Crane Barge Fitment and Dry-dock Modification, Repairs and Maintenance Olmsted, IL

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project aside for them. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and you are interested in this project, please respond appropriately. The proposed project is to procure the services and material to modify an existing crane barge to add a foundation for a Manitowoc 16000 crane, disassemble and transport the crane and parts at Olmsted and install the crane on the barge. Perform commissioning activities related to the installation of the crane. Also, dry dock, repair, paint, and perform maintenance on the Olmsted Maintenance Crane Barge. The maintenance crane barge is a steel barge (200 ft. x 100 ft x 12 ft.). It previously held a 60 ft ring path Manitowoc 4600. This crane has been excessed from the barge. The barge has two enclosed spaces formed of two 20 conex boxes stacked. One conex serves as a control room for the winches. Another serves as a break area, and the final two are for storage. There are two spuds and an AMCON friction spud winch to raise and lower the spuds. Spuds are currently stowed on the deck of the barge. The barge also has 4 Timberland winches for winching the barge into position in the flowing river. The barge's general arrangement is included to identify the vessel dimensions with this solicitation along with photos to provide perspective of the overall vessel. The major scope of work includes: Pickup and return barge to Olmsted Locks and Dam, ORM 964.6 RDB. Removing remnants of existing crane foundation Remove portion of deck, modify framing in hull to accommodate new flush mounted crane runway. Pickup Manitowoc 16000 crane and components from Olmsted Locks and Dam Dry docking and launching of the vessel. Ultra-sonic hull plating side scan gauging of the hull. Assisting the USACE with inspections of the hull, tanks, spud wells, spuds, and sea valves. Repair any identified hull damage. Cleaning and painting the hull exterior. Cleaning and painting of the deck surface. Spudwell inspection and repair. Paint and improve interiors in control room and office conex Provide new metal stairways to elevated conex boxes Install grating covers over chases on deck. Replace hydraulic hoses and airlines in these chases with socket welded steel piping. Paint exterior of conexs Clean 500-gallon external fuel tank. AMCON spud winch - Repower with 4 cycle diesel engines, rebuild torque convertor and transmission. Replace all air lines, convert control panel to have friction hold levers on the throttle, friction controls, brake controls. Rebuild all other controls. Replace all: flexible air lines on winch and from control stand to winch and all air swivel fittings, air chambers for frictions and brakes, friction and brake shoes and bands, roller chain, and provide new wire rope. Repaint, pull test and commission winch. Timberland positioning winches Model A1350-2-2H - 4 winches - service HPU and all winches. Replace all limit switches with new, new brake bands. Install new wire rope on drums. Commission and pull test. Free and lubricate all positioning winch sheaves Reassemble and install Manitowoc 16000 crane Provide test weights to load test crane to full capacity. Provide support to incline crane barge Install 10 new 42 kevels. Install 2 new electric barge winches and associated wiring. Optional steel plate and weld seam renewal Optional spud repairs (bushings, pins, and sheaves). Contract duration is estimated at 211 calendar days. The estimated cost range is $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. NAICS code is 336611 - Ship Building and Repairing. All interested Small Businesses, certified HUBZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Businesses, or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business contractors should respond to this survey by email no later than 27 April 2021 at 1200 PM Eastern Standard Time. Responses should include: 1. Identification and verification of the company's small business status. 2. Contractor's Unique Identifier Number and CAGE Code(s). 3. Documentation from the firm's bonding company showing current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits. 4. Descriptions of Experience - Interested construction firms must provide no more than three (3) example projects with either greater than 95 percent completion or projects completed in the past five (5) years where the interested firm served as the prime contractor. Each project must include the name, title, project role, e-mail address, and telephone number of at least one reference. References may be used to verify project size, scope, dollar value, percentages, and quality of performance. Example projects must be of similar size and scope. A. Projects similar in scope to this project include: Drydocking or building a crane barge of over 60 in width to include work to the hull and hull structure. B. Projects similar in size to this project include: Drydocking a barge at a minimum length of 60 and 200 ft. x 100 ft x 12 ft. in width and ability to do full repairs and maintenance. C. Based on the information above, for each project submitted, include: Current percentage of construction complete and the date when it was or will be completed. Scope of the project. Size of the project. The dollar value of the construction contract and whether it was design-bid build or design-build. The percentage of work that was self-performed as project and/or construction management services or physical construction type work. Identify the number of subcontractors by construction trade utilized for each project. 5. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2019-O0003); they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with the firm's own employees for general construction-type procurement. NOTE: Total submittal package shall be no longer than 8 pages. Please only include a narrative of the requested information; additional information will not be reviewed. Email responses to jene.gray@usace.army.mil. This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey.