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V -- HQ Towboat Services
- Notice Date
- 1/9/2020 8:32:28 AM
- Notice Type
- Solicitation
- NAICS
- 483211
— Inland Water Freight Transportation
- Contracting Office
- US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT WALLA WAL WALLA WALLA WA 99362 USA
- ZIP Code
- 99362
- Solicitation Number
- W912EF20B0006
- Response Due
- 1/29/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 02/13/2020
- Point of Contact
- LeAnne R. Walling, Contract Specialist, Phone: 5095277230, Chandra D. Crow, Phone: 5095277202
- E-Mail Address
-
leanne.r.walling@usace.army.mil, chandra.d.crow@usace.army.mil
(leanne.r.walling@usace.army.mil, chandra.d.crow@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District is issuing a solicitation W912EF20B0006�for Towboat Services for the Juvenile Fish Transportation Program.� The work location is from Lower Granite Dam the Snake River to below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.� The Contractor shall provide four towboats, each staffed with crews for 24-hour per day operation, to transport Government-owned fish barges from Lower Granite Juvenile Fish Facility to fish release areas below Bonneville Dam.� Stops will be made at Little Goose and Lower Monumental dams to load additional fish or to pick up an additional fish barge for transport to the release site.� Daily transporting of fish by barge from Snake River dams will begin sometime between April 21, 2020 and May 2, 2020, and is expected to last through June 20th and possibly through August 15, 2020, dependent on fish collection numbers or as coordinated with regional fish managers.� The Contractor will be notified not less than 7 days (168 hours) notice for commencement and end of fish transport by barge operations.� Initially one Towboat will depart Lower Granite Dam daily with a round trip travel time to the release site and back of 80 hours.� Thus a total of 4 towboats are needed during daily transport operations.� When numbers of fish collected decrease in mid to late May, the program will transition to every-other-day operation requiring 2 towboats through the remainder of the transport operations. In addition, prior to daily barge operations, the Corps may direct a Towboat to barge fish once a week from Lower Granite Dam in support of fish research until the start of daily transport beginning as early as April 1, 2000 and ending when daily barge operations commence. The Contractor will routinely transport a loaded fish barge from Lower Granite Dam, stop and pick up a loaded fish barge at Little Goose Dam, stop and load additional fish at Lower Monumental Dam and then continue on the trip downstream to the release site below Bonneville Dam. On return trips back to Lower Granite Dam, one of the empty barges will be left at Little Goose Dam. Direct loading of fish at Little Goose Dam may also take place during part of the every-other-day barging operation.� The Contractor shall have all towboats inspected by a marine surveyor or marine architect prior to beginning work to verify seaworthiness, capability of meeting contract requirements, and that towboats provided are safe to operate under weather, wind, and flow conditions prevalent on the Columbia and Snake rivers during the contract period.� All towboat shall be capable of routinely moving two to four fully loaded Government owned fish-hauling barges, in any combination of sizes, downstream simultaneously as well as moving up to four empty barges upstream.� The Government owned barges specifications are: Barge Series����� Quantity������ Fish Capacity (lbs.)����� Length (ft.)���� Width (ft.)�� Weight empty (tons)�� � 2000������������������������ 2������������������� 23,000����������������������������� 130����������������������� 30������������������� 165 4000�������������������������� 2������������������� 50,000����������������������������� 150��������������������� 35�������������������� 250 8000������������������������� 4�������������������� 75,000����������������������������� 196�������������������� 40��������������������� 450 All of the barges draft approximately 2 feet when empty and 5 feet when loaded.� Pushing knees have been installed on the bow and sterns of all barges to facilitate hooking barges together and are furnished with wire rope on winches and mooring ropes (poly) for lashing barges to each other or to the towboat.� Any required walkways or handrails from the towboat(s) to barge(s) shall be furnished and installed by the Contractor. This shall include adequate provisions at the crossover point between the towboats and barges to afford safe passage for the Government barge rider at all hours of the day or night and under all weather conditions. Each towboat shall have fully equipped sleeping, cooking, and dining facilities adequate to house a full operating crew and one assigned representative of the Government (barge rider). Towboats shall be equipped with both hot and cold potable water for showering, washing hands in restrooms, cooking, drinking, and washing dishes. The Government representative (barge rider) shall have a private stateroom or bunk room to ensure privacy.� The Contractor shall also be responsible for providing all meals for the Government representatives (barge riders) on the towboats. Towboats shall be equipped with adequate communications equipment, including cellular telephones, to ensure contact with the Government representative onboard, navigation locks, and emergency services at all points along the river in the contract area. Towboats are required to supply 120 volt AC power to the barges for running navigation lights, cabin lights, and engine alarms. Towboats shall provide compressed air to the barges on an as needed basis if required for operating the fish hold opening mechanisms. A ""Full-Operating Crew"" for the towboats pushing fish barges is defined as the number of personnel necessary, under U.S. Coast Guard and other industry regulations, to operate the towboat on a 24-hour basis, including at a minimum two ship operators and two deck hands (four people). The Contractor shall provide all diesel fuel for operation of the diesel-engine driven pumps on the Government-owned fish barges. Please see details in the attached�solicitation package W912EF20B0006.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA
- Zip Code: 99362
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 99362
- Record
- SN05530458-F 20200111/200109230127 (samdaily.us)
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