SOURCES SOUGHT
Z -- Service Contract to make upgrades to the Marine Traffic Control System at the Cape Cod Canal, Bourne, Massachusetts
- Notice Date
- 3/12/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, New England, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751
- ZIP Code
- 01742-2751
- Solicitation Number
- W912WJ-14-X-0010
- Response Due
- 4/2/2014
- Archive Date
- 5/11/2014
- Point of Contact
- Douglas R Raney, 9783188671
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE District, New England
(douglas.r.raney@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement for a Service Contract that will make upgrades to the Marine Traffic Control System at the Cape Cod Canal, Bourne, Massachusetts. This announcement is to determine the interest, availability and capability of: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned, and Small Business concerns as described below. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541990. The estimated cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The project is planned to be issued on or about 15 May 2014 and the contract performance period is 18 months. The Cape Cod Canal is a federal navigation project owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Cape Cod Canal is 17.4 miles long, 500 feet wide and 32 feet deep with two highway bridges and one railroad bridge crossing the canal. All vessels longer than 65 feet transit the canal under the direction of the controller in the Marine Traffic Control Center. Approximately 6,000 vessels, over 65 feet in length, transit the canal each year, carrying over 7 million tons of cargo. The project includes a Marine Traffic Control System (MTCS) used to monitor project areas and facilitates the safe control of vessels using the canal. The MTCS system includes: six radar systems located at remote sites along the canal, closed circuit surveillance cameras, security alarms, power alarms, tide and weather monitoring equipment, Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment, data processors, radio communications, and custom computer applications, and display monitors. The existing MTCS includes: hardware and software that integrates much of the data from remote monitoring sites and displays the data in the Marine Traffic Control Center. Many of the MTCS components were installed in the 1997-2001 timeframe. Some components have been repaired or replaced in more recent years. The MTCS system is used to: ensure safe and efficient navigation in the canal, to protect over a billion dollars in critical bridge infrastructure, and to prevent the threat of environmental damage from vessels carrying oil and other hazardous products through the canal. Work required in the proposed project will consist of upgrading system components of the Marine Traffic Control System; several of the radar units will be replaced, software and hardware that integrate and displays data will be replaced with new hardware and software in the form of a complete new system meeting the functional requirements of the existing system, the database system that stores all data will be replaced, the working display used by marine traffic controllers will be replaced, and several cameras will be upgraded. The work will include reusing many of the existing sensors, radars, monitors, wiring, conduits, microwave transmission lines, consoles, etc. When completed, the new MTCS system will provide a comprehensive modern, reliable, adaptable and user friendly system that improves safety and security at the project through increased situational awareness. The new system will provide controllers with all the necessary tools and information needed to make critical decisions for control of vessels and protection of life and property. Contractor will be required to furnish and install the complete new system and to minimize the impact on existing vessel traffic control operations. Interested firms should submit a capabilities package to include the following: business classification (i.e. HUBZone, etc.) bonding capacity, qualifications and experience in performing the work requirements stated above, and proof of capability of completing projects of this type given the time constraints. Please include an example of the firm's experience with this type of service upgrade work. Subcontractors may only be used to demonstrate this past experience if past projects were successfully completed together. Responses are due March 21, 2014. Responses should be addressed to the ATTN: Douglas Raney, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751. Responses are limited to twenty pages. Firms interested shall provide the above documentation in one original (paper) form and one in electronic format on CD/DVD. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. This notice is for information purposes only and is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. The results of this survey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, New England 696 Virginia Road, Concord MA
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
- Record
- SN03309104-W 20140314/140312235252-505f9ca39859e1bfcf966aa6be689ff9 (fbodaily.com)
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