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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 23, 2006 FBO #1670
SOLICITATION NOTICE

19 -- Acquisition of Barge

Notice Date

6/21/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

336611 — Ship Building and Repairing
 

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg (RM 643), Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390
 

ZIP Code

19107-3390
 

Solicitation Number

W912BU-06-R-0020
 

Response Due

8/17/2006
 

Archive Date

10/16/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District intends to initiate a negotiated procurement to acquire one newly constructed inland river style deck barge to be operated by the USACE, Rock Island District. The applicable NAICS code is 336611 with a size standard of 1000 employees. The barge will be used as a floating platform for a crawler crane which will be provided and installed by the Government at a later date. The vessel shall be of all-welded steel construction, and shall be d esigned, built, and classed to American Bureau of Shipping rules for Steel Vessels on Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways. The dimensions of the barge are as follows: Length: 150-0, Beam: 59-6, Depth (at CL): 120 (flat bottom, no dead rise), Depth (at side): 12-0 (flat deck, no camber), Design Draft: 6-0 (maximum draft for crawler crane load handling). The completed vessel shall be delivered to the Government in accordance with the offerors accepted schedule. The acquisition will be a negotiated, best-value procurement performed using the Contracting by Negotiation procurement process prescribed in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Proposals will be reviewed for completeness in satisfying the requ irements of the Request for Proposal. The proposals will be evaluated on their merit based on the following factors: Technical Factors: Product, Management, Past Performance and Experience Price Factors: Price Reasonableness, Price Realism The technical factors, as a whole, are more important than price. However, price remains a significant factor in determining the best value. Award of a contract will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the requirements of the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Initial price proposals must be submitted along with initial technical proposals to the Contracting Officer in accordance with the requirements of Section L-Pr oposal Requirements and Evaluation Criteria of the RFP. The Government may award a contract on the basis of initial proposals received without discussions; therefore, each proposal should contain the offerors best terms. RFP No. W912BU-06-R-0020 will be available on or about 14 July 2006 and proposals are due August 17, 2006, 4:00 p.m., local time. The official media of distribution for the RFP is the web. Hard copies will not be available. Contractors may download the sol icitation (including any drawings) and any amendments via the hyperlink to the FedTeds web site, https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.VendorLogin?OpenForm&SolicitationNumber=W912BU-06-R-0020 on (or after) the issue date. Interested firms must be r egistered on the FedTeds website in order to access the solicitation. All amendments to the RFP will be posted on Fedbizopps and FedTeds, but contractors should monitor these sites for any amendments. Warranty of supplies/services, and liquidated damages will apply. Liquidated damages will be specified. All contractors are required to be registered in the DoDs Central Contract Registry before award, as required by DFARS 204.7300. Information on getting registered may be obtained by calling 1-888-227-2423 or by accessing the following internet website: http://www.ccr.gov. Also, firms who receive federal contracts in excess of $25,000.00 are required to submit an annual VETS-100 Report on employment of ta rgeted veterans in accordance with FAR 22.1310(b). Information on submitting this report may be obtained by calling 703-461-2460 or by accessing the following internet web site: http://vets100.cudenver.edu. This procurement is unrestricted. William A. Bailey Contracting Officer
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Engineer District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg (RM 643) Philadelphia PA

Zip Code: 19107-3390

Country: US
 

Record

SN01074820-W 20060623/060621221136 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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