Market Survey PM2-CAT-0146.pdf

MARKET SURVEY

PM2-CAT-0146

From: COMSC N103B

Subject: Eight (8) Time Charter Tugs, Norfolk, VA

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT AN

OFFER. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DOES NOT COMMIT THE

GOVERNMENT TO PAY ANY COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION OF ANY

SUBMISSION TO THIS MARKET SURVEY, OR TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.

INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR AN UPCOMING FOR THE EXERCISE OF AN

OPTION.

General. MSC requests information about the cost and availability of eight (8) time charter tugs to support the Government’s requirements in Norfolk, VA, and surrounding waters.

Specifics are as follows:

1. LOCATION: Norfolk, VA

2. MISSION: Tugs to support the Government’s requirements

3. CONTRACT STYLE: Fixed Price

4. DELIVERY DATE: One Option Period Starting 01 March 2020 and ends 28 February 2021

(365 Days) with Two (2) one-year option periods and 1 option period for 11 months.

5. VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS: See Technical Exhibit 1 below.

6. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: The tugs will be available 24 hours/day, seven days/week.

7. Services shall require no more than the following notification times before the tug shall be on-site ready to perform:

Time Notification Time

Straight-Time: An 11-hour period starting between 0500-1100 hours local time, Monday through Friday, except weekends and Federal

Holidays as directed by the COR. The start of the straight time will be set on a daily basis by the

COR with 24 hour notification.

15 minutes

Overtime: All hours not covered in straight time, and all weekends and Federal Holidays.

8 Tugs Total

24 hour minimum (5 tugs)

1 hour minimum (1 tug)- standby

15 minutes minimum (2 tugs)-duty

Services will be performed in the geographical regions listed below:

Geographical Region

Norfolk, VA, and Surrounding Areas

8. The following list is provided for illustrative purposes only and describes some of the services that may be performed as requested on the basis of 24 hour per day, 365 day per year readiness, including but not limited to:

a) Towing, twisting, mooring, berthing, docking, streaming, shifting, assisting, pulling, and escorting those vessel types identified below and miscellaneous other vessels, barges, submarines, crafts, hulls, sleds, derricks, lighters, and objects of whatsoever nature including anything carried thereon. Government reserves the right to use

Government-owned or controlled Tugs or vessels separately or jointly with Owner's

Tugs in the performance of any services listed in this Contract;

i. The following is a list of vessel classes that are likely to be supported during the term of any contract resulting from this market survey. The list is for demonstration purposes only and is not a guarantee to vessel types to be supported and is not all-inclusive:

1. T-vessels AGOS, AGS, AH, AKE, AKR, AO, AOE, ARS, AS, ASR, ATF, CG, CGN, CVN, DDG, FFG, IX, JHSV, LCS, LHD, LPD, MCM, MHC, PC, SS, SSBN, SSN, YC, YD, YO, YON, YP, foreign military vessels equivalent to any of the above.

b) Transfers of pilots and Government Personnel by vessel.

c) Tug emergency support services, including responses to weather conditions threatening vessels, piers, dry-docks, or shore facilities; shipboard fires; vessels aground; vessel equipment failures; downed aircraft; oil spills; missions of mercy;

collisions; ammunition mishaps; and search-and-rescue operations and shipboard casualty or National Defense Emergency.

d) Line handling.

e) Providing personnel (other than a riding crew) to go aboard a tow.

f) Contractor shall provide adequate staff and communications to promptly respond to

Government’s requests for service under this contract on a 24-hour-day basis.

9. Interested parties shall provide the following:

a. Company name and point of contact

b. Whether company is a small business (500 employees or less):

1. For small businesses, demonstrate the capacity to meet at least 51% of the effort.

2. For small and large businesses, provide evidence of sufficient resources to meet obligations prior to invoicing for the first time.

3. For small and large businesses, provide a finance plan for providing a vessel that meets the above requirements.

c. Vessel name and complete description (flag, transit speed, range, length, breadth, draft, certification and classification, minimum maneuverability speed, station keeping, etc.)

d. Availability

e. Brief summary of company history relative to similar requirements

f. Fill out attached rate sheet (Rate Sheet 1)

10. It is requested that the above information be provided no later than 31 December 2019 at

1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Responses should be emailed to christopher.tomlin1@navy.mil. The point of contact for this market survey is Christopher

Tomlin at (757) 341-5427 or Michael Peroha at (757) 443-1473 (email:

michael.peroha@navy.mil).

