Synopsis-Solicitation-RFQ-W9126G-16-T-0138-Buoys.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Number: W9126G-16-T-0138 – Request for Quotations

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation Number W9126G-16-T-138 is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-88, effective 15 June 2016.

The requirement is for a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 332313, Plate Work Manufacturing. The size standard for this NAICS codes is 750 employees. All eligible offerors may submit a quote that will be considered by this agency.

Description: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in need of ocean mooring buoys in accordance with the specified product description laid out under the section below identified as “Product Description For Procurement, Delivery and Offloading Mooring Buoys at Brazos River Floodgates, Freeport, TX”. This consists of a requirement for 25 buoys in the base contract and 4 options (CLIN 0002, 0003, 0004, and 0005) each option consisting of 5 buoys. The Contracting Officer may exercise individual or all options by written notice to the Contractor on or before 16 Dec 2016. Exercising the options are at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. The anticipated award date of the purchase order is on or before 30 Sep 2016.

The buoy characteristics are:

Static buoy height above water:

Without chain and mooring device: 3 ft. TO 4 ft.

Safe working depth: 6 ft. to 10 ft.

Pull-through working load: 250,000 lbs.

Central core shall consist of a heavy duty load-distribution construction. The inner closed-cell rigid urethane buoyancy foam shall be US Coast Guard approved core foam shall be impact absorbing, resilient polyethylene foam or equal. Urethane skin shall be nylon fire-cord reinforced and further described below.

Contractor shall furnish all necessary supervision, labor, material, equipment and accessories to deliver and offload commercial “off-the-shelf” or newly constructed mooring buoys, ready for installation at the Brazos River Flood Gates (BRFG) located at 4335 East Flood Gate Road, Freeport, Texas. The work includes offloading mooring buoys from the carrier and placing in the designated area of the buoy yard at BRFG. See section below identified as “Product Description For Procurement, Delivery and Offloading Mooring Buoys at Brazos River Floodgates, Freeport, TX” for full description.

Contract Line Items: This requirement and associated contract line item number (CLIN) is provided below, evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise them:

CLIN# Model Quantities Units of Measure Unit Price Total 0001 Ocean Mooring 25 Each 0002 (Option 1) Ocean Mooring 5 Each 0003 (Option 2) Ocean Mooring 5 Each 0004 (Option 3) Ocean Mooring 5 Each 0005 (Option 4) Ocean Mooring 5 Each

Basis for award: The Government will award a contract resulting from this combined synopsis solicitation on the basis of the requirements stated in 52.212-2 of responsible offers whose product meets the requirements as listed in the product description. Offerors must submit the following documents for this solicitation: a price quote using CLIN structure above and technical information providing enough information to determine whether or not the product being offer meet the requirements of the product

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Offerors are required to be actively registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award. Offerors are highly encouraged to download and review all attachments to this solicitation prior to submitting an offer.

Delivery Date and Place of Delivery and Acceptance:

CLIN 0001 DELIVERY DATE – 28 Feb 2017 - All base award quantities shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative delivery schedule is approved.

CLIN 0002 (Option 1) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 1 is exercised delivery will be 31 Mar 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

CLIN 0003 (Option 2) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 2 is exercised delivery will be 15 Apr 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

CLIN 0004 (Option 3) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 3 is exercised delivery will be 30 Apr 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

CLIN 0005 (Option 4) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 4 is exercised delivery will be 15 May 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

Early delivery of the base and options is authorized at no additional cost to the government by mutual agreement of the parties.

PLACE FOR DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE FOR CLINs 0001 – 0005:

BRAZOS RIVER FLOODGATES

ATTN: ROBERT PAGE

4335 EL FLOODGATE ROAD

FREEPORT, TEXAS 77541

PHONE 979-233-1251 OR 979-233-3146

FOB IS DESTINATION

Date, Time, and Place Offers are Due: The closing date for the delivery of a response to this combined synopsis/solicitation is on or before 2:00 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT), on Friday, 23 September 2016.

Offers should be e-mailed or mailed to the Point of Contact (POC) shown below by the closing date and time. If offers are mailed, an electronic version of the offer (i.e. CD, DVD, etc.) should accompany the paper copy. If an offer is e-mailed to the POC shown below, it is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure the transmission is received by the Government prior to the closing date and time. Upon receipt of an electronic offer, the Government will acknowledge receipt of that offer via email to the offeror.

