Master Ship Repair Agreement for Overhaul

Sources Sought for Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) This announcement is a Sources Sought Synopsis (market survey). This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to determine interested parties, socioeconomic status availability, capabilities, and qualifications. The Government intends to use responses to this sources sought synopsis to make an appropriate acquisition decision for this requirement. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is seeking sources for a Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) under NAICS Code 336611 Ship Building and Repairing. 1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: The Portland District is seeking MSRA establishment with multiple repair facilities who desire to be preapproved to compete for overhaul and maintenance work for two (2) Government owned dredges. It is anticipated that the location of the required work will be in the areas of California, Oregon and Washington. Small and large businesses who feel they are capable are encouraged to respond. The USACE Portland District maintains a United States Coast Guard (USCG) Certificate of Inspection as well as an American Bureaus of Shipping (ABS) Loadline for this vessel. All work shall meet the standards of these two regulatory bodies. All overhaul, maintenance, and drydock work shall be performed at the Contractor's facility or in ship locations if a breakdown occurs that is repairable at sea. The USACE Portland District owns and operates two Hopper Dredge ships that will be covered by this MSRA. The Dredge Essayons is a trailing arm suction type Hopper Dredge that has an overall length of 350 feet, a beam of 68 feet with drag arms in cradle (108 ft with dragarms on dock), a Normal Light Draft Aft of 21 Feet, and is 7,248 Long tons. The Dredge Yaquina is a trailing arm suction type Hopper Dredge with an overall length of 200 feet, a beam molding of 58 feet with drag arms in cradle and 108 feet with drag arms on dock, a Normal Light Draft Forward of 6 feet 7 inches, a Normal Light Draft Aft of 10 feet 3 inches and is 2001 long tons. This MSRA will prequalify a vendor to compete for work in the following areas: A. Major work items associated with the overhaul and dry docking include, but are not limited to the following: - Replacement and general ship systems maintenance and repair work - Pressure washing exterior hull (Keel to upper deck and bulwarks); Spot blastingas applicable - Painting areas of the dredge hull below the water line and miscellaneous areas above the upper deck - Coating the entire lower hull, upper hull (Waterline to upper deck and bulwarks) - Furnishing and installing new anodes - Hull coating replacement - Cleaning, inspecting and/or painting anchors, chains, chain lockers and forward / aft tanks - Complete inspection of the hopper areas - Hopper door and actuator repairs - Hopper staging and steel repairs - Overhauling hopper door and overflow hydraulic cylinder - Removing and reinstalling propeller blades - Removing and replacing tail shaft / hub assembly and main propulsion shaft bearings - Repairing bow thrusters, and Bow thruster remount - Inspecting sea valves - Replacing trunnion inlet valve and associated piping - Replacing rudder, rudder stock and bushings - Inspecting and replacing skin valves and sea strainers - Inspecting, cleaning, removing and/or overhauling supply and exhaust fans - Cleaning pump and engine room bilges - Miscellaneous inspecting, repairing and/or removing related to hopper doors - Inspecting and maintaining fire detection and extinguisher systems - ABS special survey - Drag arm system winch repairs and machinery overhauls - Valve repairs - Possible replacement of dredge engines, pumps, and piping - Steering and propeller shaft work (dropping rudders and removing tailshafts) - Sea valve/sea chest/hull anode replacements and repairs - Anchor chain and chain locker removals and inspections 2. CAPABILITIES: A. The contractor must demonstrate the following: - Prospective contractors must have, or be capable of entering into, a Master Ship Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Prospective contractors must also have a NAVSEA-approved drydock/graving dock, or be in possession of a signed and dated certificate from a Professional Engineer stating that the drydock facilities currently meet all of the requirements applicable to that type of drydocking facility listed in Military Standard No. MIL-STD 1625C(SH), dated 25 August 1987, and Notice 1, dated 30 December 1992. - Recent relevant experience within the last five years with the repair or modernization of ship propulsion, power generation, structural, steering, electronic systems on large ships under a Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) or similar contract vehicle. - Access to a capable shipyard and meet the minimum capabilities for doing ship repairs under a MSRA or similar contract vehicle. - For overhaul job order - have availability of Dry-Dock, and Dock and Mooring Berth between the month of October and the month of March, and possess the ability to perform major work as listed above in the Major Work Items section. - Provide Tug Assist with ports of call when going into drydock. B. For services requiring a dock and wet berth, at the minimum, the dock and berth shall meet the following criteria: - Minimum low water level of 25 ft - 380 ft between fore and aft tie off kevels - 50 ft -0 quote mark x 16 ft -0 quote mark clear dock working area - Documented pounds per square foot load capability - 1200 amp, 480 Volts A.C., 3 phase, 60 cycle electrical service with a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) and phase protection - Potable water - Fire protection @ 400 gpm, 50 psig - Two commercial telephone lines for facsimile machines and four voice lines. Cellular phones may be substituted for additional lines as specified. C. For services requiring dry dock: - The dry-dock shall have a minimum lift capacity of 8,500 long tons. - Minimum clearance between wing walls shall be 108 ft -0 quote mark. - Minimum keel block height shall be 6 ft -0 quote mark. D. Facility requirements: - Must meet OSHA and USACE 385-1-1 requirements. 3. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS A. General Information: 1. Point of Contact name, email address, and phone number. 2. CAGE Code and DUNS number. 3. If you possess another MSRA with a government agency- please send that agreement with supporting documentation to validate requirements. 4. In the event that you are a small business under NAICS 336611or that of a similar size standard, state the category of small business, such as 8(a), HUBZone, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business, or SDVOSB. 5. Statement of Capability (SOC) o Statement of your skills, knowledge, experience and capability to perform the described work, such as documentation and examples of recent relevant experience and technical competence with the repair or modernization of ship propulsion, power generation, structural, steering, electronic systems on large ships under a MSRA or similar contract vehicle. o Statement of availability of Dry-Dock and Mooring Berth. o Documentation and locations of ports of call that are available for underway repairs in any or all of the following areas: California, Oregon, and Washington 6. Teaming Arrangement (if applicable). Include the roles for each team member as well as the socio-economic status that will be considered for this proposed arrangement. 7. All contractors are required to be registered in the DOD System for Award Management (SAM) via https://www.sam.gov. B. Qualifications Documentation: 1. Submit a completed Attachment A - Qualification checklist 2. Notarized/signed letter attesting to the following: a. Your firm has not received an OSHA notice/violation in the last five (5) years that were considered a "willful" violation as defined by OSHA. b. Your Firm has no unresolved Notice of Noncompliances (NONs) for the past two (2) years. Alternatively, if a vendor received an unsolved NON within the past two (2) years, it must provide a signed, notarized statement attesting that the vendor has taken corrective action to resolve the NON and a description of the corrective action taken. 3. A Bank Reference letter stating your firm is in possession of a minimum of $5 million in capital. 4. Bonding capability-both single (minimum of $9.5 million) and aggregate, as evidenced by submission of Surety Company letter stating bonding capacity. 5. Proof certified by a professional engineer of meeting the following minimum physical requirements: a. Overall: i. Not less than 25 feet of water depth at Mean Low Water Level; and ii. A distance of not less than 380 feet between fore and aft tie off kevels b. Dry Dock: i. Lift capacity of 8,500 long tons; ii. Clearance between wing walls of not less than 108'-0"; and iii. Keel block height of not less than 6'-0". c. Facilities: i. 50'-0" x 16'-0" clear dock working area; ii. Live load pier capacities not less than those prescribed in AASHTO Hl5-44 as certified by a Professional Engineer; iii. Not less than 1200A, 480V AC, 3-phase, 60 cycle electrical service with GFCI and phase protection; iv. A crane capable of accessing any area above the vessel and having a lift capacity of 10,000 lbs minimum over the entire area; and v. A minimum of 600 square feet of temporary office space available for use by the Government within 500 yards of the proposed berth and dry-dock facilities. 6. Point of Contact for coordinating facility site visit for USACE representative to certify compliance with OSHA and USACE 385-1-1. 7. Relevant Past Performance meeting the criteria below: a. Vendor to provide supporting documentation of currently held Master Agreement with a Federal government agency for work of a similar scope, as described below (include scope and price of work not just agreement), or have completed a project of similar size and scope, as described below, through another contract vehicle within the past five years. A project must have a total final cost of greater than $2 million to be considered similar in size. To be considered complete, a project must be at least 75 percent complete at the time the documentation is submitted to the Agency. To be considered similar in scope, a Master Agreement or project must include all of the following tasks at a minimum: i. Shipfitting (gas/arc/shear cutting, rolling, shaping, grinding and fitting steel plates and shapes); ii. Sheet metal work (forming, shaping, gas/arc/shear cutting and stamping steel sheets); iii. Welding (steel plates and shapes and piping joints and fittings); iv. Pipefitting (targeting, fitting, bending, pickling, testing, stress relieving and threading); v. Machinist/Mechanical (removing, machining, repairing, testing, cleaning, hydraulic flushing and reinstalling shafting, propellers, sea chests, foundations, winches, elevator hoists, davits, deck equipment, pumps, valves and bearings); vi. Electrical (installing and checking out ships' cabling, controllers, switchboards, equipment, motors including motor rewind and repair, lighting, communications, telephones, solenoids, pressure level indicators and metering); vii. Electronics (removing, repairing, reinstalling and operational testing of electronic equipment); viii. Rigging (availability of equipment to remove and to install major ship components and equipment); ix. Painting/coating; and x. Quality control. 4. INSTRUCTIONS Submit technical inquires and questions relating to this sources sought shall be submitted in writing via email to Whittni Hiscox at contact@example.gov. Inquiry period will end 7 calendar days prior to the response due date Please submit documentation in the same order and labeled as shown above. All required documentation shall be submitted via email to Whittni Hiscox via the email above prior to the response due date. 5. SMALL BUSINESS POINT OF CONTACT The Point of Contact for small business questions or assistance is the Portland District Small Business Specialist: Carol McIntyre Direct: +1 (555) 000-0000 Email: contact@example.gov