yards of 1.8 S.G. material to be between 45-75 minutes when dredging at 65 ft. (See Contract Paragraphs C512, C516, and C520).

Dredge pump spherical clearance shall be a minimum of 12 inches Sliding Trunnions (See Contract Paragraph C510) Bottom dumping: multiple doors hydraulically actuated (See Contract Paragraph C514) Bottom doors shall be designed such that the doors can be fully opened when the water depth is 1.75 times the mean draft of the vessel. For dumping in shallower waters, proportional opening of the doors shall be possible.

Pump Out: Over the bow through hose (Government supplied) and pipeline to landfill with a geodetic head of 75 ft, over a length of 1.5 miles in approx. 120-240 minutes. Dredge shall be capable of weathervaning off of a mooring buoy during pump out.

Hopper pump out collection system (See Contract Paragraph C520) Hopper jetting system (See Contract Paragraphs C518, and C519) Drag heads shall be provided with water jetting (See Contract Paragraph C511) Overflow adjustable system and anti-turbidity features (See Contract Paragraph C516) Drag head turtle deflection system (See Contract Paragraph C511)

Machinery A Diesel-Electric Power System shall provide power for all vessel operations.

The diesel engines shall meet current US environmental emissions requirements (Tier 4). Diesel engines shall run on ultra-low sulfur fuel.

Diesel engines and the generators powered by the engines shall be rated for continuous power output.

Distilling plant for making potable water Propulsion -

Propulsion shall be twin or triple Screw afloat removable Azimuthing Thrusters (Z or L-Drives).

Thrusters shall utilize fixed pitch propellers with propeller nozzles. Propulsion shall utilize electric motors powered by the vessel Diesel-Electric system. Propulsion power shall be sufficient to dredge at maximum dredging depth in sand at maximum hopper fill rate, full hopper and maximum dredging draft, against a 6-knot current, with minimum dredging speed of 2 knots over ground (8-knots through the water). Power shall also be sufficient to meet 12 and 10 knot transit speeds given above.

A minimum of one variable speed bow thruster, sized to operate in conjunction with the propulsion system to allow the vessel to turn 180 degrees within its own length (in the water, not relative to land), at full load draft, with drag arms raised. (See Paragraph C620) The vessel Azimuthing Thruster System design, Bow Thruster System design, and related hull form features for each of the two systems should consider maneuverability to be equal in importance to transit performance.

Dredging System- Inboard dredge pumps shall be used and sized for the hopper fill and hopper pump out rates given above.

Jetting pumps shall be used to supply a jetting system running to the drag head when dredging and to the lower hopper during pump out.

Automation, Monitoring & Control System –

(i) Vessel – Shall have a machinery control, monitoring, alarm system that meets USCG periodically unattended machinery space and ABS Automation Centralized Control Unmanned (ACCU) requirements.

Dredging System – Shall have a dredging automation system that has, at a minimum, the following capabilities and provides outputs in accordance with USACE’s Dredge Quality Management (DQM) program (see Contract Paragraph C524):

Drag arm position sensing Hopper fill level sensing Overflow weir position sensing Hull draft sensing Hull speed over bottom sensing Hull speed through water sensing Vessel position and track sensing Production monitoring (velocity & density) sensing Dredge pump: RPM, inlet vacuum and discharge pressure sensing Jetting pump: RPM, inlet vacuum and discharge pressure sensing Automated drag head, dredge pump & overflow weir control for:

- Most efficient production

- Least turbidity production

- Fastest Hopper Fill production

- Draft limited production

- Pump Out pressure & velocity control

- Zero overflow locations

Vessel Maneuvering control for:

- Dredge track keeping

D. STANDARDS

See Contract Paragraph C003.

C003 DESIGN STANDARDS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The following list contains the various standards referenced throughout Section C of the Specification. Where references are made throughout Section C to specific sections of a standard or document, this is intended to highlight key information, but does not exclude any other relevant portions of the document. The Contractor shall ensure that the design complies with all applicable requirements of ABS, USCG, SOLAS, EM 385-1-1, and this Specification.