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POC - Primary: Maria E. Rodriguez, Contracting Officer Address: US Army Corps of Engineers

CECT-SWF-G

2000 Fort Point Road Galveston, Texas 77550-1229

Phone: 409-766-6331 or 409-766-6331 E-mail: maria.e.rodriguez@usace.army.mil

POC – Secondary: Traci D. Robicheaux, Contracting Officer Phone: 409-766-6306 E-mail: traci.d.robicheaux@usace.army.mil Email is preferred

PRE-BID TELECONFERENCE

A pre-bid teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 13 Sep 2016 @ 1:30 p.m., local time. Teleconference call in information is as follows:

Number – 888-675-2535

Access Code – 5988314

NO PASSWORD

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Product Description For Procurement, Delivery and Offloading Mooring Buoys at

Brazos River Flood Gates, Freeport, Texas

Contractor shall furnish all necessary supervision, labor, material, equipment and accessories to deliver and offload commercial “off-the-shelf” or newly constructed mooring buoys, ready for installation at the Brazos River Flood Gates (BRFG) located at 4335 East Flood Gate Road, Freeport, Texas. The work includes offloading mooring buoys from the carrier and placing in the designated area of the buoy yard at

BRFG.

The following is for the purpose of general information and is not intended to include and describe every feature or item of work. It is expected the contractor will visit the site and thoroughly familiarize himself with the project.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Provide delivery of commercial “off-the-shelf” or newly constructed mooring buoys to Brazos River Flood Gates, 4335 East Flood Gate Road, Freeport, Texas 77542;

Attention: Robert Page. This work includes the following:

The mooring buoys shall be adequate to moor barges and transport vessels at the Brazos River Flood Gates east and west mooring basins.

Buoys shall be compatible with the mooring device and shall have the following minimum dimensions: 10-feet in diameter, +6 inches, -0; 5-feet tall buoy hull, +6 inches, -0; height, exclusive of mooring device. Buoys shall be equivalent to Ocean Guard Mooring Buoy, MB-

90. A photograph is provided for informational purposes only.

Provide calculations including buoy’s buoyancy, center of gravity, metacenter, and mooring tee weight.

Provide shop drawings showing general arrangement of the buoy. The drawings should be detailed enough to describe internal construction, dimensions, welding details, materials list (quantity required, description, material, weight, etc.), skin types and coating information. Provide the weight of the complete buoy for reference only.

Mooring device and chain loads shall be transmitted axially through the center of the buoy. The pull-through working load applies to the entire tension system including the mooring device. See attached reference drawing of the mooring device. Pad eye at bottom of buoy shall be recessed within the buoy hull.

If the selected buoy contains an inner core of foam the material shall consist of a closed-cell rigid urethane. The foam shall have bulk compressive strength high enough to withstand the hydrostatic pressures experienced at the depth specified without collapse or flooding.

The buoy shall be capable of submergence to the safe working depth without sustaining permanent damage or deformation including collapse or flooding. The internal buoyancy distribution configuration shall withstand the buoyancy loads developed when the buoy is completely submerged. The buoy shall float upright without list when ten feet of chain is attached to the pad eye. Weight of ten feet (10’) of 2-1/2” anchor chain is approximately 590 lbs.

Buoyancy characteristics:

o Static buoy height above water:

Without chain and mooring device: 3 ft. to 4 ft.

Safe working depth: 6 ft. to 10 ft.

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Pull-Through Working Load: 250,000 lbs.

Central core shall consist of a heavy duty load-distribution construction. The inner closed-cell rigid urethane buoyancy foam shall be US Coast Guard approved. Core foam shall be impact absorbing, resilient polyethylene foam or equal. Urethane skin shall be nylon tire-cord reinforced and further described below.

SKIN CONSTRUCTION -

Must be a minimum of ¾ inch thick.

BUOY SKIN: The buoy skin shall be constructed of elastomer and filament reinforcing as specified.

Separate filament reinforcing wraps shall be applied as specified under Filament Wrap. The filament wraps shall be evenly distributed in the inner 80% to 90% of the coasting thickness. The outer 10% to 20% of elastomer shall have no filament reinforcement. The elastomer and filaments shall be applied in a continuous manner to assure adhesion between the various layers. There shall be a least one wrap for every 0.116 in (2.9 mm) of skin thickness (rounded to the nearest complete wrap). The buoy skin shall extend along the entire longitudinal length of the buoy, over the ends of resilient foam layer, and onto the steel portion of the internal core. The buoy skin shall be bonded securely to the steel of the internal core. The buoy skin shall be repairable if minor damage occurs.

Outer layers of buoy skin shall be a marine grade aliphatic urethane to minimize color fading and urethane skin degradation and decomposition from UV exposure.

