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19 -- PURCHASE OF ONE EXISTING FLOATING CRANE. Sol DACW61-96-R-0001 due 112195. Contact, Mr. Joseph T. Bujnowski, 215-656-6761. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Marine Design Center intends to initiate a negotiated procurement to acquire one existing floating crane of suitable quality and characteristics to support the Lock and Dam Maintenance Mission of the Rock Island District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The vessel to be acquired shall be a non-powered, steel constructed barge, supporting a permanently mounted, revolving, heavy-lift crane capable of satisfying various lifting requirements including the following target lifts: a. 130 tons to a clear hook elevation of 90 feet above the waterline at a radius and boom azimuth necessary to attain a clear reach of 8 feet beyond the deck edge at the two nearest barge corners. The unit shall be capable of either revolving the suspended load 360 degrees within a lock chamber having 110 feet between walls, and setting the load 15 feet beyond the sideshell onto a platform adjacent to the vessel, or revolving the suspended load to a position parallel to the long axis of the vessel and holding it in a fixed position approximately 15 feet beyond the deck edge while the vessel is moved. b. 190 tons to a clear hook elevation of 90 feet above the waterline at a non-revolving radius corresponding to a 15 foot clear reach beyond the deck edge from within a lock chamber having 110 feet between walls. The barge, including the crane foundation, shall be classed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) as an ``A 1 Barge'', and shall hold a current classification certificate both at the time of proposal and at the time of delivery. Physical condition inspections of each qualified vessel will be required prior to contract award and shall be performed at the offeror's location. The acquisition will be performed using the contracting by negotiation procurement process prescribed in Part 15 of the federal acquisition regulations. This will be a competitive procurement. The government will award a contract resulting from this proposal to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the proposal will be most advantageous to the government, cost and other factors considered. These factors are (a) Performance Capability, (b) Functionality, (c) Operating Reliability, (d) Maintainability, (e) Warranty, (f) Past Performance, (g) Cost Reasonableness. The technical portion of each proposal will be weighted more heavily than the cost portion. Cost is, however, a significant factor. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on approximately 10 October 1995. All requests for specification must be in writing, indicate a physical address, point of contact, telephone number, fax number and business size. The applicable SIC is 3731 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. (256)

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