REQUIREMENTS

Regardless of dates or years given below, the Contractor shall apply the most recent version available for all Standards and References.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

None.

SPECIAL FEATURES

None.

DELIVERABLES

None.

STANDARDS

ABS

a. Rules for Building and Classing Marine Vessels Guidance Notes on Cathodic Protection of Ships

Guidance Notes on Control of Harmonics in Electrical Power Systems Guidance Notes on Ergonomic Design of Navigation Bridges Guidance Notes on Propulsion Shafting Alignment Guidance Notes on SafeHull Finite Element Analysis for Hull Structures Guidance Notes on the Application of Ergonomics to Marine Systems Guide for Ballast Water Treatment Guide for Bridge Design and Navigational Equipment/Systems Guide for Buckling and Ultimate Strength Assessment for Offshore Structures Guide for Certification of Lifting Appliances Guide for Crew Habitability on Workboats Guide for Dynamic Positioning Systems Guide for ‘SafeHull-Dynamic Loading Approach’ for Vessels Guide for Spectral-Based Fatigue Analysis for Vessels Guide for Vessel Maneuverability Rules for Survey After Construction – Underwater Inspections in Lieu of Drydocking Surveys

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 26-2010, Mechanical Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Installations Aboard Ship

API

a. Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Standard Chapter 2, Section 8A Specification 2C, Offshore Pedestal Mounted Cranes

ASHRAE

a. Handbook – HVAC Applications Handbook – HVAC Systems and Equipment Handbook – Fundamentals Handbook – Refrigeration Load Calculations Application Manual

ASME/ANSI

a. B16, Standards for Pipes and Fittings B36.10/19, Carbon, Alloy, and Stainless-Steel Pipes – Dimensions

ASME

a. B30.7-2016, Winches PTC 19.3 TW – 2016, Thermowells Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Code for Unfired Pressure Vessels

ASTM

a. A53-20, Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black, and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless A106-19a, Standard Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature

Service A307-14, Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts, Studs, and Threaded Rod B88-20, Standard Specification for Seamless Copper Water Tube B466-18, Standard Specification for Seamless Copper-Nickel Pipe and Tube C971-82, Guide for Selection and Application of Insulation Systems for Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Duct Work D178-19, Standard Specification for Rubber Insulating Matting F683-14, Standard Practice for Selection and Application of Thermal Insulation for Piping and Machinery F708-92, Standard Practice for Design and Installation of Rigid Pipe Hangers F722-18, Standard Specification for Welded Joints for Shipboard Piping Systems F825-93, Standard Specification for Drawers, Furniture, Marine, Steel F826-94, Standard Specification for Tops, Furniture, Marine, Steel F906-85, Standard Specification for Letters and Numerals for Ships F994-86, Standard Specification for Design and Installation of Overboard Discharge Hull

Penetration Connections F1085-19, Standard Specification for Mattress and Box Springs for Use in Berths in Marine

Vessels

F1123-87, Standard Specification for Non-Metallic Expansion Joints F1155-10, Standard Practice for Selection and Application of Piping System Materials F1166-07, Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment, and Facilities F1196-19, Standard Specification for Sliding Watertight Door Assemblies F1197-19, Standard Specification for Sliding Watertight Door Control Systems F1198-92, Standard Guide for Shipboard Fire Detection Systems F1244-08, Standard Specification for Berths, Marine F1273-91, Standard Specification for Tank Vent Flange Arresters F1321-14, Standard Guide for Conducting a Stability Test to Determine the Light Ship

Displacement and Centers of Gravity of a Vessel G21-15, Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymeric Materials to

Fungi Department of Defense

a. MIL-STD-419, Standard Practice, Cleaning, Protecting, and Testing Piping, Tubing, and Fittings for Hydraulic Power Transmission Equipment

MIL-STD-464C, Interface Standard, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, Requirements for Systems

MIL-STD-1310H, Standard Practice, Shipboard Bonding, Grounding, and Other Techniques for Electromagnetic Compatibility, EMP Mitigation and Safety

EPA

a. 800-R-11-002, Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants 33 USC 1251 et seq., Clean Water Act, Section 312 40 CFR Part 1045, Control of Emissions from Spark-Ignition Propulsion Marine Engines and

