Pontoon Boat for HAB Remediation Efforts

This is not a request for proposal or quote, and in no way obligates the Government to make any award.  Market research performed to date for fulfillment of the government requirement detailed below has not yielded a high number of potential products or vendors.  The purpose of this sources sought notice is to give preliminary notice of our requirement to the market place in attempt to get a better understanding of the market, to broaden industry participation and to increase competition.  

This is not a small business set-aside, however the results of this posting will be utilized to determine whether any further opportunity announcements for this requirement should be set aside or not.   A general description of the requirement is below.  Any interested part that believes thay can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed at this time. Official offers are not requested at this time, however all submissions will be considered as part of the market research. 

The Engineer Research and Development Center - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) has a requirement to purchase a small pontoon boat capable of carrying an open channel ultra-violet (UV) reactor beneath its platform in the space between its pontoons for mobile Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) remediation efforts.  The UV reactor is not part of this procurement, only the boat, but the boat must be of certain dimensions for compatability with the HAB remediation program.  Most standard size pontoon boats are outside of compliance with the required dimensions. The Laker 712 RT Pontoon Boat package is the only one found so far that meets the specific characteristics, and we are considering advertising as Laker Brand Name or Equal (BNOE).  The most important characteristics to be met, which are primarily related to dimensions and carrying capacity, are as follows:

• Between 13-15ft in length and 6.5-8ft in width.
• At least 30” spacing between pontoons beneath the deck.
• Weight of less than 800lbs.
• Load carrying capacity for persons, motor, and gear of at least 1600lbs.
• Controllable by a bow-mounted trolling motor and shall come with a remote-controlled bow-mounted trolling motor with 55lbs thrust.

Vendors capable of supplying this particular equipment, or any other equipment that could fulfill the requirement if it was advertised on a BNOE basis, is encouraged to submit a capability statement with detail of their business organization (SAM.gov registration status, etc.) and detail of the product(s) believed to be compatible to help in completing our market research.  Capability statements shall be submitted no later than the date and time specified above to:

CERL-CT-Quotes@usace.army.mil. 

Telephone responses will not be accepted.