USACE: Portland District Dredge Vessel MSRA

Sources Sought with Intent to Establish Master Ship Repair Agreement(s)

This announcement is a Sources Sought Synopsis (market survey). This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). This announcement is not a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to determine interested parties, socioeconomic status availability, capabilities, and qualifications. The Government intends to use responses to this sources sought synopsis to make appropriate acquisition decisions for future ship repair and maintenance requirements for the Dredge ESSAYONS and Dredge YAQUINA vessels by establishing MSRAs with capable repair facilities.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is seeking sources for Master Ship Repair Agreement(s) (MSRAs) under NAICS Code 336611 Ship Building and Repairing.

Anticipated Schedule Items (subject to change) 

Government shipyard on-site review period:                 June 2024 through July 2024

Job Order Invitation for Bid (IFB):                                   Late June early July 2024

Ship visits during IFB period:                                          Approximately 05 July 2024   through 30 July 2024. Multiple dates for                                                                                                    each ship will be made available for these mandatory ship                                                                                                                      visits.                

Bid Opening:                                                                      August 2024

Award of Job Orders:                                                       By 15 August 2023

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

Vendors interested in entering into an MSRA with Portland District must submit the documentation and meet the requirements identified in the general requirements document attached to this announcement.

A. General Submission Information:
1. Point of Contact name, email address, and phone number.
2. CAGE Code and Unique Entity ID number (All contractors are required to be registered in the DOD System for Award Management (SAM) via https://www.sam.gov).
3.  In the event that the contractor is a small business under NAICS 336611 or that of a similar size standard, state the category of small business, such as 8(a), HUBZone, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business, or SDVOSB.
4. Statement of Capability (SOC)

• Statement of the contractor’s skills, knowledge, experience, and capability to perform the described work, such as documentation and examples of recent relevant experience and technical competence with the repair or modernization of ship propulsion, power generation, structural, steering, and ship electronic systems.
  Statement of availability of Dry-Dock and Mooring Berth.
• Documentation and locations of ports of call that are available for underway repairs in any or all of the following areas: California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska.

5. Teaming Arrangement (if applicable). Include the roles for each team member as well as the socio-economic status that will be considered for this proposed arrangement.

B. Qualifications Documentation:

1. Submit a completed Attachment A - Qualification checklist for both vessels, if applicable.

2. Submit point of contact information for coordinating facility site visit for USACE representative to certify compliance with OSHA and USACE 385-1-1.

3. Submit documentation demonstrating the contractor’s performance of up to five projects within the past five years that are similar in size and scope to Portland District’s requirements, as described below. 

a. To be considered similar in size to Dredge YAQUINA, a project must have a total final cost of greater than $4 million.

b. To be considered similar in size to Dredge ESSAYONS, a project must have a total final cost of greater than $8 million.

c. For a project to be considered similar in scope, the contractor must demonstrate that at a minimum, all of the following types of work were complete:

i. Ship fitting (gas/arc/shear cutting, rolling, shaping, grinding and fitting steel plates and shapes);

ii. Sheet metal work (forming, shaping, gas/arc/shear cutting and stamping steel sheets);

iii. Welding (steel plates and shapes and piping joints and fittings);

iv. Pipefitting (targeting, fitting, bending, pickling, testing, stress relieving and threading);

v. Machinist/Mechanical (removing, machining, repairing, testing, cleaning, hydraulic flushing and reinstalling shafting, propellers, sea chests, foundations, winches, elevator hoists, davits, deck equipment, pumps, valves and bearings);

vi. Electrical (installing and checking out ships' cabling, controllers, switchboards, equipment, motors including motor rewind and repair, lighting, communications, telephones, solenoids, pressure level indicators and metering);

vii. Electronics (removing, repairing, reinstalling and operational testing of electronic equipment);

viii. Rigging (availability of equipment to remove and to install major ship components and equipment);

ix. Painting/coating; and

x. Quality control.

INSTRUCTIONS

Submit technical inquires and questions relating to this sources sought in writing via email to Brandon Lasich (brandon.m.lasich@usace.army.mil) and Ian Lutjens (ian.k.lutjens@usace.army.mil). To ensure adequate time for Portland District reply prior to the response due date, inquiries must be submitted no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the response due date.

Please submit documentation in the same order and labeled as shown above. All required documentation shall be submitted via email to Brandon Lasich (brandon.m.lasich@usace.army.mil) and Ian Lutjens (ian.k.lutjens@usace.army.mil) prior to the response due date.

SMALL BUSINESS POINT OF CONTACT

The point of contact for small business questions or assistance is the Portland District Deputy for Small Business:

Carol McIntyre

Phone:  503-808-4602

Email:  Carol.A.McIntyre@usace.army.mil

Attachments

General Requirements

Essayons Qualifications Checklists

Yaquina Qualifications Checklist