Vessels European Union Council Directive 98/83/EC, Drinking Water Directive Federal Standard No. 595B, Colors Identification Numbers IACS Guide No. 47, Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standard

IEC

a. Publication 92-302, Electrical Installations in Ships Specification 60794-2, Optical Fiber Cables – Part 2: Indoor Cables Standard 60529, Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures (IP Code) Standard 60945, Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems Standard 61537, Cable Management

IEEE

a. 45-2002, Recommended Practice for Electric Installations on Shipboard 1580-2010, Recommended Practice for Marine Cable for Use on Shipboard and Fixed or

Floating Facilities 1584-2018, Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations C95.1-2019, Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields, 0 Hz to 300 GHz C95.2-2018, Standard for Radio-Frequency Energy and Current-Flow Symbols

International Maritime Pilots Association Notice No. 849, Required Boarding Arrangements for Pilots International Code of Signals

IMO

a. Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs)

International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code) International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS) International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 IC874E, International Code on Intact Stability 2008

MSC.1/Circ.1331, Guidelines for Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Inspection/Survey of Means of Embarkation and Disembarkation

Resolution A.1045(27), Pilot Transfer Operations Resolution A.752(18), Guidelines for the Evaluation, Testing and Application of Low-

Location Lighting on Passenger Ships Resolution MSC.333(90), Adoption of Revised Performance Standards for Shipborne Voyage

Data Recorders (VDRs) Resolution A.382(X), Magnetic Compasses, Carriage and Performance Standards Resolution A.424(XI), Performance Standards for Gyro Compasses Resolution A.694(17), General Requirements for Shipborne Radio Equipment Forming Part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and for Electronic Navigational Aids

Resolution A.861(20), Performance Standards for Shipborne Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs) Resolution MSC.116(73), Performance Standards for Marine Transmitting Heading Devices

(THDs) Resolution MSC.302(87), Performance Standards for Bridge Alert Management

ILO – Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

ISO

a. Standard 484-1, Shipbuilding – Ship Screw Propellers – Manufacturing Tolerances Standard 4406, Hydraulic Fluid Power, Fluids – Method for Coding the Level of

Contamination by Solid Particles Standard 8861, Shipbuilding – Engine Room Ventilation in Diesel-Engined Ships Standard 8728, Ships and Marine Technology – Marine Gyro-Compasses

NAVSEA – T9633-AT-DSP-010, Ship’s Cathodic Protection Design Calculations, Design Requirements Manual NFPA – NFPA 70, National Electrical Code NMEA – 0183, Standard for Interfacing Marine Electronic Devices NSRP – 0490, Industry Standards for Hull Structural Penetration Design

OSHA

a. 29 CFR Part 1910, Occupational Safety and Health Standards 29 CFR Part 1915, Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Shipyard Employment 29 CFR Part 1918, Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring 29 CFR Part 1919, Gear Certification

SAWE

a. RP M-2:2009, Standard Coordinate Systems for Reporting Mass Properties of Marine

Vehicles RP M-4:2019, Supplier Weight Control for the Marine Industry RP M-7:2017, Weight Control Technical Requirements for MSC and Similar Ships, Commercial Ships, and Other Small Craft RP 14:2001, Weight Estimating and Margin Manual for Marine Vehicles RP 17:2009, Weight Distribution and Moments of Inertia for Marine Vehicles

SMACNA – HVAC Systems Duct Design

SNAME

a. T&R Bulletin 3-51, Practices and Procedures for the Alignment of Marine Main Propulsion Shafting Systems

T&R Bulletin 4-7, Thermal Insulation Report T&R Bulletin 4-16, Recommended Practices for Ship Heating, Ventilation & Air

Conditioning Design Calculations SSPC – SP-10, Near White Metal Blast

UL

a. UL 67, Panelboards UL 498, Attachment Plugs and Receptacles UL 924, Standard for Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment UL 1104, Standard for Marine Navigation Lights

UL 1598A, Standard for Supplemental Requirements for Luminaires for Installation on Marine Vessels

