A.02.10 Industry Day 2025 Summary.pdf

NWD Crane MATOC

Industry Day 2025 Summary

1. One of your questions asks, what do we consider “the most critical criteria that would address risk within the contract,” but can you clarify what type of risk you are referring to? Is it purely financial risk or related to safety, and/or performance? Looking for input from industry on areas of risk that could be presented to the Government team in an effort to mitigate through solicitations (i.e. schedule, design elements/standards, long lead procurements, capacity for simultaneous projects, etc.). There were many risks listed below that were discussed in the one-on-one sessions with each Contractor.

a. Supply contracts put a strain on cash flow, consider better supply payment terms.

b. Multiple requests for review of similar materials at the Task Order level when these materials were already reviewed at the MATOC base level. Consider avoiding the request for additional phase 1 solicitation information and focus more on the phase 2 solicitation evaluation factors at the task order level.

c. 60–90-day proposal timeframes would result in better proposals. Consider allowing around a 60-day timeframe for phase 1 proposal and closer to 90 days for phase 2 proposal timeframe.

d. One of the bigger concerns encountered on design/build is a lot of back and forth with the corps and manufacturer. This MATOC looks like there is a lot of crane task orders and lots of reviews. Consider utilizing Dr. Checks for more efficient and timely reviews.

Potential tariffs & continued inflation could result in higher & fluctuating pricing, it is recommended by industry that economic price adjustment is utilized under this acquisition.

2. Two of your questions ask about a reasonable amount of time to submit offers for each phase. Can you clarify what is included in Phase 1 and what is included in Phase 2? We did not see anything in the scope that mentions phasing. Two-Phase acquisition selection process may include Phase One factors (Technical Approach, Qualification &

Certifications, and Past Performance), and Phase Two factors (Design Concepts, Project

Management, Small Business Participation, Price).

3. Several of the questions ask about our capacity to respond, but we need to receive more details on the potential size of this MATOC. By size, we mean more details on how many cranes need repair or replacement, locations of these cranes, and what are the type and sizes of the cranes? We previously raised this question in other forms below, but we think that is critical to understand before responding on our capacity.

a. It would be helpful to know the prime locations (e.g. locks, dam, USACE facilities, etc.), to know what all facilities fall under the scope of this MATOC.

This acquisition plan supports construction requirements for USACE civil works projects in Northwestern Division to include hydropower facilities, navigation locks, and flood risk management projects.

b. We know that geographically the NWD encompasses portions of 12 states, but how many facilities have cranes and hoist equipment that needs to be repaired and/or replaced? The Northwestern Division maintains 29 hydropower projects, 10 locks (navigation projects), and 82 flood risk management projects throughout the NWD. Project locations are within the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. The preponderance of these project sites is located on the Columbia River, Missouri River, and Snake River.

c. Is it possible to get more specific details on the order of magnitude for quantity by types of cranes at each location? This information would enable us to give you a more accurate assessment of our capacity to respond to multiple task orders. Could you add any tentative quantities and locations to the following list:

Unable to provide specifics at this time. Majority of consecutive projects would be mobile/traveling cranes (overhead bridge and gantry cranes).

d.

• Overhead Bridge Cranes (typical capacity may range from 15 tons to 600 tons) - ## - Locations: Unable to provide at this time.

• Gantry Cranes (typical capacity may range from 15 tons to 480 tons) - ## -

Locations: Unable to provide at this time.

• Underhung Monorail Cranes (typical capacity may range from 5 tons to 15 tons) - ## - Locations: Unable to provide at this time.

• Derrick Cranes (typical capacity may range from 10 tons to 200 tons) - ## -

Locations: Unable to provide at this time.

• Pedestal Cranes (typical capacity may range from 10 tons to 200 tons) - ## -

Locations: Unable to provide at this time.

• Fixed Base Hoists (typical capacity may range from 10 tons to 400 tons) - ## -

Locations: Unable to provide at this time.

e. Do you have a priority list for immediate repair and/or replacement? If so, can you provide specifics on type of equipment, location, and timeframe for execution? Unable to provide specifics at this time, but general response is 10 projects in the first two years (6 in Walla Walla district, 1 in Seattle district, 1 in

Portland district, and 2 in Omaha district).

4. Will it be the burden of one district or share over other districts who will be reviewing the designs? tThe district that sends out the task order will be the one to head their design reviews. Some will be district base, and some will have HDC support.

