Wire Rope for Dredge Wheeler

NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION, NOT A SOLICITATION. PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT AND OTHER DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE, NO QUESTIONS OF A TECHNICAL OR CONTRACTUAL NATURE WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SYNOPSIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – New Orleans District is issuing a Pre-Solicitation Notice for Wire Rope for the Dredge Wheeler.

This requirement will be issued unrestricted under request for proposal W912P824R0041.

It is being procured as a firm fixed price under FAR part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The designated NAICS code is 332618, with a small business size standard of 500 employees.

The requirement is a list of the various wire rope for the USACE Dredge Wheeler located in New Orleans, LA. The contractor shall provide “Domestic” American made wire rope only. The contractor shall test, inspect, preserve, stencil, and deliver items listed in schedule of supplies / service in strict accordance with this specification and those specified in the following item descriptions.

List of Wire Rope

QTY     Description                      Cable                    Length (ft)                                  Diameter (in)

1        O.S. Draghead, Port        Left Lang Lay            510                                           1 3/4

2       O.S. Gimbal, Port              Left Lang Lay            410                                            2

3        O.S. Trunnion, Port         Left Lang Lay              255                                           2

3         O.S. Draghead, STBD   Right Lang Lay            510                                        1 3/4

1         O.S. Gimbal, STBD       Right Lang Lay             410                                       2

2         O.S. Trunnion, STBD     Right Lang Lay             255                                       2

2         C.W. Draghead              Right Lang Lay              465                                     1 3/4

1          C.W. Gimbal                 Left Lang Lay                  335                                     1 1/2

The solicitation will be issued on or about 17 JUL 2024, and a due date for quotes will be established in the solicitation. The instructions and closing date and time for submission of quotes will be contained in the solicitation notice and package. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about 17 JUL 2024, on SAM.gov. The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register on SAM.gov in order to receive notification(s) and/or change(s) to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the SAM.gov web site. Prospective contractors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the sam.gov website under IVL. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. You will need the adobe acrobat reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration’s Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with System Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. If an offeror is not registered with SAM, it must register online at www.sam.gov.

The point of contact for this synopsis is Jason B. Meyers at jason.b.meyers@usace.army.mil.