Shipyard overhaul of 48’ survey vessel cherneski

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS POSTING.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to issue a solicitation soon to procure services to execute the overhaul of the Shipyard Overhaul of Survey Vessel Cherneski. The work consists of furnishing all engineering, design, labor, services, equipment, parts and materials and performing all work on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey Vessel Cherneski specified herein.  The principal dimensions for the vessel are shown below:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Overall Length:                           47 feet - 8 inches

Overall Beam:                              15 feet - 0 inches

Draft:                                              3 feet - 0 inches

Displacement (loaded):                 21 long tons

Vessel is constructed entirely of aluminum.

Provide all labor, services and materials and perform the work required in this clause.  Provide a certified marine railway, or a certified synchro-lift, etc. and qualified personnel and necessary equipment to dock the vessel. Provide and set blocks to support and distribute the weight of the vessel while out of water and to prevent movement of vessel.  Blocks should provide for a minimum of 36-inches clearance under the hull. 

The period of performance will be 30 calendar days from delivery of the vessel to the Contractor’s yard, starting on 2 September 2025.

The S/V H.R. SPIES current FY25 operating schedule has her operating in the Delaware River and Bay prior to entry into and upon departure from the shipyard. Quotes will only be accepted from facilities along the Delaware River & Bay and its tributaries.

Prior to the award of this Contract, the Contractor shall enter a "Mastership Agreement for Repair and Alteration of Vessels".  If the Contractor has entered such an agreement prior to this Contract, that agreement may be utilized.  For more information, see DFARS Subpart 252.217-71, Master Agreement for Repair and Alteration of Vessels.

The Government anticipates issuing a solicitation for these services on or after 1 August 2025. The NAICS Code for this project will 336611 – Ship Building and Repairing. The small business size standard is 1,300 employees.

 Application: All Offerors will have their proposal surcharged (calculated after receipt of all proposals at $75 per nautical mile. The mileage will be based on U.S. Department of Commerce Publication "Distance between United States Ports", with an appropriate adjustment for the actual operating location. Based on the S/V CHERNESKI's normally traveled waterway route as determined by the Master of the vessel, facilities shall have their bid surcharged on the round trip distance between the contractor's facility and Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, PA. Any shipyard facility submitting a bid which deviates from the normally traveled waterway route shall have their bid surcharged accordingly.

Quotes will only be accepted from facilities along the Atlantic Coast of the United States of America from New York, NY to Baltimore, MD.

Solicitation documents, plans, and specifications will only be available via the SAM.gov homepage located at https://www.sam.gov. No hard copies will be available. It is the contractor’s responsibility to monitor https://www.sam.gov for issuance of the solicitation and monitoring of any amendments once the solicitation is issued. The solicitation will contain FAR provision 52.204-7; therefore, a bidder must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award.

Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Noelle Griest at Noelle.C.Griest@usace.army.mil.

Offerors should review the entire solicitation once posted. Information within this Pre-Solicitation/Synopsis posting is subject to change.