I. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Marine Design Center (MDC) is the Army Corps of Engineers' National Center of Expertise for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. The MDC requires assistance with vessel design and analysis services for inland and coastal vessels. It is intended to award ONE (1) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, having a total capacity of $15,000,000.00. The average task order value of work is estimated to be $100,000.00 with an estimated maximum value of $1,000,000.00. The guaranteed minimum for the contract term is $10,000 and will be satisfied by the simultaneous award of a task order with the base contract. The contract term will be for a five (5) year period. This contract is being solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside (SBSA). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330, Engineering Services, and the Small Business size standard is $41,500,000. This contract(s) is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work.
II. PROJECT INFORMATION: Following award of the IDIQ Contract, the actual scope of work to be performed will be defined in detail under each individual Task Order. Task Orders will be negotiated and issued as firm fixed price orders under the terms and conditions of this IDIQ Contract. The Government is under no obligation to issue any particular number or type of orders. Labor rates for each discipline, overhead rates and escalation factors for each calendar year of the contract will be negotiated in the base contract with negotiated escalation factors applied to the years of the contract. When determining whether work should be placed under this contract as opposed to other available sources, the Government will consider the following criteria in descending order of importance:
A. Relevant specialized experience noted in evaluation factor A of the selection criteria below
B. Capacity to accomplish the task order in the required time
The principle geographic areas of responsibility for this contract are anywhere within the worldwide geographic footprint of the Marine Design Center. Work for other Government Agencies and work on overseas projects could be a part of this contract.
III. ANTICIPATED SCOPE
Work conducted on the specified vessels above will be in the following areas:
Feasibility studies
Naval Architecture
Marine Engineering
Marine Electrical Engineering
Hybrid Power System Engineering
Ballast Water Treatment, and Vessel VGP design & engineering
Dredging Engineering (shallow draft)
Regulatory (ABS, USCG, API) compliance
Vessel overhauls and life extension projects
FEMS Maintenance processes, and items
Vessel energy efficiency optimization
Propulsion type evaluation
Propulsion sizing and design
CRPP system design incorporating draft and velocity sensing
River Draft propulsion and steering systems
Structural modeling, (FEA) both steel and aluminum
Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses
Tank testing
Sea keeping and motion analyses
Dynamic Positioning System Analyses
Acoustic and vibration engineering
Preliminary design
Contract level design
Detailed (final) design
Cost Estimates
Vessel laser scans
Vessel Photogrammetry
Shallow Draft Dredge hopper volume calibration to API tank capacity calibration standards
Vessel inspections and condition evaluations
Shipyard construction inspections
Shipyard Engineering phase support
Sea Trials support, including propulsion shaft line instrumentation and HP measurement
Related design studies, analysis and reports
Vessel Inclining Tests
IV. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following evaluation factors, A through F, form the basis for selection. The criteria listed in paragraphs A through F below are listed in descending order of importance. Criteria in paragraphs A through E below are primary factors. Criteria in paragraph F below are secondary factors and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among firms that are essentially technically equal.
PRIMARY FACTOR:
A. Specialized experience and technical competence applicable to marine vessels.
Organizational expertise and recent experience will be evaluated based upon the project examples listed in Section F of the SF 330, with no more than 10 projects listed. Offerors are advised that individual task orders awarded under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will each be considered as a single project, per task order. The following areas of organizational expertise and recent experience, areas 1 through 5, are listed in descending order of importance with inland and coastal vessel related experience being significantly more important than other marine experience. The projects shall demonstrate the team's experience and competence with all the areas listed (areas 1 through 5 below). The prime A/E/ JV Entity shall be included in at least 5 of the projects listed in Section F on the SF 330. Projects completed within the last 5 years will be given more weight than projects completed within the last 10 years. Projects completed more than 10 years ago shall not be provided as relevant experience. The participation and involvement of key personnel listed in Section E and G on the SF 330 will also be part of the evaluation criteria:
1. Design and engineering support on the following vessel types:
Inland River vessels, includes: Push Boats (various type & sizes), Work Boats, Buoy Tenders, Construction
Tenders, Crew boats (various type & sizes)
Harbor and Coast wise vessels
High speed craft
Hydrographic survey vessels
Shallow draft coastwise split hull hopper and side cast dredges
Tug Boats
Debris Collectors
Wicket Lifters
New technology craft (i.e. hybrid, foil-cat, amphibious, ROV, etc.)