USACE

a. EM 385-1-1, Safety and Health Requirements Manual ER 385-1-100, Arc Flash Hazard Program ER 1130-2-500, Work Management Policies EP 1130-2-500, Work Management Guidance and Procedures

United States Code – Jones Act (USCA 55101 et seq., USACE 55109)

USCG

a. DR-68, Guidelines for the Assignment of Reduced Freeboards for Dredgers MSC MTN 04-95, Lightship Change Determination Navigation Rules and Regulations NVIC 02-89, Guide for Electrical Installations on Merchant Vessels and Mobile Offshore

Drilling Units Procedure E2-06, MSC Guidelines for Electrical Load Analysis

33 CFR

(i) Subchapter O, Pollution

(ii) Part 104, Maritime Security: Vessels

(iii) Part 164, Navigation Safety Regulations

46 CFR

(iv) Subchapter F, Marine Engineering

(v) Subchapter G, Documentation and Measurement of Vessels

(vi) Subchapter I, Cargo & Miscellaneous Vessels

(vii) Subchapter J, Electrical Engineering

(viii) Subchapter Q, Equipment, Construction, and Materials

(ix) Subchapter S, Subdivision and Stability

(x) Subchapter W, Lifesaving Appliances and Arrangements

USPHS – 956, Drinking Water Standards

WHO

a. International Health Regulations Guide to Ship Sanitation Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality

C004 CLASSIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Contractor shall be responsible for preparing all necessary drawings and calculations, obtaining necessary regulatory body reviews and approvals, obtaining necessary inspections and surveys during construction and for the classing and certification of the vessel as follows:

REQUIREMENTS

ABS CLASSIFICATION

a. ABS Rules for Building and Classing Marine Vessels

The vessel shall be designed, built and inspected and tested in accordance with the latest version of the ABS Rules and shall be Classed as follows: “Maltese Cross ✠A-1Ⓔ, Maltese Cross ✠AMS, ACCU, Unrestricted Service with a Vessel Description of Hopper Dredger.

ABS Guide for Crew Habitability on Workboats

The vessel shall be designed and built in accordance with the ABS Guide for Crew Habitability on Workboats, Habitability (HAB(WB)) and shall receive such notation upon completion of all tests and trials.

ABS Rules for Survey After Construction – Underwater Inspections in Lieu of Drydocking Surveys

The vessel shall be designed and built in accordance with the requirements and recommendations in the ABS Rules for Survey After Construction – Underwater Inspections in

Lieu of Drydocking (UWILD) Surveys (Part 7, Appendix 1). This shall include submission of all required plans and data to ABS for review and approval, and coordination with ABS to inspect the vessel prior to launch. The Contractor shall obtain the UWILD notation from ABS for the vessel and shall ensure compliance with ABS requirements for this notation.

ABS Guide for Certification of Lifting Appliances

Cranes and lifting equipment on the vessel shall be included in the ABS Register of Lifting Appliances under this Guide with the additional class notation CRC (OC, SP). Note that this does not include dragarm handling system.

International Convention on Load Lines (see Contract Paragraph C140 for additional details)

The Contractor shall employ ABS to survey the vessel for compliance with the International Load Lines Convention of 1966, as amended. The Contractor shall employ ABS to review the vessel for compliance with the U. S. Coast Guard’s criteria for exemption or equivalency for reduced freeboard under DR-68, as allowed by Federal Register/Vol 75, No 196/Tuesday, October 12, 2010/Notices, and to issue the appropriate Certifications on behalf of the U. S. Coast Guard.

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)

The Contractor shall employ ABS to survey the vessel for compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 as amended and to issue the appropriate Certifications.

International Convention on Tonnage Measurements of Ships

The Contractor shall employ ABS to survey the vessel for compliance with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement 1969 and to issue the appropriate Certificate of Admeasurement.

The recommended ABS point of contact is: Mr. Bob Smith, who can be reached by phone, email or mail, at: (703) 519-9970, RSmith@eagle.org, or 1525 Wilson Blvd, Suite 625, Arlington, VA 22209.

