USACE Nashville District - Debris Removal Push Boat

Debris Removal Push Boat

Sources Sought

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District is seeking interested offerors in the procurement of a push boat for Lake Cumberland, Kentucky. This is anticipated to be a firm-fixed-price Supply Contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 336611: Ship Building and Repairing, small business size standard: 1300 employees.

This sources-sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the interest in and capability to accomplish the work.  Please respond only if you intend to submit a quote on this project when it is solicited in the future. This is not a solicitation.   

This announcement is part of our market research, and your responses are sought to identify sources that have the knowledge, skills, and capability to perform the work through a potential firm fixed supply contract. Interested contractors are hereby invited to submit a response to the synopsis to demonstrate their technical, managerial, and business capability provide the requested scope. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR A FORMAL QUOTE. This notice is provided as information to the marketplace and is an invitation for an expression of interest and demonstration of small business capability to perform the anticipated work. The Government will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. All interested, capable, qualified and responsive contractors are encouraged to reply to this market survey request.

Summary of Scope of Work:

The Contractor will furnish all equipment, materials, labor, and completed and approved design to fabricate a push boat. There will also be an option included in the scope of work and price schedule for the contractor to provide the delivery, outfit, and launching of the push boat. All equipment shall be fully functional and operational. Training, manuals, and drawings shall be provided.

The push boat will be approximately twenty (20) feet wide X (25’10”) twenty-five feet, ten inches long. The push boat is permitted to be of a completed design that meets the Corps’ criteria. The twin engines shall produce at least 800 hp (more than 400 hp each). The push boat shall move the barges of average loading over average conditions no less than 5 knots. The propulsion system may be traditional drive diesel engines or a z-drive, azimuthing type.

Base Items are anticipated to include:

Push Boat

100% Design & Stability Models & Calculations (Push Boat)

Option Items are anticipated to include:

Delivery Cost (Permits, Crane Rental, etc..)

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All work must be performed within USACE guidance and in accordance with local, State and Federal requirements.

Submissions:

Capabilities package/response submittal must be received no later than Friday, February 23, 2024, at 10:00 AM Central Time.  Any information submitted is voluntary.

• Interested firms having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed all aspects of NAICS Code 336611, size standard of 1,300 employees and that can support the above scope of work should submit a capabilities package.

• A cover letter provided for the capabilities package should include:

1. Name and address of the company.
2. Company’s business size status (i.e. OTSB, SB, SDB. WOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, 8(a)).
3. A point of contact to include phone number and email address.  In addition, please provide affiliate information: Parent company, joint venture partners, and potential teaming partners.

• Interested contractors should submit a list of all NAICS codes your firm is registered under. Provide no less than one (1) and up to three (3) project examples that were completed within the last ten (10) years which similarly demonstrate the above scope of work.  Submission of project examples on the larger capacity equipment is preferred, showing broadest scope capabilities. Each project example should contain the following:

  1. Contract number, organization/agency supported, contract value, list/scope of work, whether your firm was the prime contractor or subcontractor, percentage of work performed by your firm, and NAICS code associated with the project.

                   2. A brief description/narrative of how the project example relates to the scope of work described herein.

• In addition to the above, the Government requests comments from interested parties to the following questions:
  1. What period of performance would your firm expect for a project of this magnitude? In other words, once awarded, approximately how long would your firm need to complete the work described in the above scope of work? Considering delivery and without considering delivery.
  2. Would your firm be interested in submitting a quote considering the anticipated scope of work? If not, what part of the scope above would prevent your firm from submitting a quote for this project?
  3. What supply chain issues does your firm anticipate could affect the procurement and optional delivery of this requirement?
  4. Does your firm have any other comments, concerns or suggestions that you would like to share with the Government pertaining to the scope of work?

SAM.gov Registration:

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, registration is required in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) database located at www.sam.gov. More specifically, “An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM.gov when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.” (See FAR 52.204-7(b)(1)).

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