Multi Hull Craft (i.e. catamarans, trihulls)
Ice Strengthened vessels
Vessels equipped with robotics systems
2. Design for efficiency and application of environmental and hybrid power technologies, specifically those commonly applied to those vessel types listed in subparagraph 1. above. This also includes general environmental regulations being imposed on the marine industry, including but not limited to emission reduction and reduction/elimination of discharges.
3. Life Cycle analysis to include capital costing of new vessels, costing of conversions, predictions of operating
and maintenance costs, and vessel useful life expectancy.
4. Design and engineering support on Government contracts in tier 2 and sub-tier 2 shipyards, including onsite
technical support, construction engineering surveillance and coordination.
5. Regulatory body (USCG and ABS) submittals and approval process.
B. Professional Qualifications . Key personnel members of the prime A/E / JV Entity shall include professionally registered/licensed Naval Architect(s) and Marine Engineer(s). Key personnel shall also include, either through in-house staff or a demonstrated (with evident previous historical relationship) network of sub consultants consisting of the following professionally qualified specialists:
1. Electrical Engineers
2. Acoustic Vibration Engineers
3. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Engineers
4. Propeller Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Engineers
5. Specialty marine sub-contractors.
Evidence of previous historical relationships with subconsultants shall be provided in the form of a narrative in Section H of the SF 330.
All work produced under this contract shall be reviewed and approved by registered professional engineers responsible for the project.
Evaluation of qualifications will primarily consider relevant education, registration, and training and overall relevant experience using information provided from Section E (Resumes of Key Personnel) of the SF 330. Resumes provided in section E shall be limited to 2 pages each. All relevant project experience of individuals will be considered. At least one of the Naval Architect(s) or Marine Engineer(s) shall have work experience of at least 20 years in that discipline. The matrix in Section G of the SF 330 showing experience of the proposed key personnel on the projects listed in Section F of the SF 330 will also be used as part of the evaluation.
C. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time parameters. The submission shall demonstrate the capability of the organization to perform up to $3 million in work of the required type within a one-year period. Additionally, the prime A/E/ JV Entity shall demonstrate the capability of performing over 50% of the work anticipated under this contract. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel in the disciplines described in paragraph B., above, as presented in section E, (Resumes of Key Personnel) of SF 330. As a secondary measure the evaluation will also consider the numbers listed in Part II of SF 330 to evaluate the overall capacity of the team. Include a Part II form of SF 330 for each firm and each office of each firm that is part of the proposed team.
D. Capability and experience in utilizing specialty marine software to include at a minimum GHS, NavCad, AutoCad, Rhino, Nei Nastran with FEMAP, EasyPower and Solidworks, or compatible software that outputs directly into the formats of the programs previously described in this section.
Evidence of capability and experience shall be provided in the form of a narrative in Section H of the SF 330.
E. Past performance, if any, of the firm with respect to performance on Government and private contracts. Information provided with the submission as well as a review of the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) system will be the basis of the evaluation. The firm must possess a good record of past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules as determined by information pulled from the CPARS. References and letters of recommendations from customers (non-government) addressing your firms cost control, quality of work and schedule compliance capabilities may be included in Section H of the SF 330. Any letters should be for projects of similar/relevant nature. Contracts referenced and information such as letters provided shall be no older than 5 years from the date of this solicitation.
SECONDARY FACTOR:
F. Extent of participation of Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, HUBZone, 8(a), Women Owned,
Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort.
IV. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed SF 330 (revision 8/2016), Parts I and II for the prime A/E firm, and Part II for each/any subconsultant, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Wanamaker Building, Room 702, 100 Penn Square East, Contracting Division ATTN: Jeremy Evans, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390 not later than the 26th of July 2021 at 3PM EST. Include your DUNS number in block 11 of paragraph C of Part I of the SF 330. Vendors are required to provide their completed SF330's and signed copies of all Amendments (SF30) posted from this synopsis on a CD or DVD only. (In-Person Delivery is acceptable, but no paper or email submittals will be accepted). All contractors are advised that registration in the DODs System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Database is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to be registered in the SAM Database may render your firm ineligible for award. All firms are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing the Web Site http://www.sam.gov or you may call (866) 606-8220 (available 24 hours, 7 days a week). The Contracting Officer reserves the right to terminate negotiations, with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. This is not a request for proposals. No other notification to firms for this project will be made. In accordance with the FAR 36.601-4(b) contracts for architect-engineer services may only be awarded to firms permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture or engineering. Firms who are offering as a joint venture should include with their submission a copy of the joint venture agreement. Failure to include the joint venture agreement may result in the firm's elimination from further evaluation.
