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19 -- ACQUISITION OF A 36 FOOT LAUNCH/CREW BOAT SOL DACW61-97-B-0036 DUE 052197 POC Contract Specialist William A. Bailey, (215) 656-6932 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, Federal Acquisition Requlations, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is DACW61-96-B-0036 and is issued as an unrestricted Invitation to Bid. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3731 and the size standard is 1000 employees. The solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45. Offers are solicited on an FOB Destination basis to the COE's St. Louis District, Missouri, with inspection at origin and acceptance at destination. Delivery is required 120 days after receipt of notice of award. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. Offers will be evaluated for award on the basis of technical compliance with the requirements specified herein, and price. Technical capability is equally as important as price. The technical evaluation will be based upon the examination of an offeror's product literature, technical features, and warranty provisions. The Government requires that any warranties offered be, at least, the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public in customary commercial practice. The Government desires a minimum warranty period of twelve (12) months from date of final acceptance of the vessel. Offerors are required to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with their offer. Copies of referenced provisions may be obtained from the contracting office by contacting the above named individual. This solicitation also incorporates contract clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-commercial Items, and 52.212-5, Contract Terms And Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Offers are due by 4:00 p. m. on May 21, 1997, at the above cited address. Signed, and dated, offers must be submitted on letterhead stationery, accompanied by the product literature and the technical and warranty data and be received at the prescribed place by the data and time set for receipt of offers. Later offers or offers failing to provide product leterature/technical/warranty data will not be considered. The following item, equipped as specified, will be acquired: One (1), thirty-siz (36) foot launch/crew boat to serve as attendant plant to transport personnel between COE Dredge POTTER and river banks in addition to performing survey work. The vessel shall be outfitted, AT A MINIMUM, as follows: (a) V-form, hard chine aluminum planing hull, nominal dimensions 36' long x 13' beam with 1/4" minimum bottom plating; (b) main deck level to have squared bow extentions for forward boarding; (c) single level crew cabin and operators platform, with operator on starboard side; (d) forward and aft crew cabin entrances on vessel center line with doors and steps; (e) group bench seating for sixteen (16) passengers; (f) two inboard diesel engines, 320 HP-counter rotating propeller type; (g) engine installation package for inboard diesels (including 12V batteries with boxes, cables, and disconnect switch, fuel piping with filters and valves, electrical wiring and plumbing, stainless steel propellers, controls and cables, flanges, stainless steel prop shafts and rudders, fuel gauge, tachometers, volteters, hour meters, oil pressure gauges, water temperature gauges, engine alarms, 2 sets of operating and repair manuals, and complete river testing); (h) generator set (8.0kW, diesel, water cooled, two receptacles-one each with operating manual); (i) grab rails, single tier from forward cabin door and port and starboard along cabin roof; (j) two (2), 12V fans; (k) engine room insulation;; (l) four (4) exterior boarding lights; (m) twenty (20) adult size life jackets; (n) bow staorage compartment; (o) four (4) lifting eyes; (p) port and starboard mooring kevels, forward and aft, large, w/additional mooring kevels, port and starboard, located at operator platform side windows; (q) 4"-wide rubber bumper around hull; (r) two (2), 13,500 BTU roof mounted air conditioners (generator set required); (s) two (2) 46,000 BTU hot water cabin heaters; (t) fathometer (0'-350', digital readout with thru-hull transducer well); (u) VHF FM radio with antenna; (v) four (4), 10'x26' fenders; (w) automatic, 50 lb. CO2 fire exstinguishing system with manual override discharge delay; (x) two (2) quartz aft floodlights; (y) two (2), 30" ring buoys with bracker and lifeline; (40 lb. anchor package with 150' line, (aa) dry exhaust system with mufflers; (bb) recessed keel cooler system (copper-nickel), Fernstrum or equal, for propulsion engines and generator set; (cc) spreader bar assembly; (dd) 4" high, welded hull lettering (eighteen letters); (ee) two (2) name boards; (ff) 400 gallon fuel capacity; (gg) non-skid deck paint on deck surfaces, (hh) USACE paint scheme (the paint scheme will be supplied to the successful offeror after award); (ii) 6-8' diameter zeon search light, roof mounted starboard side above operator; (jj) drawings of vessel hull and machinery systems, and an eletrical schematice; (kk) one complete set of each of the following spares: propellers, shafts, rudders and bearings; (ll) one complete set of engine parts spares; (mm) 2-speed windshield wipers; and (nn) windshield defroster Performance requirements are (1) Vessel must possess a MINIMUM tope speed of 25 knots at full load and (2) endure at max speed and max generator set load for a MIMIMUM of 11 hours. 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