A.02.02_FBO_Clearwater_Crane_Pre-Solicitation.pdf

Pre-solicitation notice W9127S18R0015: This solicitation will be advertised as a Total Small Business Set Aside. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 333923 (Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist and Monorail System Manufacturing). The small business size standard is 1,250 employees. The solicitation is anticipated to be for a firm fixed price construction which consist of rehabilitation of the bridge crane and incidental related work described as follows:

Design a complete, fully operational crane system.

If all bid line items are not accepted, design new parts to be fully operational with existing parts for a complete, fully operational crane system.

Scope of Work

Work shall include but not be limited to:

a. Design new structural components for mounting trolley and bridge drives.

b. Design new 2-speed motor drives and brakes for the hoist, trolley, and bridge drives. Trolley and bridge drives may use snuggler drive systems.

c. Design new power feeder and festoon system for bridge and trolley on crane.

d. Provide 2 new fall safety lifelines above crane as noted in the drawings or as approved.

e. Demolish existing motor, brake, and couplings on hoist.

f. Demolish existing chain drives on trolley and bridge drives.

g. Demolish existing power and controls on hoist including power feeder and associated circuit breaker.

h. Provide new circuit breaker, branch circuit conductors, and new conduit from existing panel to new crane power distribution panel via the new festoon feeder. Circuit breaker, branch circuit conductors, and conduit shall be sized per the National Electric Code based on the rating of the crane motors. Conduit shall extend from the panel board to a new festoon feeder with new rail system.

i. Provide complete new electrical power, lighting, and control systems.

(1) The new control system which shall be conventional relaying, not PLC. Human Interface Machine (HMI) shall not be provided.

(2) Bridge and trolley travel motions shall be controlled by 2-speed drive system. All drives shall use dynamic braking to control motion, and dynamic braking resistors shall have thermal capacity of Class 160 series or better, rated continuous duty.

(3) All motors shall be TEFC or TENV as necessary to maintain temperature ratings.

(4) The hoist drive shall be a 2-speed drive system.

(5) All electric holding brakes shall be actuated by dc armature. Hoist brakes shall be shoe-type.

Travel brakes shall be disc-type.

(6) Limit switches shall be NEMA Type 4X. Hoist shall have redundant upper limit switches:

one weighted-lever switch and one rotary switch to prevent two-blocking. Main hoist shall have a single rotary lower limit to prevent losing dead-wraps, or worse, over-wrapping. Bridge and trolley travel shall have lever-arm limit switches that will actuate trip arms located at each end of the respective runways. The trip arms shall be modified or new as necessary.

(7) Provide a pendent control with 5 extra feet of cable on loop hook and emergency stop pushbutton.

(8) If hoist CLIN is not awarded, Contractor shall be responsible to connect power from new drive(s) to old hoist controls.

j. Crane shall be supplied with a transient voltage surge suppression system for the power.

Provide all necessary TVSS to protect all control systems.

k. Mechanical Work shall include:

(1) Contractor shall clean, inspect, provide a report of the findings including any repairs if required, and lube all open and closed gearing. Gearboxes shall have the bearings and seals replaced after being flushed clean. If work is required from the report, funding for the work will be provided using the Miscellaneous CLIN items.

(2) Bearing shall be replaced on all wire rope sheaves.

(3) Load block shall be disassembled, cleaned, inspected, NDT tested, new bearings, reassembled, and painted. A report on the condition of the block including the test results of the shafts, pin, and hook and any recommendations for repairs or replacements. If work is required from the report, funding for the work will be provided using the Miscellaneous CLIN items.

(4) There is a spooling problem with one of the drums. Wire rope shall be completely unspooled and inspected. The drum and wire rope clearance shall be checked and the wire rope shall be respooled. A report shall be submitted on findings of the spooling problem and any recommendations for repairs or replacements. If work is required from the report, funding for the work will be provided using the Miscellaneous CLIN items.

l. Lead-based paint abatement and painting shall be done only in areas where work is performed or where damage has occurred under this contract. Contractor shall take samples to determine if lead is present.

m. Asbestos is expected in the brakes and wiring. Contractor shall take samples to determine type and abatement requirements.

n. Contractor shall perform all inspections, testing, and training as required in this contract.

o. Contractor shall provide as-built drawings and operation and maintenance manuals.

The Magnitude of Construction is between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.

Solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) utilizing FAR Part 15. Proposals will be evaluated utilizing the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) method. The solicitation will be issued via the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov) with no tentative date for issuance. It is each offeror's responsibility to download the solicitation from the internet website. No paper copies will be provided. Notification of amendments shall be made via the www.fbo.gov website as well. It is therefore the offeror's responsibility to check the www.fbo.gov website daily for any posted changes to the solicitation. Contractor's may view and/or download the solicitation and all amendments after issuance from the following internet website address: https://www.fbo.gov and search for Solicitation Number W9127S18R0015 All contractors are encouraged to visit www.fbo.gov to view other business opportunities.

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) to receive a Government contract award. The contract specialist for this acquisition will be Joseph Sherwood.

All questions should be forwarded by email to Joseph.D.Sherwood@usace.army.mil.

This notice in any manner obligates the government to issue any solicitation/award based upon the content released to the public. This posting constitutes only the provision of pre-solicitation information to potential offerors. Offerors responding to this pre-solicitation notice in email to Joseph Sherwood shall be included on any subsequent issues of a formal solicitation. Interested parties should contact the POC above in order to confirm interest in this project.