Olmsted Workboat

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is for the supply of a workboat for Olmsted Locks and Dam, Olmsted, IL.

One (1) Firm Fixed Price award will be made from this solicitation. The basis of award is the Best Value Tradeoff method. Procedures for Submittal of Offers and Proposal Evaluation Criteria are located in Section M of the solicitation.

NAICS code: 336611 Ship Building and Repairing. Size standard: 1,250 employees.

This is a Full and open procurement. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 19.1307, this project requires the HUBZone 10% price evaluation.

Note 1: Page numbering in this document may not be accurate.

Method of Payment under this contract will be Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to a commercial bank account specified by the Contractor.

Proposals will not be accepted for quantities less than the quantities specified in the price breakout schedule. Failure to submit a price for all items listed (including options) will be considered as a material deviation from the requirements of the RFP and the proposal will be rejected.

Submit Proposals to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Room 821, ATTN: Levi Speth
600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place
Louisville, KY 40202

Proposals are due on 18 September 2019 no later than 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Fax and electronic submittals will not be accepted.

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DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) W912QR19R0043 for the supply of an Olmsted Workboat.

The project contains work such as: Planning and Scheduling, Engineering, Construct and Test Inland Z-Drive Workboat, Spare Z-Drive and Stands, and Spare Propellers. The Contract Duration is 420 calendar days from Contract Award.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 336611.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be a full and open procurement.

SELECTION PROCESS: This is a single phase procurement. The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Trade Off source selection process. The technical information contained in the Offeror's proposal will be reviewed, evaluated, and rated by the Government. The proposal for this procurement, at a minimum, will consist of the following: Prime Contractor Past Performance, Technical/Risk, Small Business Participation Plan, and Price. All evaluation factors, other than price, when combined, are considered significantly more important than price.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 14 June 2019. Details regarding the Optional Site Visit will be included in the solicitation. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to http://www.fbo.gov.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS:

Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

ALERT: You must submit a notarized letter appointing the authorized Entity Administrator before your registration will be activated. This requirement now applies to both new and existing entities. Effective 29 April 2018, the notarized letter process is now mandatory on all CURRENT registrants at SAM who have a requirement to update data on their SAM record. The notarized letter is mandatory and is required before the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) will activate the entity's registration.

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is Contract Specialist, Levi Speth, at Levi.R.Speth@usace.army.mil.

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.