A22 - Solicitation Questions_Answers 1.xlsx
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- Murden Shipyard Repair Services Federal contract opportunity
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- W912PM23Q0031
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This document contains questions and answers regarding a solicitation for shipyard repair services for the dredge Murden. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District is seeking a contractor to provide all labor, materials, and services for up to 30 days of shipyard repair work to complete all required American Bureau of Shipping inspections, repairs, and maintenance. The solicitation number is W912PM23Q0031 and is set aside for small businesses with less than 1,300 employees. Quotes are due by July 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time and must be submitted electronically to the identified contracting staff. The evaluation will consider price and technical factors, with award made to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror. The document addresses contractor questions on inspection and repair scope details.
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| US ACOE DREDGE MURDEN | Contracting Officer: | Email: |
| Contract Specialist: Terri Adams | Phone: terri.m.adams@usace.army.mil | |
| Contract Specialist: | (910) 251-4493 |
| Question # | Date of Request: | Section | Work Items/CSWT # | Para. # | Page #: | Attach. # | Contractor Question | Government Response |
| 1 | 6/14/23 | Solicitation | 1.8 | 48 | Paragraph indicates that "The contractor shall provide a 24 hour watch service to respond to any emergencies/alarms on the vessel while in the contractor's possession." Is the watch service to remain onboard 24 hours per day while in the contraxtor's possession? Or is an hourly roving watch sufficient to meet this requirement? | Roving watch is fine. | ||
| 2 | 6/14/23 | 12 | 55 | The level of effort to replace lagging as listed in the specification can only be determined once a lagging inspection is complete. The contractor requests to submit a report of findings after inspection and recommended repairs to be funded upon approval against the 00018 item. | Correct. | |||
| 3 | 6/14/23 | 2 | 50 | For estimating and pricing purposes the Contractor requests the government provide a defined quantity of audio gauge readings to be taken in support of the ABS Annual Hull Survey. | up to 1000 readings spaced equidistant | |||
| 4 | 6/14/23 | 4 | 52 | For estimating and pricing purposes the Contractor requests the government provide a defined quantity of audio gauge readings to be taken in each bow thruster tunnel /tube. | Up to 100 per tube. | |||
| 5 | 6/14/23 | 5 | 52 | The contractor requests clarification on the work item scope. What is the material type being inspected? | Hull section and support steel | |||
| 6 | 6/14/23 | 5 | 52 | What is the method of inspection (visual, Liquid Penetrant, Radiological Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing) to be used to inspct the hawse pipes? | This is not pipe. This is the hull and structural steel in the Hawespipe area. | |||
| 7 | 6/14/23 | 5 | 52 | The level of effort to repair the hawse pipe can only be determined after inspection. The contractor requests to submit a report of findings after inspection and recommended repairs to be funded upon approval against the 00019 item. | Understand that the inspection will determine the repair costs. The repair should be charged against item 5 after contractor receives approved CFR back from GOV. | |||
| 8 | 6/14/23 | 8 | 55 | The contractor requests that the government provide all AC and DC electrical drawings. | attachments | |||
| 9 | 6/14/23 | 9 | 55 | The level of effort to complete any repairs for the door can only be determined once the door inspections are complete. The contractor requests to submit a report of findings after inspection with recommended repairs to be funded upon approval against the 00019 item. | Understand that the inspection will determine the repair costs. The repair should be charged against item 9 after contractor receives approved CFR back from GOV. | |||
| 10 | 6/14/23 | 10 | 55 | The level of effort to modify exhaust piping and replace lagging as listed in the specification can only be determined once the base work resilient mount replacement and alignment is complete. The contractor requests to submit a report of findings after base work mount replacement and alignment to be funded upon approval against the 00018 item. | Correct. | |||
| 11 | 6/14/23 | 11 | 55 | Does the government have a complete list of the vessel zinc anode locations for inspections to include quantity, size, anode type? | attachments | |||
| 12 | 6/14/23 | 13 | 55 | The level of effort to replace lagging as listed in the specification can only be determined once the inspection is complete. The contractor requests to submit a report of findings after inspection and recommended repairs to be funded upon approval against the 00018 item. | Correct. | |||
| 13 | 6/14/23 | 17 | 55 | The Contractor is requesting fluid capacity for each keel cooler system and the type of coolant to be used for each system replinishment. | The type of fluid is containted in the description of item 17 and there are two attachments for this question that further defines the quantity. | |||
| 14 | 6/14/23 | Solicitation | 17 | In review of the solicitation the contractor finds listed in the Technical Criteria second sentence "The Offerer Shall Be an ABS Certified Shipyard" The contractor finds this requirement applicable for new vessel constructuction shipyards. The Contractor is a repair shipyard not a new construction shipyard and therefore is not an ABS certified shipyard. As per your listed Statement of Work 00016 the contractor contracts ABS per specification requiremenents for inspection and oversight of required repairs. The Contractor requests that the government review the requirement for a ABS Certified Shipyard, and requests the requirement be deleted. | To define ABS Certified Shipyard, the GOV means that the shipyard must have ABS certified welders and, if needed, ABS certified propeller repair. The ABS inspection is a separate requirement. |
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