The Contractor shall be responsible for all costs associated with applications, plan submittals, and inspections required to obtain such certification\documentation. When steel construction commences, the Contractor shall coordinate with ABS to ensure the frequency of onsite inspections are not less than once every two weeks. See Contract Paragraph C040 Scope of Work for details on Contract Drawings and the level of effort required by the Contractor.

If the Contractor intends to launch, test, operate, or tow the vessel “out of class”, the Contractor must specifically advise ABS of such intent and incorporate any and all modifications required by that agency for such operation at no additional cost to the Government and at no additional contract time.

Any such modifications which, in the opinion of the COR, affect the arrangements, operability, or suitability of the vessel shall be removed from the vessel by the Contractor at no additional cost or time and the vessel returned to new condition prior to Final Acceptance. See Contract Paragraph C040 Scope of Work for details regarding deviations to the contract design.

CERTIFICATIONS, INSPECTIONS AND LICENSES

The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary regulatory body reviews and approvals, obtaining necessary inspections, surveys during construction, and for obtaining, in addition to the following, all necessary certificates and licenses required to sail between all U. S.

Ports (CONUS and OCONUS), the Panama Canal, and U. S. Territories:

a. U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection (COI) under 46 CFR Subchapter I – Cargo and

Miscellaneous Vessels

The Contractor shall employ ABS to review the vessel design and construction on behalf of the U. S. Coast Guard for compliance with Subchapter I and to issue an official Hull Number and the COI. Along with the ABS ACCU notation described above, the vessel shall also satisfy the requirements for a USCG periodically unattended machinery space, and the vessel’s COI/manning requirements should reflect such.

U. S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System under 33 CFR Part 151, Subpart D, Waters of the U.S.

mailto:RSmith@eagle.org

If the vessel is to take on or discharge ballast water during operations, then an approved Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) shall be implemented. If ballast water treatment equipment is installed, then the Contractor shall provide certification that it is in compliance with 46 CFR Part 162.

Certification of United States Built, 46 CFR Part 67, Subpart F

The Contractor is to provide a Master Carpenter’s Certificate and Builder’s certification to prove the vessel was United States Built in accordance with Part 67.97 and that it qualifies to operate under the Jones Act.

API Certified Hopper Capacity Tables

The Contractor shall provide API certified total and incremental tank capacity tables compiled from field data taken from the hopper of the completed vessel by API certified surveyors.

The tank capacity tables shall include a specific entry providing fill level at 6000 Cubic Yard Capacity.

FCC Cargo Ship Radio Authorization

The Contractor shall work with the COR to obtain the U. S. Army Ship Radio Authorization.

GMDSS Certification for Communication Equipment The contractor shall provide certification that communication equipment is in compliance with SOLAS mandated GMDSS for Sea Areas A1, A2 and A3.

VESSEL OWNER AND ADDRESS

For the ABS certificate of classification and other certifications and the U.S. Coast Guard COI, the owner shall be listed as “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District”. The owner’s address of record shall be listed as:

US Army Corps of Engineers – PHILADELPHIA District

Fort Mifflin Project Office 6400 Hog Island Road Philadelphia, PA 19153

ABS ENGINEERING MANAGER ACCESS AND DISCLOSURE

The Marine Design Center (CEMDC) will be the “Owner’s Representative” on this project. All correspondence with ABS shall be made available to the COR. In order to facilitate the communication process and reduce the paperwork burden on all parties, the Contractor and all sub-contractors shall utilize the ABS Eagle Construct Engineering Manager Portal (02E) for all drawing submittals and correspondence. The Contractor and all sub-contractors shall make the necessary arrangements with ABS to ensure that the Marine Design Center is granted the following Oversight Permissions for this Contract:

View project and drawing status View comments View transmittals Download approved drawings and review letters E-Mail notification of approval E-Mail notification of transmittal Status Disclaimer The Marine Design Center’s ID/WCN number is 615255 and the point of contact with respect to the ABS Coordination/Engineering Manager Portal (02E) is Mr. Tim Keyser, Timothy.J.Keyser@usace.army.mil, phone: (215) 656-6171.

