SOURCES SOUGHT
19 -- Harbor Tug and Combination Fuel/Cargo Barge for Kwajalein- Atoll
- Notice Date
- 1/13/2023 3:25:06 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336611
— Ship Building and Repairing
- Contracting Office
- W4GG HQ US ARMY TACOM DETROIT ARSENAL MI 48397-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-22-R-L019
- Response Due
- 1/20/2023 10:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Nicole Gram
- E-Mail Address
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nicole.m.gram.civ@army.mil
(nicole.m.gram.civ@army.mil)
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY.� THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION A. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes.� This notice does not constitute a solicitation.� The Army Contracting Command � Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is utilizing this request for information to determine what vendors have the capability to fulfill this requirement within the desired timeframe for an affordable price.� The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this announcement.� B. ACC-DTA intends to award one fixed-price contract to design and build one Harbor Tug and one Combination Fuel/Cargo Barge for U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein-Atoll.� ACC-DTA is issuing this request for information to identify what the cost drivers are; if any specific initial value drives a clear sensitivity break point in design such that relaxing it would provide additional flexibility or significant cost savings to the Army, provide a description of the issue and preferred mitigations.� The Army is interested in understanding the tradeoffs, if any, between design changes to meet or exceed initial requirements and impacts on production costs for those designs.� If tradeoffs are necessary in the initial attributes to minimize cost while maximizing capability, vendors are encouraged to express their priorities and trade off justifications.� C.� The objective of this RFI is to assess industry�s ability to provide a materiel solution within an accelerated timeframe at an affordable cost. The Army anticipates an affordability cap of $25M total for a combination fuel/cargo barge and harbor tug.� The Army is seeking the following in response to this RFI:� I. Ship Concept Description and Characteristics. For your concept, provide the usual and customary architecture and marine engineering design information to include design standards, and whether the concept is a modification to an existing design or a new design. II. Cost drivers. Identify and detail any significant cost drivers from the Key Attributes identified in Attachments 2 and 3.� Provide recommended mitigations or innovative approaches to provide the required capability and provide rationale for proposed tradeoffs to maximize capability while minimizing cost.� III. Cost and Schedule Estimates. ROM Cost and Schedule information is requested for designing, building, testing and delivering the harbor tug and combination fuel/cargo barge.� All costs should be calculated in base year 2023 dollars.� Specific Questions:��� What already designed and/or fielded vessels are available as a basis for design of a tug and/or barge? � What technically mature systems/subsystems are available to meet the needs of the tug and/or barge?�� �What is the availability of existing vessels that can be repurposed for this mission if applicable?� What is the manufacturing capacity and timeline to modify an existing vessel to become compliant with desired requirements, if applicable? What is the time frame for each of the following: Design of tug and barge including fabrication and contractor test Conversion of existing vessels, if available, into a tug and/or barge including contractor test� The Army is seeking the estimated cost to design and build a tug and barge.� Interested shipbuilders, design agents and integrators are encouraged to respond to this announcement. In the responses, companies should also include: Organization Name� Address Point of Contact: a.������ Name b.����� Position/Title c.������ Email address d.����� Telephone number �ANSWERING THIS NOTICE: Interested vendors shall respond describing their capability of satisfying the attached leveraging existing designs that could be modified to a reasonable extent to meet the attached requirements.� The response shall identify how its surface vessel design can meet the attached requirements.� Respondents should provide a company profile to include, at a minimum, the following: Business name CAGE, UEI, DUNS number business address business website business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB) number of employees employee classification level facility classification level CPARS past performance point of contact name mailing address (if different from business address) phone number email address The desired format for submissions is white paper or similar narrative (company�s format). Submissions shall be in Microsoft Word and/or searchable Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) to include all tables, charts, and diagrams. In order to be considered in this market survey, your response shall be submitted electronically and must be received on or before 1:00pm 20 January 2023. RFI responses shall be sent via electronic mail to the following addresses: TO: �Nicole.m.gram.civ@army.mil SUBJECT LINE: Barge/Tug RFI Response (insert name of company) Companies are encouraged to submit prior to the closing date. Inclusion of a delivery receipt with an email submission will be the only indication of successful receipt of RFI Response. File size is limited to 12MB per email and companies are solely responsible for ensuring their email size does not exceed the 12MB limitation. File sizes larger than 12MB and .zip file extensions will be stripped by the Navy email system. Modifications, amendments, or withdrawal of RFI Response should be made to the above email addresses. One email is acceptable as long as it does not exceed 12MB. If it exceeds 12MB, companies may separate their submission among multiple emails and should number them email 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, etc. NO CLASSIFIED MATERIAL SHALL BE SUBMITTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.� Proprietary information, if any, must be clearly marked. To aid the Government in its review and evaluation, please segregate proprietary information.� Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.� Respondents shall mark any data included in its submissions that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice is not a request for proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation.� This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response.� Sources choosing to respond to this notice are wholly responsible for any costs/expenses associated with submitting a response.� Therefore, any cost associated with the market survey submission is solely at the interested vendor's expense.� The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate.� Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work.� Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.� Respondents will not be notified of the results of this notice.� The information obtained from submitted responses may be used in development of an acquisition strategy and a future solicitation.� Submissions will not be returned.�
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