MDC AE Barges

This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for information purposes only.THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.A Market Survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate small businesses for the following proposed contract: Award of one Indefinite Delivery Contract for Architect-Engineering Services in support of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Marine Design Center for Engineering and Design support for the USACE barge fleet. The proposed contract will include work on the following vessel types:•           Dry Docks•           Power Generation barges•           Floating Machine Shop Barges•           Gate Barges (for Navigation Lock Gates)•           Stop Log Barges (for Navigation Lock Stop Logs)•           (Barge Mounted) Clamshell Dredges•           (Barge Mounted) Drag Line Dredges and Bank Graders•           Dredge Dump Scows•           Hopper Barges•           Coating Removal and Re-application Barges

(environmentally enclosed areas for coating removal & reapplication)•           Floating Cranes (i.e. cranes permanently mounted on barges)•           Crane Barges (i.e. self-propelled cranes driven onto barges)•           Excavator Barges (pedestal mount excavator, and crawler type excavator)•           Deck Cargo Barges•           A-Frame and Derrick barges•           Ramp Barges•           Rock (5000 PSF deck load) barges•           Oil Barges•           ATB barges•           Jack Up Barges•           Buoy Tending Barges•           Salvage Winch Barges (for hauling clear vessels trapped or sunk at dams)•           Quarters Barges, and Office Barges•           Landing Barges (for personnel to board on and off vessels from undeveloped shore areas)•           Fish Transport Barges•           Fish Biological Sampling Barges•           Fish Spillway Guide Barges•           Shore Facility “String Out” Pier Barges•           Other types of barges not specifically listed aboveBarges specified above may incorporate:•           Self-propulsion systems•           Dynamic positioning systems•           Multi point mooring systems•           Electrical, hydraulic and machinery systems•           Jack up systems•           Bottom door or split hull dumping systems•           Environmental containment and reclamation systemsWork conducted on the specified vessels above will be in the following areas:•           Feasibility studies•           Naval Architecture•           Marine Engineering•           Marine Electrical Engineering•           Dredging (Clam Shell and Drag Line) Engineering•           Ballast Water Treatment, and Vessel VGP design & engineering•           FEMS Regulatory (ABS, USCG, API) compliance•           Barge overhauls and life extension projects•           Maintenance processes, and items•           Barge energy efficiency optimization•           Structural modeling (FEA), both steel and aluminum•           Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD)•           Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses•           Tank testing•           Sea keeping and motion analyses•           Propulsion sizing and design•           Dynamic Positioning System Analyses•           Multi Point Mooring System Analyses•           Jack-up system sizing and design•           Spud, Spud Well, and Spud Winch sizing and design•           ATB system sizing and design•           Acoustic and vibration engineering•           Preliminary design•           Contract level design•           Detailed (final) design•           Cost Estimates•           Barge laser scans•           Barge Photogrammetry•           Dump Scow and Barge hopper volume calibration to API tank capacity calibration standards•           Sea Trials support•           Related design studies, analysis and reports •           Vessel Inclining Tests•           Barge inspections and condition evaluations•           Shipyard Engineering phase support•           Shipyard construction inspectionsThis potential contract will have a contract capacity of $15,000,000 with a contract duration of FIVE (5) years. The average Task Order value of the work under this contract is estimated to be $100,000.00 with a maximum of $1,000,000.00The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330 (exception 3) with a Small Business Size Standard of $41.5 million.SUBMISSION: All interested business concerns for this requirement shall provide the following information when responding to this sources sought:- Company name:- DUNS number:- Cage Code:- Type of business concern: Large business or small business (please identify type of small business)- Statement of capability and qualifications of the organization to perform the requirement.- List of similar projects worked on over the past 5 years and services provided on those projects.** EACH SUBMISSION SHALL NOT EXCEED 5 PAGES TOTAL **Notice to potential contractors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the Federal Government must be registered at Beta.SAM.gov at https://beta.sam.gov/. Additionally, all Services Disabled/Veterans Owned Business or Veterans Owned Small Business must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Veterans Enterprise Vet Biz Registry located at https://vip.vetbiz.va.gov/Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the government to make appropriate acquisition decisions.Responses shall be sent via E-Mail to Kelly Gunn at Kelly.L.Gunn@usace.army.mil and Jamaal Edwards at Jamaal.A.Edwards@usace.army.mil no later than 5PM EST on 21 August 2020.This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made.