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38 -- MOBILE SCALPING/SCREENING/SHREDDING & STOCKPILING PLANT SOL N62678-97-R-1001 DUE 032097 POC Wynn McCallister, (757) 396-5041 ext. 444 LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE, NEW OR USED MOBILE, DIESEL POWERED SCALPING/SCREENING/SHREDDING AND STOCKPILING PLANT. This equipment will be used to screen unexploded ordnance (UXO) from EX-MARE ISLAND NAVAL SHIPYARD, VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA. The scalping plant shall be capable of processing approximately 550 tons, per hour, of various soil compositions including rock, gravel, scrap metal and unexploded ordnance. Soil conditions will range from very dry to wet (mud). The scalping plant will be fed by way of a front loader. The soil compositions will be initially processed through a screened hopper. This hopper will shake/vibrate and deposit onto a main conveyor which will carry the materials to another hopper/screen box where the material will be distributed, according to size, down three separate conveyors. Government personnel will physically remove UXO from the fine/tail conveyor via catwalks adjacent to the sides of this conveyor. Final screened material shall be no larger than two inches (2") in diameter. Conveyors shall be capable of stopping and starting under load via remote controls located within proximity of these catwalks. The scalping plant will consist of the following arrangement: The main hopper shall accommodate approximately ten (10) cubic yards of material deposited from a front loader/dozer. The main hopper will be equipped with an angled vibrating/shaking grid (grizzly), which shall have grid bars spaced approximately six (6) inches apart. The main conveyor belt will be synthetic rubber of approximately three (3) feet in width. The main conveyor shall be equipped with a hydraulically operated shredding attachment which may be utilized at the option of the users. The second hopper/screening box shall be capable so sorting material from the main conveyor into three (3) separate sizes via grids. The finest size of these grids shall be two (2) inches or less in diameter. A replaceable one (1) inch grid shall be supplied with the unit for further reduction in size as required. The fine/tail conveyor shall have a synthetic rubber belt approximately three (3) feet in width. Materials which are deposited upon the final conveyor shall be restricted to a thickness of no more than two and one half (2 1/2") inches. Variable speed and stop controls are mandatory and shall be easily accessible from either side of the plant. The three conveyors shall discharge approximately fifty (50') feet from the main hopper. Additional requirements are as follows: A minimum number of components are desirable to permit rapid relocation of equipment to various remediation locations. The screening plant must be diesel powered and meet all state, federal and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for both transportation and operation. FOB destination: Ex-Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. Potential offerors are requested to make suggestions in the form of alternative proposals for combinations of equipment which will satisfy the Governments' needs to accomplish remediation mission in a cost effective manner. Lease, purchase or lease/purchase arrangements are being considered. Lease type arrangements will require maintenance proposals for service. Purchase will require the offeror to provide commercial warranty. Offerors are required to submit pricing for each alternative proposal in the following manner: A. Outright purchase of equipment B. A monthly lease/rental price for equipment for up to three (3) years C. A monthly proration of lease/rental amount which will be applied towards the purchase of the equipment (for up to the three (3) years the equipment may be leased/rented). Final award of a contract will be based upon the following factors : A. Meeting or exceeding the above physical requirements for the mobile screening/scalping plant. B. Physical demonstration of similar equipment at a site having similar characteristics. (The site to be concurred with by the Government). C. Best value to the Government considering price and the following technical factors:1. Ability todeliver and make operational within fifteen (15) days of contract award. 2. Offerer must be able to guarantee to service equipment provided under this contract within a reasonable time-frame. ( Response time must be within twenty-four (24) hours.) 3. Reasonable parts and service available locally to ensure mechanical failures of the equipment are unlikely to render the equipment unusable for more than seventy-two (72) hours. 4. Equipment offered will be evaluated to best meet the physical capabilities, characteristics and requirements of this offer. 5. Final overall price the Government will pay for new or used equipment; lease versus purchase and projected end cost to the Government over projected "life" of equipment. 6. Warranty and life expectancy of the equipment. Solicitation is scheduled to be available February 18,1997. Bids must be submitted by March 20, 1997. Award is scheduled for March 31,1997. Delivery of the equipment must occur on or before April 15,1997. All responsible sources may submitmultiple offers which will be considered. Offerers are requested to submit brochures or photographs of equipment being offered. Proposals shall be sent to Explosives Safety Office SSPORTS Environmental Detachment Vallejo, Code 120UXO, Bldg. A-216, Vallejo, CA 94592-0135 ***** (0035)

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