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C -- FIXED PRICE CONTRACT FOR OCEAN ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PROVIDE DESIGN OF A SINGLE POINT MOORING SYSTEM POC Ms. Nona Kaso, Contract Specialist, (215) 656-6914 17. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District intends to award a Lump Sum/Fixed-Price Contract to provide ocean engineering services required for the detailed design of a Single Point Mooring (SPM) System. The contract shall be for a period of five (5) years. Contract options shall include, but not be limited to, Concept Design, Mooring Hawser Load Monitoring System, Dredge Modifications, Services during Construction and Deployment/Testing. The options may be awarded at any time during the duration of the contract. The dollar value of the construction contract is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The total Information Technology (IT) work allowed under this contract is $35,000, pursuant to Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA) CENAP-97-018. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The firm will be used primarily for ocean and marine engineering services related to offshore mooring systems which provide a piping system for transfer of material from a dredge hopper through a floating hose, buoy swivel,submarine hose, and a submarine pipeline to a designated beach refurbishment/deposit site. The Direct Pump Out (DPO) dredge buoy system shall be transportable on flatbed tractor trailer trucks for rapid deployment to a designated work area. Other primary work will include naval architectural and marine engineering services required to design a Mooring Hawser Load Monitor system and modify the hopper dredge McFARLAND (300 ft. Length, 72 ft. beam, 9720 ton loaded displacement) with a connection which incorporates mooring and DPO capability for use with the SPM system. This contract will require the use of Auto-CAD Release 13 by the selected contractor. The firm will have primary services capability in-house. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Firms will be evaluated on the basis of the following primary evaluation criteria listed in relative descending order of importance: (1) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in the primary areas (as described in Project Information) and other experience in related areas of work/services. Design work shall include drawings, specifications, calculations, estimated schedules, testing requirements, operating/deployment parameters, and related work for the construction of a Direct Pump Out (DPO) dredge buoy system. Other detailed items of work shall include marine architectural and engineering services pertaining to the installation of a DPO connection; (2) Primary personnel with professional abilities in ocean, naval architecture, marine, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering, cost estimator, and specification writer. Registrations and certifications shall be as necessary for full performance of the disciplines; (3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the project within required time and within construction cost limitations; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Volume of DOD contract awards and the dollar amounts for the 12 months preceding this announcement; (6) Location will be a consideration in the final selection as a secondary selection criteria element provided a sufficient number of qualified firms respond to this announcement; (7) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort; (4) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor will submit for government approval a quality control plan which will be enforced through the life of the contract. The District reserves the right to terminate negotiations in which the contractor's response to requests for proposals or information has not been provided in accordance with the established schedules. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform the work must submit one copy of the SF 254 (revised 11/92) and SF 255 (revised 11/92) for the prime and SF 254 for each consultant, to the above address not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. Include ACASS number in Block 3B of the SF 255. Call the ACASS Center at (503) 326-3459 for information on obtaining an ACASS number. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. (0105)

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