SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Notice of Intent for Sole Source Award to Colorado State University for Commerical Testing of levee armoring products for use in the Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS).
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, Attn: CEMVN-CT, PO Box 60267, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70160-0267
- ZIP Code
- 70160-0267
- Solicitation Number
- W912P8-09-R-0091
- Archive Date
- 7/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Bennetta A. Hamilton, Phone: (504) 862-1079, Nancy J. Tullis, Phone: 504-862-1604
- E-Mail Address
-
bennetta.a.hamilton@usace.army.mil, nancy.j.tullis@usace.army.mil
(bennetta.a.hamilton@usace.army.mil, nancy.j.tullis@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The New Orleans District intends to award to Colorado State University, a sole source firm-fixed priced purchase order for commercial testing of levee armoring products for use in the Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS). Testing will require constructing, calibrating and deploying a hydraulic overtopping simulator device within an existing Colorado State University test flume which simulates an overtopping wave by sequential releases of pre-determined volumes of water that have been stored with sufficient potential to replicate both the flow thickness and flow velocity of the overtopping wave volume. The testing will require observation and measurement of the effects of the simulated wave overtopping on a number of erosion protection materials. To the extent possible, the testing will conform to protocols and procedures previously established by Colorado State University for steady overflow testing, thus assuring rational and consistent guidelines for both steady and unsteady overtopping flows. The slope protection materials will be prepared in special trays (including grass growth) under the supervision of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and delivered to the Contractor's site at the Government expense. The overtopping tests will be conducted in such a way to represent a full-scale replica of a levee protected side slope (including a 10-ft wide horizontal crest). The Contractor must provide support in an existing high-discharge test facility for lift-in-trays containing the armoring products to be tested. Overtopping flow shall be controlled using a fixed overtopping wave simulator device, which varies the flow to simulate wave sets at predetermined wave periods. The tests are performed by flowing large quantities of water intermittently (to model wave overtopping) over grass, Turf Reinforcement Mats (TRM), and Articulated Concrete Block (ACB) mattresses for six hours (per test) within 2 side by side 6'x 40' steel trays supported inside an existing wide concrete flume that has sufficient length to accommodate the 40-ft-long trays placed on a 1 on 3 slope. This device must be capable of storing sufficient quantities of water such that the full potential energy of the largest (up to 3 cfs/ft) and smallest specified overtopping wave volume can be realized and all volumes in between. The existing flume will be equipped with a water tank with a sufficient supply of water, that is capable of rapidly draining the entire overtopped water volume and filling before the next wave is simulated. It is required that this testing achieve the following goals (1) verify the allowable average wave overtopping criterion of 0.1 cubic feet per second per foot (cfs per ft) of levee used for the 100-year design of grass-covered levees, (2) quantify resiliency of grass-covered levees that are subjected to overtopping beyond the 100year design levels, (3) verify the capability of various slope armoring alternatives to survive 500 year design levels, and (4) establish the ultimate design limits for viable armoring alternatives by testing to failure. Criteria for initiation of damage to the slope protection, and progression of damage beyond initial damage due to wave overtopping will be consistent with the criteria developed by Colorado State University for steady overflow tests. Results for these unsteady wave overtopping tests will be correlated to the extent possible with previous Colorado State University steady overflow tests on similar slope coverings and protection. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. THIS IS A SYNOPSIS AND SOURCE FOR SOUGHT COMBINED. THERE WILL BE NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING.
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