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19 -- DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, TEST AND DELIVER ONE CRANE SOL DACW61-98-R-0012 DUE 031898 POC Sandi Fletcher, Contract Specialist, 215-656-6915 The Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Marine Design Center intends to initiate a negotiated procurement to acquire one newly constructed crane of suitable quality and characteristics to support the Lock and Damn Maintenance Mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District. The crane to be acquired must be able to satisfy the following target lift: 250 short tons, fully revolving, at an operating radius corresponding to 80'-0" from the center of crane rotation with a 120' boom. The Government intends to mount the crane in a fixed location on a barge platform, and for this reason the crane Contractor is required to have the crane certified by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for compliance with the ABS Guide for the Certification of Cranes. 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 requirements, will be most advantageous to the Government, cost and other factors considered. Proposals will be evaluated on the following factors which are listed in descending order of relative importance: Technical; Cost; Management; Past Performance. The technical portion of each proposal will be weighted more heavily than the cost portion which will be weighted more heavily than the management portion which will be weighted more heavily than the past performance portion. Although cost is not the most heavily weighted factor, it is a significant factor. A more detailed evaluation criteria will be included in the solicitation. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to the offeror whose proposal conforms to all requirements of the specifications and offers "the best value" to the Government. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this project is 3531 with a size standard of 750 employees. Request for Proposal No. DACW61-98-R-0012 will be issued on or about February 18, 1998. All requests for the Request for Proposal package should be in writing and include a Physical Street Address, Telephone and Fax No. and a Tax Identification No. Proposals are due on or about March 18, 1998 at close of business (4:00 p.m. local time). No bonding required. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. This procurement is a 100% set-aside for small business concerns**** (0030)

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