SKIN FILAMENT REINFORCEMENT:

o FILAMENT WRAP: Construct each filament-reinforcing wrap of continuous filaments applied in a helical pattern, at a helix angle of 45º to 60º to the longitudinal axis of the fender. A wrap shall consist of two such filament helixes of equal but opposing helix angles. The spacing between the filaments in the same helix shall be no more than 0.125 in (3.2 mm), measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the buoy. Each wrap shall extend along the entire longitudinal axis of the buoy and shall also encircle and encase the buoy, for the purpose of distributing impact loads over the surface and conducting the forces of impact loads to the central strength member.

o FILAMENT REINFORCEMENT: The reinforcing filaments in the outer skin shall be nylon tire cord of 2,520-denier (0.280 g/m) weight with the following properties:

Breaking Strength: 52 lbs. (231 N) Elongation (Ultimate): 18% o REINFORCED SKIN PROPERTIES: The reinforced skin, when constructed in accordance with this specification, shall exhibit the following properties when tested in accordance with the guidelines below:

Tensile Strength (ASTM D 2240): When a full-thickness specimen of the skin is tested in tension, with the longitudinal direction of pull aligned with the filament direction (in one helix direction), the specimen shall have the following breaking strength:

5,600-psi

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Elongation (Ultimate, ASTM D 412): In the test for Tensile Strength, the specimen shall have the following Ultimate elongation at break:

18%

Tear Strength: When a full-thickness specimen of the skin is tested in tear, with the specimen Shaped like Die C in ASTM D-624, and with the direction of pull aligned with the filament Direction (in one helix direction), the specimen shall have the following tear strength:

565 lbs./in

SKIN ELASTOMER

o Elastomer: The elastomer used in the fender skin shall be solvent free polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG), based urethane elastomer, with the following unreinforced properties:

Shore A. Hardness - (ASTM D-2240): 83

Tensile Strength - (ASTM D-412): 2,600 psi

Elongation (Ultimate) - (ASTM D-412): 375 %

Tear Strength (ASTM D-624): 230 lbs./in minimum

Flex Life (Ross) (ASTM D-1052): 243,000 cycles

Abrasion Resistance (NBS) (ASTM D-1630): 116 minimum

RIGID FOAM CORE: The rigid urethane foam core shall be closed cell US Coast Guard approved urethane foam for buoyancy. The foam shall be molded and bonded directly onto the internal steel structure. The rigid urethane foam core shall be of a homogeneous mix, streaks or wet spots are not acceptable.

Density: 4.0 lbs. /ft.

Compression Strength (ASTM D 1621)

Parallel to Rise: 110 psi

Perpendicular to Rise: 90 psi

Compression Deflection @ yield

Perpendicular to Foam Rise: 115 psi

Parallel to Foam Rise: 94 psi

RESILIENT FOAM CORE: The energy absorbing foam core shall be a resilient closed-cell, cross-linked polyethylene foam, 5-½” thick minimum with the following properties. The foam core construction shall utilize only a heat-laminated process, and yield a single solid foam core. Use of chipped or granulated particulate foam is not acceptable. The tests, which are shown below, all form a part of ASTM-D-3575.

Density: 4.0 lbs./ft³

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Elongation: 140% min

Tensile Strength: 70 psi

STEEL CORE FABRICATION to be produced in the United States o A 3-part Marine Grade Epoxy system shall be applied per manufacturer’s recommendations to protect the steel core.

o Steel preparation prior to coating per SSPC -10 or NACE#2

The color of the buoy shall conform to Fed. Std. 595, and shall be White, No. 27875 with a Blue, No. 15182 horizontal stripe, made by pigment addition using ultraviolet inhibitors. The blue stripe shall be 6-inches wide and shall be located approximately half-way between the waterline and top of the buoy. Each buoy shall be marked with a number so as to be individually identified. The number will be black in color, in one (1) location approximately 10-inches high and located midway in the white area above the blue stripe. Buoys shall be numbered consecutively beginning with “201”.

Offloading Requirements: Provide an operator and equipment to offload mooring buoys from the carrier for each delivery of mooring buoys at Brazos River Flood Gates, 4335 East Flood Gate Road, Freeport, Texas 77542; Attention: Robert Page. This work includes the following:

The selected equipment shall be capable of safely lifting a minimum of 10 tons from a tractor-trailer assembly, “18-wheeler”. Equipment and operator shall be in accordance with the Safety and Health Requirements Manual, EM 385-1-1, with special emphasis on Section 16, Cranes and Hoisting Equipment and Subsection 16.S, Hydraulic Excavators, Wheel/Track/Backhoe Loaders Used to Transport or Hoist Loads with Rigging.

