Sources_Sought_for_Ship-To-Shore_Cranes_07_AUG_2019.docx

SS_ACCWRN_01

Sources Sought

Military Ocean Terminal, Concord (MOTCO) Pier 2 Ship-To-Shore (STS) Container Cranes

GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this sources sought. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. §1905 to protect information qualifying as “CONFIDENTIAL” under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the U.S. Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) “CONFIDENTIAL” with any explanatory text, so that the U.S. Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as “CONFIDENTIAL” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

3. The U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the U.S. Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with the U.S. Government’s rights in the data.

4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the U.S. Government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS:” and “CONFIDENTIAL PORTION ENDS.”

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The U.S. Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent’s marking of data as “Confidential” will preclude disclosure of same outside the U.S. Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Also, it is not a request seeking contractors interested in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this sources sought is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE SOURCES SOUGHT:

1. Number each response with the appropriate question number.

2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response.

3. If you cannot answer a question, please indicate "No Response."

4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: "See response to question XXX."

5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing an ACROBAT formatted manual, annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If preferred, include Internet Web links to locations where animations/videos may be viewed.

6. If your sales media and/or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.

7. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance.

8. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable, the front page of your response package should state: "Proprietary Information Contained." Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.

The purpose of this sources sought is to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirements for ship-to-shore cranes.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

1. This effort is to procure (2) rail-mounted ship-to-shore container cranes, to be located at Military Ocean Terminal, Concord (MOTCO), Concord, California. Crane capacity shall be 40 long tons (LT) below the spreader, and the cranes shall be able to service a Panamax vessel with 13 containers abeam. The cranes shall be equipped with a spreader capable of lifting both single and twin 20-foot containers, single 40-foot containers, and single 45-foot containers. The cranes shall be designed, fabricated, assembled, facility tested, delivered, installed, inspected, field tested and commissioned, and made ready for you in accordance with the specification – Attachment A.

2. Reference Attachment A – Specifications for this effort.

3. Period of performance is anticipated to be 36 months.

4. Contract type is anticipated to be Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

5. Evaluation Criteria:

a. Evaluation of proposals is anticipated to be conducted in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 – Tradeoff Process (Best Value Trade Off) Corporate Experience will be based on the offerors ability to submit up to three (3) contracts that highlight the offeror’s experience with projects involving the design, manufacture, and delivery of a Ship-To-Shore Container Crane(s).

6. RFP is anticipated to be released with a 30 day proposal submission timeline.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) – SOURCES SOUGHT

1. Company Name:

2. Is your company a large or small business for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 333923 – Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing?

a. If small business, are is your company : Small Disadvantaged - or - 8(a); in a Hubzone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, or Women Owned

3. Mailing Address:

4. Point of Contact (POC)/Title:

5. E-Mail Address:

6. Telephone No:

7. Description of Action and Attachment A – Specifications

a. In reading the description of the requirement and Attachment A – Specifications, would your company be able to meet all of the requirements? If not, please list which areas you are unable to meet, or identify the areas you have concerns with (include section and/or paragraph number for reference) and provide an explanation as to why.

b. In order to fulfill contract requirements, would you have to increase your workforce or facilities? If yes, can you provide a brief explanation of this increase.

c. If you are a small business with ship-to-shore cranes manufacturing capability, do you manufacture at least 51% of the end product?

8. Cost Estimate

a. In reviewing the description of the requirement and Attachment A – Specifications what does your company approximate the cost of this effort would be?

b. Are there any specific areas (e.g. shipping costs or materials or design specifications) that your company foresees as being the main cost driver?

c. Any additional pertinent information your company would want to identify to the Government with regard to cost?

9. Experience

a. What is your company’s experience in providing ship-to-shore cranes to the commercial market?

b. Has your company provided ship-to-shore cranes for any U.S. Government agency in the past? If so what was the contract number and which agency?

c. Is your company currently capable of manufacturing ship-to-shore cranes? If not, do you have any plans to develop this capability in the future? If so, when would these cranes begin production?

10. Proposal

a. In reviewing the description of the requirement and Attachment A – Specifications, would your company submit a proposal for this effort?

b. As identified above, if the Government solicits for this effort it is anticipated that from final solicitation release to proposal due date is a 30 day timeframe. In reviewing the requirements and Attachment A – Specifications, does your company feel that is a reasonable amount of time. If not, can you please specify what would be a reasonable amount of time to submit a proposal?

11. Period of Performance

a. As identified above, if the Government solicits for this effort it is anticipated that the period of performance would be 36 months. In reviewing the requirements and Attachment A – Specifications, does your company feel that is a reasonable amount of time? If not, can your company identify a lead time for delivery of two ship-to-shore cranes from the date of contract award?

12. Contract Type

a. As identified above, the Government anticipates this effort would be executed on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract basis. Based on your company’s experience with ship-to-shore crane manufacturing, is a FFP contract type a common contract type for an effort like this? If not, can your company describe what type of contract structure is utilized?

13. Miscellaneous

a. In reviewing this sources sought in its entirety, is there any other pertinent information your company would want to provide to the Government on its Ship-To-Shore Crane manufacturing capabilities?

b. In reviewing this sources sought in its entirety, are there any issues you foresee with potential execution of an effort of this size and complexity?

14. If you were awarded a contract for the ship-to-shore cranes, where would production take place?

Responses to this sources sought should be sent via e-mail to Tyler Wonsowicz – usarmy.detroit.acc.mbx.sts-crane-rfi-responses@mail.mil. You are requested to put “SHIP-TO-SHORE CRANES SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE" in the subject line of the e-mail. You may respond in total or to any part of this sources sought, however response is mandatory for questions 1 and 2. Any requests for clarifications of this sources sought shall also be addressed to Tyler Wonsowicz, and will be published with the appropriate answers at the same web location as this sources sought.

Any product literature that cannot be e-mailed may be sent to:

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren

CCTA-HDT-C

ATTN: Tyler Wonsowicz, Mail Stop 330 6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd.

Warren, MI 48397-5000

Replies to this sources sought must be received by 12:00 pm EST, XX September 2019.

Please mark your information "Proprietary", as you believe appropriate.

Your input is voluntary and no compensation will be made for your participation in this survey. We appreciate your cooperation in answering these questions and thank you in advance for your participation.