SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Waterborne Trade & Deep-Draft Vessel Service Data & Information Incorporating Geographic\AIS (Automatic Identification System) Tracking of Vessel Movements for Waterborne Transport Services Serving the US to Inform Economic & Engineering Evaluations
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2024 9:15:45 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519210
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- Contracting Office
- W4LD USA HECSA ALEXANDRIA VA 22315-3860 USA
- ZIP Code
- 22315-3860
- Solicitation Number
- W912HQ24S0041
- Response Due
- 9/4/2024 1:30:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/19/2024
- Point of Contact
- David A. Kaplan, Phone: 7034288487, Bart P. Dziadosz
- E-Mail Address
-
david.a.kaplan@usace.army.mil, bartholomew.dziadosz@usace.army.mil
(david.a.kaplan@usace.army.mil, bartholomew.dziadosz@usace.army.mil)
- Description
- The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA) is seeking information from industry to determine the capabilities of industry and determine interested sources for a new requirement. This is a Sources Sought Notice for Market Research purposes only. This is not a request for proposals. The Government will not reimburse for any costs incurred to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to reject in whole, or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. The Government is not obligated to inform respondents of the results of this survey. It is anticipated that a contract will be award using FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Interested sources should respond to the attached questionnaire and submit a Statement of Qualifications to help facilitate the Government's market research. The Government wil analyze all of the responses and determine if this requirement is suitable to do a total or partial set-aside for small businesses. If the pool of small businesses is insufficient, the Government may elect to solicit this requirement using full and open competitive procedures. The Government does not intend to rank submissions. Submission requirements: Submissions should not exceed 15 pages with 12 point font, single spaced, using 1 inch margins. The questionnaire, table of contents and cover pages are not included in the page count. Responses should be submitted in PDF format. Response should describe the interested party's capabilities to deliver the required data as specified in the Purchase Description. Oral communications will not be considered. Organizational elements within USACE which have direct need for acquisition and application of subject data include the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (IWR-WCSC, located in New Orleans, Louisiana) of the Institute for Water Resources (IWR), and the primary or capital-region office of IWR (IWR-WRC, located in Alexandria, Virginia). Subject data and information is also collaboratively shared with and used by District-level waterborne navigation project analysts specific to individual project or waterway system improvement studies and evaluations. IWR-WCSC serves as the primary USACE activity for the primary intake, compilation and processing of waterborne commerce data for USACE. IWR-WRC additionally gathers, processes, refines and analyzes maritime data and information for direct application to waterway project and program evaluations in support of the USACE civil works program for waterborne navigation. Data and information assembled by IWR-WCSC and IWR-WRC are employed in the engineering and economic evaluations of Federally sponsored waterway channel system improvements for deep-draft coastal harbors and approach channels in addition to intracoastal and internal or inland waterway(s) systems. Such improvements include placement of new general navigation features (GNFs) such as channels or vessel maneuvering areas and enhancements to existing features. Enhancements may include deepening and enlargement of transit channels and vessel maneuvering areas to accommodate evolving changes and operational requirements for vessel fleet physical characteristics and fleet service regime driven by trade combined with demand and economies of operation for supporting waterborne transport services. In the same contexts of evaluations for new GNFs or related periodic enhancements or improvements, subject data and information is routinely employed to inform USACE programmatic decisions for management of operation(s) and maintenance (O&M) within the framework of both agency policy directives and budgetary or fiscal resource constraints of the agency�s waterborne navigation mission and program. Part of the information essential to waterway system evaluations includes the specifications of vessels using Federally-sponsored �navigation channels or features. Additionally, data on geographic dispersion of commodity movements, trends, forecasts, vessel loading patterns and other trade and shipping parameters are used routinely in economic and engineering investigations. Findings from investigations are in turn used to assess technical feasibility and economic benefit or return of new construction, physical improvements or enhancements, and O&M initiatives based on transportation cost efficiencies uniquely attributable or made possible by such measures. Associated efficiencies may include (but not necessarily be limited to) loading and operating or maneuvering vessels more efficiently than would otherwise be possible (without specified improvements or enhancements) or realization of operational thresholds for applicability or employment of new, evolving, or larger and more efficient vessel hull types and sizes.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN07180753-F 20240823/240821230131 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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