The equipment shall be compatible for lifting mooring buoys that have the described dimensions and characteristics in the above Product Description.

The tractor-trailer assembly, “18-wheeler”, will transport a total of five (5) mooring buoys to the Brazos River Flood Gates during each delivery.

Photograph of existing buoy provided below is provided for informational purposes only:

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SOLICITATION PROVISIONS:

The following provisions and clauses are applicable to this solicitation and can be found in full text at www.acquisition.gov/far or http://farsite.hill.af.mil :

52.203-6 (ALT 1) Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government

52.204-7 System for Award Management

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items 52.212-3 (ALT 1) Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity – Separately Priced Line Item 52.225-1 Buy American – Supplies 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product 252.204-7012 Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders.

The following FAR Clauses cited within 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.219-3 Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-6 Alt I Alternate I of 52.219-6 52.219-6 Alt II Alternate II of 52.219-6 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders 52.219-27 Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation 52.219-29 Notice of Set-Aside for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small

Business 52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Concerns

Eligible Under the WOSB Program

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52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management 52.239-1 Privacy or Security Safeguards 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires 52.222-51 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to

Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-- Requirements

52.222-53 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements

52.226-6 Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations

X X

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You are advised that you must include a completed copy of the provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, with your offer.

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i) Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement. Under this factor, the Government will evaluate the offerors' level of understanding of the work to be performed related to this requirement and the information provided in the product description.

Under this factor, the product offered will be determined “technically acceptable” or “technically unacceptable”

(ii) Past performance (see FAR 15.304); Past performance information may be obtained from sources available to the Government, including but not limited to the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSrs); and interviews with Program Managers and Contracting Officers. If the Government does not obtain past performance information because no past performance information is available, the offeror will be rated neither favorably nor unfavorable;

(iii) Price. The offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated using the price analysis techniques described at FAR 13.106-3(a) to determine which proposal offers the total evaluated lowest price to the Government.

Technical capability of the item and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of provision)

52.211-8 TIME OF DELIVERY (JUN 1997)

(a) The Government requires delivery to be made according to the following schedule:

REQUIRED DELIVERY SCHEDULE -

Mooring Buoys as described in the CLINS and the Product Description

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CLIN 0001 DELIVERY DATE – 28 Feb 2017 - All base award quantities shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative delivery schedule is approved.

CLIN 0002 (Option 1) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 1 is exercised delivery will be 31 Mar 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

CLIN 0003 (Option 2) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 2 is exercised delivery will be 15 Apr 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

CLIN 0004 (Option 3) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 3 is exercised delivery will be 30 Apr 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

CLIN 0005 (Option 4) DELIVERY DATE – if Option 4 is exercised delivery will be 15 May 2017.

Options shall be delivered per the proposed delivery schedule, unless an alternative schedule is agreed to by the parties.

Early delivery of the base and options is authorized at no additional cost to the government by mutual agreement of the parties.

After Date of Award of the Purchase Order – Award is anticipated on or before 30 Sep 2016.

Item No. Quantity of Contract

CLIN 0001 25 Each CLIN 0002 (Option 1) 5 Each CLIN 0003 (Option 2) 5 Each CLIN 0004 (Option 3) 5 Each CLIN 0005 (Option 4) 5 Each

The Government will evaluate equally, as regards time of delivery, offers that propose delivery of each quantity within the applicable delivery period specified above. Offers that propose delivery that will not clearly fall within the applicable required delivery period specified above, will be considered nonresponsive and rejected. The Government reserves the right to award under either the required delivery schedule or the proposed delivery schedule, when an offeror offers an earlier delivery schedule than required above. If the offeror proposes no other delivery schedule, the required delivery schedule above will apply.

OFFEROR'S PROPOSED DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Within Days

After Date

Item No. Quantity of Contract

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(b) Attention is directed to the Contract Award provision of the solicitation that provides that a written award or acceptance of offer mailed, or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror, results in a binding contract. The Government will mail or otherwise furnish to the offeror an award or notice of award not later than the day award is dated. Therefore, the offeror should compute the time available for performance beginning with the actual date of award, rather than the date the written notice of award is received from the Contracting Officer through the ordinary mails. However, the Government will evaluate an offer that proposes delivery based on the Contractor's date of receipt of the contract or notice of award by adding (1) five calendar days for delivery of the award through the ordinary mails, or (2) one working day if the solicitation states that the contract or notice of award will be transmitted electronically. (The term "working day" excludes weekends and U.S. Federal holidays.) If, as so computed, the offered delivery date is later than the required delivery date, the offer will be considered nonresponsive and rejected.

(End of clause)

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