SPECIAL NOTICE
39 -- Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Marine Crane RFI - RFI Questions and Supporting Information
- Notice Date
- 10/16/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333923
— Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commandant (CG-912), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2703 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE SE, STOP 7828, Washington, District of Columbia, 20593-7828, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20593-7828
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-USCG-WCC-2019-1-CRANE
- Archive Date
- 11/21/2018
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Sokolower, Phone: 2024753221, Jackson McClam,
- E-Mail Address
-
Jennifer.G.Sokolower@uscg.mil, Jackson.McClam@uscg.mil
(Jennifer.G.Sokolower@uscg.mil, Jackson.McClam@uscg.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- WCC Relevant Buoy Information ATON Manual- Structures RFI-USCG-WCC-2019-1-CRANE Questions The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is seeking information regarding various ship mounted, marine cranes for the Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program. The USCG has identified several operations that are vital to the WCC's mission capabilities. These operations are detailed below: A. River Buoy Tending The WCC will need to have the capability to perform buoy tending operations which involve moving weights safely and quickly about the working deck of the vessel while it is underway. These weights include concrete blocks weighing up to 1,500 lbs and measuring 34in x 34in x 15in with a steel padeye mounted on one corner as well as on the top of the block. Class 4 cylindrical nun and can buoys weighing 470 lbs and measuring 10.5ft tall with a radius of 30in will also need to be moved. Concrete blocks will typically be stored on deck in stacks 7 sinkers high. Buoys will be stored vertically on deck within a buoy pen. Buoys may also be anchored into muddy bottoms by jetting a small cone anchor into the riverbed with a 40ft jet pipe hung vertically and lowered into the riverbed. B. Pile Driving and Extraction The WCC will need to have the capability to drive 60ft long piles with a diameter of 18in made of wood, steel, concrete, or composite off the bow of the vessel. These piles can weigh up to 3,000 lbs and may be driven into mud, sand, gravel, or rocks. These piles will also need to be extracted from similar environments. Piles requiring extraction may be intact or in various states of damage/decay. Steel piles frequently rust through and break near the waterline, while wood piles are usually damaged from ship contact and may break in a variety of ways. If part of a pile is above the riverbed/seafloor, it will need to be extracted. New piles are typically stored horizontally on the working deck in stacks 4 wide and 4 high. A separate area on the working deck will be designated for wreckage. C. Tower Construction The WCC will install skeleton towers up to 50ft tall on top of platforms rising 17ft above the waterline. Construction of the platform involves driving 4 piles in a square formation, installing bracing between the piles, and installing a flat platform on top of the piles. Pre-assembled towers are then lifted and installed on top of the platform. For additional information on this operation see the attached ATON manual on structures, primarily data sheets 8 and 12. D. Large Buoy Operations The WCC must be able to safely recover and deploy a flooded USCG 6x20 LR buoy weighing 17,000 lbs at a radius of 25ft. It must also be able to recover the buoy's associated 8,500 lb concrete sinker and 1,800 lbs of chain at a similar radius. Questions for Industry The USCG requests that you specifically address the provided questions in the excel attachment. Please feel free to provide comments, questions and/or recommendations as you deem appropriate. Please be aware that the USCG intends to have support contractors review the information submitted. If, in your response, you are submitting proprietary data please contact the Contracting Officer ahead of the response date to ensure nondisclosures can be processed to protect all parties between your company and our support contractors' companies. Please ensure your proprietary data, if submitted, is marked accordingly. Submission Responses to this RFI shall be submitted to Jennifer Sokolower at Jennifer.G.Sokolower@uscg.mil. This special notice is for market research and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to award a contract from responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by interested parties is strictly voluntary and no monetary compensation will be provided for response preparation.
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