SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- Courses of Instruction and Training for Working Diver, Diving Refresher, Diving Inspector, and Diving Coordinator.
- Notice Date
- 9/28/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611699
— All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301
- ZIP Code
- 35807-4301
- Solicitation Number
- W912DY-72630561
- Response Due
- 10/15/2007
- Archive Date
- 12/14/2007
- Point of Contact
- robert whiteley, 256 895-1224
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, AL is seeking potential contractors or sources for procurement for the following courses of Instruction: Working Diver; Diving Refresher; Diving Inspector; and Diving Coordinator. These cour ses will consist of a base year with four option years. It is anticipated that two classes of Diving Inspector will be taught in December of 2007 with the other single classes taught mid to late 2008. These courses will use the Surface Air Supply (SAS) d iving as the primary mode. Courses will include both classroom lectures and discussions along with open water exercises simulating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers working diver activities and based on actual work requirements (i.e. underwater inspection, underwater rigging, air lifting, structural repair, etc.). This is not a formal solicitation. Contractors who can provide the U.S. Army Engineering Support Center with the Courses referenced in this announcement are invited to submit in writing an affirmative response that includes, at a minimum, the proposed cre dentials and qualifications, and, any additional information indicating a bona fide ability to meet these specific requirements. The previous source for this course was the Florida Keys Community College. The successful contractor shall conduct actual classroom and water exercises that instruct in-depth diving techniques, use of diving equipment, diving physiology, the work diving environment, diving supervision procedures, and emergency procedures. Working diver course will include many of the following subjects: Scuba equipment use and care; basic scuba skills; working divers environment such as characteristics of weather, surface conditions, currents, bottom conditions and water quality; stress; un-tethered scuba self-rescue and air sharing; accident prevention and potential victim detection; rescue techniques; diving physics and gas laws (taught in non-technical language); effects of pressure; decompression sickness; thermal stress, gas toxicity; indirect effects of pressure; tethered scuba procedures; Navy diving tables; diving accident management; hyperbaric chamber operations; underwater inspection; deep dive operations; introduction to SAS diving equipment, techniques, operation planning; safe ty; rescue techniques, emergency procedures, and compressor requirements. All SAS topics, including supervision and documentation, must be applied to a series of practical exercises involving work diving scenarios. Diving refresher course is intended to re-certify divers and supervisors and to qualify certified divers as supervisors as the primary mode. The purpose is to provide divers and diving supervisors with current, state-of-the-art knowledge, techniques, and m ethods to safely perform underwater tasks and effectively manage diving accidents. This course shall consist of 64 hours of classroom, pool, and open water instruction with integrated diving and supervisory exercises. Many of the subjects mentioned in th e working diver course will be taught in this course. Diving Inspector course will provide employees who have quality assurance, safety, and/or oversight responsibilities for diving contractor activities and/or operations with the necessary skill, knowledge and abilities to safely and effectively perform insp ections and oversight of diving contractor operations. Many of the subjects mentioned in the working diver course will be taught in this course. Diving coordinator course is designed to provide students with state-of-the-art technology and methodology to evaluate underwater diving operations and effectively manage diving contingencies. The course will consist of classroom presentations and practic al exercises in dive planning and execution involving actual dive operations. The focus is safety requirements, dive planning, hazard analysis, risk management, emergency management and contract administration. Subjects to be tau ght include diving physics, diving physiology, diving medicine, modern diving systems and support equipment, scuba equipment and operations, surface supplied air equipment and operations, decompression principles and associated tables, diving accident mana gement techniques, working dive planning, diver supervision principles and practices and preparation and use of activity hazard analysis, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, OSHA, and U.S. Navy diving regulations. Other requirements include the following: Preparation of course manuals to be used as reference books following completion of training; administration of comprehensive pre and post tests; providing a dive training facility with classroom space to accommo date up to 40 students, with breakout rooms for group discussions. The classrooms must be equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual systems; provide a heated pool at least 8 feet deep capable of supporting at least 30 scuba divers and at least four surfa ce-air-supplied diver training stations; an environmentally-controlled dive locker capable of storing and rapidly distributing diving and support equipment for up to 30 scuba divers and 4 SAS dive stations; a sheltered open water training area at least 35 ft. (2 ATM) deep, capable of supporting at least 30 working scuba divers and six SAS dive stations and with access via at least four docks with gangways; at least one double lock hyperbaric chamber capable of simultaneously compressing at least eight diver s to an equivalent depth of at least 132ft; a breathing air supply system, including both high and low pressure compressors, capable of filling at least 40 empty 80 cubic foot scuba tanks in one hour or less and supporting at least six simultaneous SAS div ing operations to a depth of 40 ft; this system shall be capable of supplying breathing air to at least six dive stations at the open water training area and four stations at the training pool; student lockers and showers. All of the facilities must be within reasonable walking distance (up to 100 yards) of each other. Students in the working diver and diving refresher courses shall spend approximately half of their class time engaged in practical, hands-on exercises. Diving inspector students must par ticipate in at least one day of actual diving operations in a quality assurance mode. The contractor must provide all facilities, equipment, mockups, models, displays, and supplies to support all phases of instruction other than those provided by the government. Special requirements: Training site must be within one-quarter hour of student housing; and, must be within ten minutes of a hospital emergency room by ambulance; contractor must have a medical doctor qualified as a diving medical officer on call during e very course and on site for chamber and deep diving operations; compressor systems (high and low pressure) providing air for students must have been tested for quality IAW U.S. Navy standards within six months prior to the course. Certification must be on hand for review. Water temperature should be in the range of 60-85 degrees F. and ambient air temperature should be above 60 degrees F. The following information should be included with the response to this Sources Sought announcement: Duns Number, Tax Identification Number and Cage Code. All interested sources must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before they c an be considered as potential sources for the courses listed above. For this Sources Sought announcement it is not necessary to submit any additional information, resumes, sales materials or brochures. Main submittals to include company or University point of contact, and, sent via overnight courier to: U.S. Army Enginee ring and Support Center, Huntsville, 4820 University Square, Huntsville, AL 35816-1822. ATTN: CEHNC-CT-P, Sue Werner. You may also provide your submittal via e-mail, in word format, to the following address: Sue.W.Werner@usace.army .mil. Submittals are due no later than October 15, 2007. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. If no sources express an interest by October 15, 2007, or if the sources that express an interest are determined by the Government to be unable to meet the requ irements of this announcement, then a sole source award will be made. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this request for sources sought. This request for sources sought is for informational and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bid or proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a competitive contract.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville AL
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Record
- SN01424335-W 20070930/070928223857 (fbodaily.com)
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