SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- DREDGING FUNDAMENTAL COURSE#333 FY11-FY15
- Notice Date
- 12/9/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- USACE HNC, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301
- ZIP Code
- 35807-4301
- Solicitation Number
- W912DY11T0063
- Response Due
- 12/17/2010
- Archive Date
- 2/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- Cynthia L. Hall, 256-895-9385
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE HNC, Huntsville
(cynthia.l.hall@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, has a requirement for instructional services for the Dredging Fundamentals (Course #333). There will be five sessions, a base year plus four option years. See Appendix A below for Sessions/Dates/Locations/Course Length/#Students. This course provides the student with fundamental theories and practices involved with dredging and the dredging process. Through lectures, group discussions, examinations, and a field trip, this course teaches the student fundamental dredging theory and accepted dredging practices in addition to basic information on how Corps dredging projects are engineered, managed, and maintained. An overview of dredge estimating, hydrographic surveying, dredging safety, and dredging contract administration is also provided. A field trip to operating dredge equipment is included to help the student understand the material taught in the classroom. This course is a prerequisite to the Dredge Contract Administration Course. Course objectives are Planning Process for Navigation Projects to include: Describing the dredging project authority and appropriation process; describing the planning process for investigations/studies; and describing the permitting process. The contractor shall provide an instructor team, which shall consist of lead instructor and one assistant instructor who will team-teach with two government employee instructors. The lead instructor will be available at the training site throughout the course of instruction in order to coordinate logistical matters and provide consistency to the overall course. The assistant instructor will be at the training site to teach and assist the lead instructor in accordance with their specialized areas of expertise. The Lead Instructor shall be knowledgeable in each of the subject areas to be addressed in Dredging Fundamentals, and shall demonstrate specific expertise and experience for at least 10 subject areas. Subject matter areas include: Corps of Engineers dredging regulations, hydrographic surveying, hopper dredges, pipeline dredges, mechanical dredges, disposal site design, sediment characterization, contaminated sediment management, dredging project design, channel design for navigation, Corps of Engineers dredging contracts, dredging safety, dredge estimating. The lead instructor shall have a Master's of Science Degree in civil engineering, coastal engineering, river hydraulics, or other dredging related program, with an undergraduate degree in engineering or related technical sciences. The lead instructor shall be a registered professional engineer (USA), have a minimum of twenty (20) years experience in the dredging industry, including at least five (5) years in private industry, and demonstrate a current and continuing technical role in the dredging industry and evolving technologies. The lead instructor shall have taught a minimum of five (5) dredging-related courses of three to five days duration each, acting as lead instructor for at least one of these courses. At least three of the courses shall have been taught in the last five years. The lead instructor will submit a reference letter for each prior course from the course sponsor regarding the quality of teaching provided by the instructor. The lead instructor shall demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, their organization, navigation and dredging mission, and accomplishment of work. The assistant instructor shall be knowledgeable in at least three subject matter areas to be addressed in Dredging Fundamentals and shall demonstrate specific expertise and experience for those subject areas which are taught by the Assistant Instructor. The assistant instructor shall have a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering (civil, coastal, river hydraulics, environmental), or related technical sciences. The assistant instructor shall have a minimum of five (5) years experience in the dredging industry, and demonstrate a current and continuing technical role in the dredging and sediment management industry. Interested parties should email capability statement to Cynthia.l.hall@us.army.mil no later than 17 December 2010. No telephone calls will be accepted. APPENDIX A 1.1 COURSE TITLE: Dredging Fundamentals 1.2 COURSE CONTROL NUMBER : 333 1.3 COURSE LENGTH: 36 hours (4-1/2 days) 1.4 NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 40 1.5 SESSION NUMBER, DATE, AND LOCATION: 2011-01 21 March - 25 March 2011 Jacksonville, Florida 2011-02 13 June - 17 June 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana 2011-03 02 May - 06 May 2011 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia 1.6 SESSION NUMBER, DATE, AND LOCATION: 2012-01 16 April - 20 April 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana 2012-02 18 June - 22 June 2012 Seattle, Washington 1.7 SESSION NUMBER, DATE, AND LOCATION: 2013-01 15 April - 19 April 2013 New Orleans, Louisiana 2013-02 17 June - 21 June 2013 Memphis, Tennessee 1.8 SESSION NUMBER, DATE, AND LOCATION: 2014-01 07 April - 11 April 2014 New Orleans, Lousiana 2014-02 16 June - 20 June 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1.9 SESSION NUMBER, DATE, AND LOCATION: 2015-01 13 April - 17 April 2015 New Orleans, Louisiana 2015-02 15 June - 19 June 2015 Boston, Massachusetts 1.10 The Government may exercise the option years on or before 1 October of each calendar year. After award of each option, the Government may order post-award meetings to discuss in detail the expected services to be delivered in the respective option year.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE HNC, Huntsville P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville AL
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
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