5. What is the chunk/majority of task orders? The majority of the work will be within the

$10M to $25M range.

6. Do you have a concern of how many large TOs are out at one time? i.e., If we have 5-6 task orders between the $10-$25M would we saturate the market? If there were enough ktrs. On the MATOC there would be enough where if one is not able to pick it up, there are others who may be able to take it on.

7. What is the estimated task order performance you have? That will be determined on the specific project, and it will be addressed on the task orders from project to project.

8. Curious if the corps publishes why you are choosing design build as an option? There will be Design Build and Design Bid Build task orders on the MATOC

9. What do you use for alternate concepts? We perceive there is an issue that is not addressed in a design, we are going to price the cost to take care of it. But you also have a process that we could provide for an alternative in the design process? There could be multiple opportunities to submit alternatives.

10. On rehab, we talk about teams. Are we talking about days, weeks, months that this crane will be down, will there be people ready and available to make decisions to move forward? Typically, there are work windows that determine when cranes can be down. All rehabs at NWW are large and will be DBB, looking to 6 months to a year for Task Order duration. There will be CORs and QAs available for communication between the

Government and contractors.

11. Would it be advantageous that we could propose a temporary means of moving the operations while the rehab is happening? Would they be worth investing in the phase of this proposal? We traditionally don’t have these. Depends on the site. Interested in the possibility. Sometimes we are trying to maintain an existing crane in operation while we are installing a new crane and getting it commissioned..

12. What is the process of being qualified for a MATOC? Once on a MATOC, is it price only or how we will do it for each individual TO. Qualification for this MATOC will be best value trade off. The task orders on the MATOC will be best value trade off, lowest price technically acceptable or price only.

13. Talking about the tariff situation. Is this something you foresee that would be an exception? We have not yet received guidance as it has not been implemented yet. We really can’t answer or act on it until we know something.

14. Will the list of documents be available for contractors to set up sequence and timeframes?

No, we don’t have that much information on each potential TO at this point. We have knowledge of the seed project that will go first and more specific information on that will come out during solicitation phases.

15. Will PLA be included in the requirement? No. Effective immediately, contracting officers shall not use project labor agreements for large-scale construction projects, implemented at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 22.5 and 36.104(c).

16. Phase I will be out in April? Will it be issued under the same announcement number in

SAM.gov? Yes, we plan to have phase 1 out by April. It will be posted to SAM.gov under a different number but the original number will be linked to the new announcement.

17. Do we expect there to be AE contractors created specs or Corps create specs? We don’t have specifics since we don’t have specifics on each task order yet. We will have more information on the initial task order on Phase II. There will likely be a mix of some AE designs and some internal according to the Scope of Work of each task order.

18. Does the CORPs plan to forecast forward? You have money to spend and seeing a SB forecast would help the Corps help the industry plan for what they are up against. In phase 2 of the solicitation, we would present SB goals we would want the holder to try to meet.

19. Will we be going to SB set aside for whole MATOC or just task orders? This decision will be made based on available market research documentation. This decision will be made prior to phase 1 solicitation and presented under that solicitation. If we go SB set-aside on base, TOs will also be set-aside. If we go unrestricted, the TOs will not be further restricted.

20. When you have construction and supply CLINS, will you only require bonding on the construction CLINS? Yes

21. Do you know what Buy American we will fall under? -9 will be significantly higher in pricing. Not at this time but based on the range of magnitudes disclosed under this TO both 52.225-9 and 52.225-11 will be included in the contract and the applicability of each will be determined by the TO value.

22. How did USACE determine that a crane needs to be replaced versus rehabilitated? Our team prides itself on innovation and solving problems for our customers. Is there a potential to reassess the crane’s status as a part of the process? We recommend exhausting the efforts to conduct rehabilitation before replacement, and we would like to be a part of that process, conducting a joint inspection/crane assessment as a part of the project. Multiple criteria factors are considered in the determination of rehabilitation or replacement (cost, reliability & maintainability, engineering standards, etc.). USACE also coordinates with different stakeholders for determination-based on cost sharing agreements. USACE will involve third parties for inspections and condition assessment on case-by-case basis.

23. Related to the last question, will it be possible to see details on crane inspections? Crane inspections could potentially be provided on a post award basis, but are not typically shared during the solicitation process.