Sources Sought Notice for Merritt Shipyard Repairs

                                                           SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

                                                                                 FOR

                                                   MERRITT SHIPYARD REPAIR SERVICES

This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a

Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award.

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, and services to provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Dredge Merritt with up to ninety (90) days at the Contractor’s Shipyard to accomplish all the repair and maintenance items listed in this Performance Work Statement (PWS).

VESSEL DATA:           Name:                            Dredge MERRITT

                                    Type:                              Seagoing, Side-Casting Dredge

                                    Length:                           104 feet (31.7 m)

                                    Beam:                             30 feet (9.1 m)

                                    Draft:                               4 ft 8 in (1.5 m) light (Bow)

                                                                           5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) loaded (Stern) 

                                    Speed:                           7.5 MPH

                                    Range:                          1,200 Miles

NOTE:  The general information is provided as a general reference source only.  The Contractor shall be responsible to confirm exact information by vessel check prior to commencement of work or material procurements.

SHIPYARD/FACILITY LOCATION:  Must be located within 650 nautical miles from the Port of Wilmington NC.

All interested firms with 336611 as an approved NAICs code have until 16 August 2024 at 1600 EST to submit the following information:

- Name & Address of your Firm

- Point of Contact (Name/Phone/E-mail)

- Current SAM

- Business Size, to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, and Large Business. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status should be provided, i.e., letter of certification from VA confirming SDVOSB status. The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of HubZone and 8(a) via SAM.

- Evidence of capabilities to perform comparable work of shipyard repairs and maintenance on vessels, similar in size (104’) to the Dredge Merritt. The contractor must provide evidence of comparable work on three (3) recent projects greater than $2,000,000.00 in value (not more than seven (7) years old.) Include the project name and description of the key/salient features of the project (completion date, total contract value, and your company's level of involvement in the project, i.e., subcontractor (type), prime, GC, etc. and your specific role. Additionally, if you were teaming with another firm, clearly identify your role on the project(s) submitted. Please provide at least one point of contact (with e-mail address and phone number) for project validation. The Government will not give credit to projects if the lack of information hinders the ability to determine relevancy and/or level or experience.

- Capability to perform at least 50% of the required work, in-house.

- Water Depth. Ensure that water depth is sufficient at the pier to ensure the vessel's lowest underwater appendage clears the bottom by at least two feet at Mean Low Water (MLW) conditions for tidal rivers and other navigable waterways.

- Collision Protection:  Provide a fender system to prevent the vessel's sides from chafing and colliding with the pier or wharf while moored at the Contractor's facility. Ensure that no other vessel is moored alongside the vessel without specific permission from the COR/Port Engineer.

- Firm's capability to perform, to include geographic span and project size.

- Information on Teaming Arrangement (if applicable). Although we are not looking for formal signed agreements at this time, if you intend to "team" with another firm, formally or informally, you must submit information, not more, than one (1) page, about your team's involvement. More specifically, you must submit sufficient information for the Government to determine the roles each team member will play and what your socio-economic status is or will be considering the proposed arrangement. Therefore, included in your one (1) page if you are a Small Business and you intend to mentor/protégé and/or JV with a large business both team members must sign agreeing that 40% of the labor will be performed by the 8(a) firm. Additionally, if the team is a mentor/protégé arrangement, identify the areas that will be mentored. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status as a team should be provided.

The Government may not give credit to your socio-economic class if there is not sufficient documentation to support it or if the Government cannot verify through other means that your business is as such.

Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested businesses, regardless of size should submit a narrative demonstrating their Specialized Experience in similar type contracts, Past Performance, Key Personnel. Capability statements should include size/classification of your firm, bonding capacity, details of similar projects, and the completion dates, references and contract amounts for the similar projects listed.

Narratives shall be no longer than 30 pages.  The requested information shall be submitted electronically to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Attn: Rosalind M. Shoemaker and Diana Curl

E-mail: rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil and diana.d.curl@usace.army.mil

The email should be titled: Merritt Shipyard Repair Services

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH.

Do not send hard copies of advertising or promotional materials. Please ensure that all responses are comprehensive and provide a name and point-of-contact for your firm for follow-up by this office or the procuring contracting officer. If you have responded to any previous e-mail messages or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this project, please be advised that it will be necessary for you to respond to this e-mail and the questions contained therein. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the Prime Contractor and work accomplished by the teaming partner

All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responding to this request for information. All information provided becomes property of the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy.