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39 -- ACQUISITION/REFURBISHMENT OF VARIOUS CRANES FOR STRATEGIC WEAPONS FACILITY PACIFIC, SILVERDALE, WA SOL N62472-98-R-1648 DUE 022499 POC Veronica Dotson, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0505, Margaret Gettings, 610-595-0505 The Government intends to issue a competitive Request For Proposal (RFP) to procure one 25/2-Ton Overhead Electric Traveling Crane for the Maintenance Support Building (MSB) 6350 and one 25-Ton Overhead Electric Traveling Crane for the Dockside Handling Building (DHB) 7700. Each crane shall be designed, fabricated, assembled, complete, shop tested, delivered, installed and ready for use. The cranes shall be Class D Service (Heavy Service) as classified by CMAA #70, 4-wheel, pendent pushbutton station controlled, and designed to operate in a non-hazardous indoor environment on 480 VAC, 3-Phase, 60-Hertz. The design of the crane shall be in accordance with all applicable requirements ("shall" statements) and recommendations ("should" statements) of CMMA #70. The contract includes removing the existing runway electrification, furnishing and installation of new runway electrification. A packaged hoist is not acceptable. Procurement of two Underhung Electric Traveling Cranes for the Inert Component Processing Building (ICPB) 6589, to be designed, fabricated, assembled, complete, shop tested, delivered, installed, and ready for use. The cranes shall be Class C (Moderate Service) as classified by CMAA #74 and its hoist shall be Hoist Duty Class H4. The design of the crane, runway, and suspension system shall be in accordance with all applicable requirements ("shall" statements) and recommendations ("should" statements) of ANSI MH 27.1, ANSI/ASME HST-4M, and CMAA #74. The hoist shall be integral with, or rigidly lug-mounted on, motor trolleys selected to match the hoist duty class. The complete cranes (including bridge, trolley, and hoist) shall be controlled from a pendent pushbutton station, and shall be designed for operation in a non-hazardous indoor environment on 480 VAC, 3-Phase, 60-Hertz power. The contractor shall install a new rail system and perform a rail survey including the furnishing and installation of complete runways- including runway electrification, suspension rods and fittings, end stops, and all the necessary hardware and accessories. Refurbish an existing 50/5-Ton Overhead Electric Traveling Crane in Launcher Equipment Storage Building (LESB) 6590 with new controls, motors, brakes, runway electrification, bridge-to-trolley electrification, pendent pushbutton system, floodlights, receptacles, and footwalks. The crane is designed for Class C Service (Moderate Service) as classified by CMMA #70. Existing electric drives are cab controlled. The cab controls shall be removed and the new electric motors shall be pendent pushbutton station controlled. The crane is designed to operate in a non-hazardous indoor environment on 480 VAC, 3-Phase, 60-Hertz. The contract includes removing the existing runway electrification and furnishing and installation of new runway electrification. Full-time services of the crane contractor's representative, during unpacking, installation, operational adjustments and testing of all cranes at the erection site will be required. This solicitation is Set-Aside for Small Business. This solicitation will be issued on a disk or CD-ROM in MICROSOFT OFFICE 97 (WORD and EXCEL) format. Award will be made for design of the 25/2-Ton OET Crane with various options to procure manufacture of the 25/2-Ton Crane and design/manufacture/refurbishment of remaining cranes during FY 00 and 01. Exercise of options depend upon availability of funds. All firms responding will be required to print and return Section K and various attachments (EXCEL) along with their proposals. The basis for any award resulting from the Request For Proposal shall be based on the best value to the Government; price, technical and other factors considered, which will be evaluated on an equal basis. The Technical and Other factors to be evaluated consist of: 1)Technical Approach, 2)Managemnent Plan and 3)Corporate Experience. All applicable Buy American and Trade Agreement Act clauses in FAR and DFAR will be utilized for this procurement and shall have a direct effect of the evaluation outcome of all offers received. Posted 02/05/99 (I-SN295717). (0036)

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