SOURCES SOUGHT
W -- Sources Sought for Towboat Services for the Maintenance of U.S. Coast Guard Floating Maritime Aids to Navigation (AtoN) on the Western Rivers and Associated Waterways of the United States
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142
- ZIP Code
- 02142
- Solicitation Number
- DTRT57-08-SS-0471
- Response Due
- 10/3/2008
- Archive Date
- 3/3/2009
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact -Cathryn Oliva-Simmons, Contract Specialist, 617-494-2145<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) is seeking offerors with specific experience to support the Coast Guard's Inland AtoN mission. Support will involve the lease of a towboat and crew for performing floating aids to navigation (AtoN) maintenance on the Western Rivers and associated waterways of the United States.For purposes of this notice, Western Rivers are defined as the Mississippi River, its tributaries, from Upper Mississippi River Mile 857 to Lower Mississippi River Mile 155. In addition, the Western Rivers include either in whole or portions of the Alabama, Arkansas, Black Warrior, Green, Missouri, Monongahela, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and various other associated rivers and waterways. Interested offerors must submit a capabilities package demonstrating their experience. The offerors must include in the package that they demonstrate sustained abilities and how they have applied them specifically in the inland marine environment through the lease to the Government on a time charter basis a suitable towboat and crew for use on the navigable waters of the Western Rivers. Work will consist of transiting personnel to maintain the floating aids to navigation system (buoys) in navigable waters with a Government provided buoy barge in tow. This capability includes finding best water; and to deploy, relocate, replace, recover, and otherwise maintain federal buoys (including their moorings).All capability information shall include: Contract number; Customer (Government agency, private industry); Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) name, telephone and fax numbers; contract value and type of contract; period of performance; and description of product/services. Information provided should be detailed in the area(s) above so the Government can assess the ability of the company to provide the described services in each of the work areas described. All of the information sought should be conveyed in no more than eight pages. Page size is set at 8 X 11 and text should be doubled spaced. Each response must reference the Sources Sought title. Interested parties must respond to this announcement in writing within 15 days of publication. Telephonic requests will not be honored. All responses must be sent to Cathryn Oliva-Simmons Contract Specialist, RTV-6D1, United States Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. Email responses are also acceptable (email: simmons@volpe.dot.gov). THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This notice is for informational and planning purposes only, and is a market research tool to determine the availability and adequacy of potential business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and possible issuance of a Request for Proposal including the use of any non-profit organization or small business programs. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of response to this Special Notice. This notice does not constitute a solicitation for bids and proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a competitive contract. Unless otherwise stated herein, no solicitation regarding this announcement is available. Requests for the same will be disregarded. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the FedBizOpps. Please be aware that all information submitted in response to this request, whether written, oral, electronic, graphic, or any other medium, is considered public information under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender. For information about the Volpe Center refer to the Volpe Center website at http://www.volpe.dot.gov
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