W912BU25X3586 FY26 Dredge AE IDC - Sources Sought_06JUN2025.pdf

Notice ID: W912BU25X3586

This is a Sources Sought Notice and if for information purposes only.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. NO

SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

Responses to this request will not be returned. Not responding to this sources sought notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. It is the intent of the Contracting Office to use this information for market research purposes only.

The Government will NOT pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information.

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate small businesses for the following proposed contract: Award of one Architect-Engineer (AE)

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for Naval Architecture and Marine

Engineering in support of the Marine Design Center Dredge Vessel Program Missions.

The intent of this notice is to determine the interest, availability, and capability of businesses. The NAICS code for the work described below is 541330 – Engineering

Services (Exception 3 - Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture) with a small business size standard of $47,000,000.00. The expected Product Service Code (PSC) is C216 – Architect and Engineering- General: Marine Engineering. Award of the contract is expected in late 2026 with a 5-year ordering period. The intent is to award one contract with a total capacity of $30M. Individual Task Orders vary from approximately $50k to $2M. Location of supported vessels varies across the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mission Responsibilities, but work will primarily be conducted at the firm’s offices in support of the Marine Design Center located in

Philadelphia, PA.

Expected vessel types may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Riverine Dustpan Dredges

2. Unrestricted Ocean Going Hopper Dredges

3. Shallow Draft Split-Hull Dredges and Side Cast Dredges

4. Cutter Suction Dredges

5. Dredge Pump-Out Shore Connector Barge / Buoy Float systems

6. Dredge Floating Pipeline Systems

Expected Task Orders under this contract are likely to include, but not limited to, the following list in descending order of probability and capacity usage:

1. New Vessel Design of Riverine Dustpan Dredges

2. New Vessel Design of Shallow Draft Split-Hull Dredge

3. New Vessel Design of Ocean Going Hopper Dredges

4. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analyses

5. Technical Support to Shipyard Contract oversight

6. Dredge design and construction scheduling

7. Dredge system integration & automation

8. Cost Estimation

9. Vessel Overhaul and life extension projects

10. Structural Modeling (FEA) and analysis

11. Regulatory body coordination

12. Miscellaneous Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or Marine Electrical

Engineering support to vessel component repair or improvement.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

All interested business concerns for this requirement shall provide the following information when responding to this sources sought:

a. Business Name of Interested Offeror

b. CAGE Code and SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)

c. Type of Business Concern: Large Business or Small Business (please identify type of small business).

d. Business Classification (ie. 8a, HUBZone, WOSB, etc.) if applicable.

e. Statement of capability and qualifications of the organization to perform the requirement. This includes indication of professionally registered personnel on staff, or through a sub-contractor, in the field of Naval Architecture, Marine

Engineering, and/or Marine Electrical Engineering.

f. Statement of firm’s experience and capabilities as it relates to the multi-disciplined design of hopper, dustpan, and shallow draft split-hull dredges in the last five (5) years.

g. Statement of firm’s experience and capabilities as it relates to the multi- disciplined repowering design and reliability upgrades of hopper, dustpan, and shallow draft split-hull dredges in the last five (5) years.

h. Statement of firm’s experience and capabilities as it relates to the conduction of on board ship checks and condition evaluations as related to upgrades of existing vessels in the last five (5) years.

i. List of relevant projects to those stated above within the past five (5) years. This list shall identify the nature of the work performed by the firm, percentage of overall work self-performed by the firm, and if applicable, the percentage of the overall work performed by a subcontractor.

j. Interested Small Businesses shall address how the firm will meet or exceed the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14 “Limitations on

Subcontracting”.

** EACH SUBMISSION SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN (10) PAGES TOTAL (One Sided) **

Notice to potential contractors: All Offerors who provide goods or services to the

Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) located on the website https://www.sam.gov/portal/publi/SAM/#1. Additionally, all

Services Disabled/Veterans Owned Business or Veterans Owned Small Business must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Veterans Enterprise Vet

Biz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov.

Responses shall be submitted no later than 1200 EDT Monday, 23 June 2025.

No hardcopy or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Responses shall be submitted electronically via-email to:

Contract Specialist, Quinn Greene and Contracting Officer, Anastasia Moffatt.

Email: Quinn.P.Greene@usace.army.mil and Anastasia.E.Moffatt@usace.army.mil

Please reference the sources sought notice ID W912BU25X3586 in the subject line of the email.

The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this sources sought/market survey, provide an evaluation or additional information to respondents, nor return the data provided. This notice is for information purposes only and is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. The results of this notice will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice. Comments will be shared with the Government project team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence.

QUESTIONS:

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. If applicable, please submit questions via email only concerning this sources sought to the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District (NAP) contracting office at:

Quinn.P.Greene@usace.army.mil and Anastasia.E.Moffatt@usace.army.mil.

CONTRACTING OFFICE:

W2SD ENDIST PHILADELPHIA

1650 ARCH STREET, 7TH FLOOR

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-0000

UNITED STATES

This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made.