The Contractor shall ensure that, as a part of its contract with ABS, the Contractor authorizes ABS to disclose to and discuss with the Army Corps of Engineers any Rule or certification criteria issues, design assumptions and their impact on classification and certification, and any other technical considerations on which classification is to be based or which may affect future classification or certification of the vessel.

mailto:Timothy.J.Keyser@usace.army.mil

The Contractor shall authorize ABS to provide the Army Corps of Engineers at its request with a copy of all correspondence related to classification, statutory certification, or other compliance verification for which ABS is responsible as it is promulgated and initially distributed. This is to include drawings and other engineering work requiring ABS approval as well as correspondence generated which relates to such approvals, including all such correspondence dealing with vendors.

In addition, the Contractor shall copy the Army Corps of Engineers with correspondence regarding classification, statutory certification, and other compliance verification for which ABS is responsible.

The Contractor shall also authorize ABS to establish and maintain contact with other certification, verification, and compliance agents involved on the vessel being built.

Upon request by the COR, the Contractor shall request ABS to furnish the Government with the project comment list. The list shall include open and closed technical and surveyor comments. The surveyor comments shall not only include comments generated during the drawing review process, but also comments generated by the ABS Surveyor during construction inspections. The comment list shall be sent directly from ABS to the COR via email as a .pdf file.

At the completion of the ABS review process, the Contractor shall download all ABS “Eagle Stamped” drawings and provide them in electronic media to the Government in .pdf format.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

None.

SPECIAL FEATURES

None.

DELIVERABLES

ABS Class Documentation Load Line Certificate Certificate of Admeasurement Certificate of Inspection Official Hull Identification Number BWTS Certificate of Approval Master Carpenter’s Certificate Builder’s Certification as United States Built API Certified Hopper Capacity Tables Certification that communications equipment complies with SOLAS

STANDARDS

See Contract Paragraph C003.

C006 VESSEL IDENTIFICATION

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The vessel to be acquired through this solicitation has been assigned the following name and Marine Design Center hull and project numbers:

MDC Hull Number 849 MDC Project Number 3010 Vessel Name TBD

The vessel name has not been selected at this time. For the purpose of initial documents and drawing preparation, the title used shall be:

“CENAP MEDIUM-CLASS HOPPER DREDGE”

Upon selection of the official name for the vessel by the Government, the Contractor shall incorporate the name into all “As-Built” documents and the construction drawing of the name board and hull markings. The MDC hull number shall be used in lieu of an “Official Number”.

REQUIREMENTS

None.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

SPECIAL FEATURES

None.

DELIVERABLES

None.

STANDARDS

See Contract Paragraph C003.

C010 DEFINITIONS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The following definitions are applicable to phrases and acronyms used throughout this Contract:

ABS - American Bureau of Shipping.

ABS MVR – American Bureau of Shipping Rules for Building and Classing Marine

Vessels.

AC – Alternating Current.

ACCU – Automation Centralized Control Unmanned.

AFH – Arc Flash Hazard.

AGM – Absorbed Glass Mat.

AHU – Air Handling Unit.

AIS – Automatic Identification System.

ANSI – American National Standards Institute.

API – American Petroleum Institute.

ARPA – Automatic Radar Plotting Aid.

ASA – Acoustical Society of America.

ASHRAE – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials.

AWG – American Wire Gauge.

BCC – Bridge Control Console.

BERP – Bolted Equipment Removal Patch.

CCTV – Closed-Circuit Television.

CG – Center of Gravity.

CO – Carbon Monoxide.

COG – Center of Gravity.

COG – Course over Ground.

Contract Drawings – Government-provided drawings with which the Contractor shall comply.

VCG – Vertical Center of Gravity.

KG – Vertical Center of Gravity.

C&D canal – Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

Ch. Eng. – Chief Engineer.

CFR – Code of Federal Regulations.

CL – Centerline.

CPP – Controllable Pitch Propeller.

KO - Contracting Officer - A person with the authority to enter into, administer and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings.

COR - Contracting Officer’s Representative - A member of the contract management and quality assurance team authorized by the Contracting Officer to perform certain administrative and managerial duties.

DC – Direct Current.

DEF – Diesel Exhaust Fluid.

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