11. The vessels under this contract shall have the following minimum characteristics:

Technical Exhibit 1

MINIMUM VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS MINIMUM VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS

FLAG: USA CLASSIFICATION: Classed by an IACS recognized classification society (hull and machinery).

MAXIMUM DRAFT: 18 feet ENDURANCE: 8 days.

MAXIMUM BEAM: 50 feet BOLLARD PULL: Minimum 100,000 lbs.

forward/stern bollard pull and 65,000 lbs. of side bollard pull

TRANSIT SPEED: 10 Knots MAXIMUM FIXED AIR DRAFT: 24 ft. Tugs must be low profile, capable of laying alongside under the bow or stern flare as needed for power.

PASSENGER CAPACITY: 12 MAXIMUM LENGTH OVER ALL: 110 feet

BROW: One brow to allow for the safe transfer of two passengers at a time. The brow shall be a minimum two feet in width for the entire length to assure safe passage of personnel from the tug to the deck of all classes of submarines. The end of the brow shall be fitted with rubber coated rollers to prevent metal-to-metal contact between brow and submarine deck; each side shall have handrails and mid-rails. The brow should be capable of being positioned in any direction in a 90 degree arc from abeam to straight astern.

SURFACE FENDERING: Gray bow fenders and gray or non-marking side fendering, clean and sufficient to prevent metal-to-metal contact with surface vessels.

SURFACE CONFIGURATION: Configured to prevent metal-to-hull contact with surface vessels.

SUBSURFACE FENDERING: Clean and sufficient to prevent metal-to-hull contact with sub-surface vessels.

Fendering should be firmly secured to vessel along entire length. Fendering includes propeller guards, if appropriate dependent upon tug type.

SUBSURFACE CONFIGURATION: Configured to prevent metal-to-hull contact with sub-surface vessels.

Configuration includes propeller guards, if applicable.

FIREFIGHTING: Each tug shall have sufficient fire monitors to provide 360 degree coverage at 3,000 gpm, 125 psi. Each station shall be equipped with 1.5” and

2.5” hose fittings. Fire-fighting system shall be capable of having AFFF injected into it for firefighting.

WINCHES/CAPSTANS: Sufficient fore and aft winches or capstans for services performed under this contract. Each winch shall have a minimum safe working load of 7,000 lbs. Each capstan shall have a minimum working load of 29,000 lbs. and 40 ft./minute pay-out/in-haul speed.

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT: Minimum required by the USCG and FCC for inland and international waters. In addition, systems shall include one two-way radio for communication on the following frequencies:

Narrow band and radio frequencies requirement are revised as follows:

Radio should be narrow band (NBFM) capable 25 watt output power 12.5 khz channel spacing +/- 2.5 khz FM modulation . As listed below 2 of the NNSY frequencies have PL.

NSN

Port Ops 1 140.3500 Mhz

Port Ops 2 148.5750 Mhz

Port Ops 3 140.0000 Mhz

Port Ops 4 141.5000 Mhz

Deperming Sta. Lamberts Point

Deguassing 142.4125 Mhz

JEBLCFS

NAB 1 139.6125 Mhz

NAB 2 140.5375 Mhz

NNSY

Pilot 142.9125 Mhz PL 127.3

Tug 141.1000 Mhz PL

Docking 149,6875 Mhz PL 167.9

NWS Yorktown

Dock 148.1750 Mhz

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: Minimum required by the USCG for inland and international waters.

OTHER EQUIPMENT: One (1) 12 foot aluminum ladder and one (1) 24 foot aluminum ladder.

RATE SHEET 1:

TUG #1

FIRM

PERIOD

OPTION

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR (11

MONTHS)

Daily Rate $ $ $ $ $

Overtime Rate $ $ $ $ $

TUG #2

MONTHS)

TUG #3

MONTHS)

TUG #4

MONTHS)

TUG #5

MONTHS)

TUG #6

FOUR(11

MONTHS)

TUG #7

MONTHS)

TUG #8

MONTHS)