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19 -- DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, TEST AND DELIVER TWO INLAND RIVER TOWBOATS SOL DACW61-97-B-0034 DUE 072497 POC Mr. Joseph T. Bujnowski, Contract Specialist, 215-656-6761 The vessels to be acquired are two inland river style towboats intended to serve the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island (CENCR) and St. Louis (CELMS) Districts in support of their missions. The vessel for the Rock Island District will be 59'0" long by 22-feet wide (maximum) with a depth of 8'6" to the Main deck at midship. The design draft will be 5'6" to the lower most extremity. The vessel will be twin screw with approximate total of 760 HP. The vessel's mission will be to provide towing and tender service to other district plant in support of lock and dam maintenance. The vessel shall be suitable for year -- roun operation in both shallow and ice, and drift-strewn rivers of the Mississippi River, Illinois Waterway and connecting tributaries. The veessel for the St. Louis district is of all steel constructin and will be 65'0" long by 24-feet wide (maximum) with a depth of 8'6" to the Main deck at midship. the design draft will be 5'2" to the lower most extremity. The vessel will be twin screw with approximate total of 880 HP. the vessel's mission will be to provide towing and tender service to other district plant in support of lock and dam maintenance. The vessel shall be suitable for year-round operation in both shallow, and ice and drift-strewn rivers of the Mississippi River Navigation System including Illinois and Kaskaskia Rivers. Both vessels will be designed, built and classed to American Bureau of Shipping rules for Steel Vessels on Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways. The towboats shall be twin-screw, open propeller diesel powered vessel with an all-welded steel hull and superstructure. A full spectrum of testing to prove thedesign and enginering concepts is required. for the Rock Island vessel, the solicitation has been formatted whereby the contractor is required to modify and existing "As-Built" design. The design changes have been anotated in the specification package. For the St. Lois vessel the solicitation has been formatted as a "Design and Build" type based upon a Concept Design prepared by the Marine Design Center (MDC). The contract will utilize the MDC three phase contract methodology. Liquidated Damages are included in the contract and boding is required. Specification and full size drawings will be furnished at a charge of $65.00 per set. All checks are to be drawn to "FAO< USAED< NORFOLK". All requests should be made in writing to the attention of Mr. Joseph T. Bujnowski. A social security number or company's Federal Tax Identification Number must be written on the check or money order. Payment will not be refunded and specifications need not be returned. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be available on (or about) June 24, 1997, with a bid opening date on (or about) July 24, 1997. All requests must include a physical street address, point of contact telephone number, fax number, and business size. The applicable SIC is 3731 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. Award of the contract will be as a whole to one bidder. A Small and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan is required. This procurement is unrestricted. (0142)

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