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POSTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE INCLUDE IN RESPONSE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ON 4/15/2020 Request For Information (RFI) – MOTCO Dredging: 4-15-2020 The Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) and US ... POSTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE INCLUDE IN RESPONSE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ON 4/15/2020 Request For Information (RFI) – MOTCO Dredging: 4-15-2020 The Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) and US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District seeks information regarding effective equipment and efficient methods to screen dredge materials. MOTCO anticipates maintenance dredging of the navigation approach and berthing areas for their piers that requires separating various sized historic munitions and debris from the dredged sediment (material). The preferred dredging method shall be a mechanical clamshell dredge on a floating deck barge, with a clamshell bucket on the end of the crane boom. The clamshell bucket shall deposit dredged material onto a scow for transport. Dredged material shall pass through one or more screens with suitably-sized openings to remove munitions and debris prior to placement at a disposal site. MOTCO seeks information regarding effective equipment and efficient methods to further screen dredge materials passing through a “Grizzly Sifter” down to ¾ inch directly onto a scow for transport to a placement site. The dredge material shall be placed through a “Grizzly Sifter” to remove any munitions 3 inches or larger UXOs on the scow. During operation, the “Grizzly Sifter” must be a distance of 45 feet or greater from the crane operator, with the removal surface facing away from the operator. The operator must be protected by Plexiglas shielding of 4.48 inch thickness. The safe operational distance and Plexiglas shielding criteria are defined in the MOTCO Explosives Safety Submission. Removing the items 3 inch and larger will reduce the blast area to a distance a shielded excavator operator can handle the material. An unexploded ordnance (UXO) contractor shall be present on the dredge to identify the presence of UXO, and determine appropriate handling and disposal. The smallest munition item of concern to be screened is 20 mm. The dredge material shall be further screened down to ¾ inch openings to exclude small munitions, historical artifacts, and debris from dredge materials for transport to the placement site. Water within the scow may be pumped as needed to rinse dredge materials through the screens for effective debris removal. Overflowing the scow is undesirable for water turbidity. A UXO team shall examine screened debris to remove any UXO’s from other materials excluded by the screens and sort items into munitions, possible historical artifacts, or debris for appropriate processing and disposal. In additional, please view attachement for pictures Please submit responses to Karen.smith@usace.army.mil, no later than May 4, 2020@6:30pm POSTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE INCLUDE IN RESPONSE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ON 4/9/2020 Request For Information (RFI) – MOTCO Dredging The Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) and US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District seeks information regarding effective equipment and efficient methods to screen dredge materials. MOTCO anticipates maintenance dredging of the navigation approach and berthing areas for their piers that requires separating various sized historic munitions and debris from the dredged sediment (material). The preferred dredging method shall be a mechanical clamshell dredge on a floating deck barge, with a clamshell bucket on the end of the crane boom. The clamshell bucket shall deposit dredged material onto a scow for transport. Dredged material shall pass through one or more screens with suitably-sized openings to remove munitions and debris prior to placement at a disposal site. MOTCO seeks information regarding effective equipment and efficient methods to further screen dredge materials passing through a “Grizzly Sifter” down to ¼ inch directly onto a scow for transport to a placement site. The “Grizzly Sifter” shall be provided to the contractor by MOTCO as government supplied equipment to be used during dredging. The dredge material shall be placed through a “Grizzly Sifter” to remove any munitions 3 inches or larger UXOs on the scow. Removing the items 3 inch and larger will reduce the blast area to a distance a shielded excavator operator can handle the material. An unexploded ordnance (UXO) contractor shall be present on the dredge to identify the presence of UXO, and determine appropriate handling and disposal. The smallest munition item of concern to be screened is 20 mm. The dredge material shall be further screened down to ¼ inch openings to exclude small munitions, historical artifacts, and debris from dredge materials for transport to the placement site. Water within the scow may be pumped as needed to rinse dredge materials through the screens for effective debris removal. Overflowing the scow is undesirable for water turbidity. A UXO team shall examine screened debris to remove any UXO’s from other materials excluded by the screens and sort items into munitions, possible historical artifacts, or debris for appropriate processing and disposal. Please send your respond to Karen.smtih@usace.army.mil, no later than April 20, 2020 by the close of business. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District is seeking sources for Market Research to support the services listed below for NAICS Code 237990, Dredging Services. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) will be Z1KF. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) used is Z299. The size standard for small business is $27,500,000.00. Interested parties are sought for a maintenance dredging project located in Contra Costa County, CA. Project will be solicited as an Invitation For Bids (IFB) contract to include dredging in the Barge Pier of the Military Ocean Terminal Concord (from here on referred to as MOTCO site). Interested parties will be invited to attend a Pre-Solicitation conference to receive the latest project related information as well as information on available permitted upland disposal sites and Government–furnished disposal sites. NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATION, OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. Potential offerors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the described services below are invited to provide feedback via email to: Karen.Smith@usace.army.mil and James.E.Garror@usace.army.mil. All responses will be analyzed in order to determine the appropriate strategy for a potential future acquisition. Particularly, the purpose of this NOTICE is to gain knowledge of potential small business sources including certified HUBZone small business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned small business, Veteran-Owned small business, Certified 8(a) small business, Women-Owned small business, etc. Other than Small Business may respond to this notice in the event the market does not indicate significant Small Business interest. The estimated price range for this project is $10,000,000 - $25,000,000. Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about May 21, 2020 and the estimated Bid Open date is on or about June 22, 2020. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) and inviting firms to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued. CAPABILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified personnel are required with recent knowledge and experience in: Interested parties must have the capability to dredge, including appropriately sized dredge plant and support equipment in order to complete all work within the environmental work window. Hopper dredging is prohibited for this project. Interested parties must have the capability and equipment necessary for dredging and disposal of material at the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS), which requires scows with current ABS certification for ocean disposal. Interested parties are required to submit proof of ownership, or access to, ABS-certified scows that meet EPA requirements, including current scow certification documentation from an independent third party inspector, as part of the response to this Market Research. Interested parties may submit inspection ABS certification documentation from previous contracts executed within the last 12 months. All proposed equipment must be identified as well as the current location of the dredge plant and scows as part of the response to this Market Research. Interested parties must have experience and expertise in handling a potential Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Site including the following qualifications: Current HAZWOPER certification Graduation Certificate - EOD School or UXO Technical School Letter from company appointing SUXOS, UXOSO, and UXOQC Two of the team members must have a current First Aid/CPR card Also see attached (DDESB TP 18) for detailed minimum qualification for personnel and technicians working at sites with UXO All contract work will be executed within the environmental work window, which begins August 1, 2020 and ends November 30, 2020. Offeror’s type of small business and Business Size (Small Business, Certified 8a, Certified HUB Zone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), etc.) Firm's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity based on the scope of work (include the firm's capability to execute dredging, handling of UXO site and comparable work performed within the past five (5) years): provide a brief description of the project(s), customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, list of equipment used, and dollar value of the project. Provide at least three (3) examples maximum three (3) pages. RESULTS INFORMATION: Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to help the Government make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought announcement. Your response is limited to 10 single-sided pages total – using 10pt font. Please label your email response as follows: Subject: Response to W912P7-20-B-00XX: Sources Sought market research for “Maintenance Dredging.” All interested contractors or potential offerors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the described services above should notify this office in writing by email 11:00 AM Pacific Time on 9 Jan, 2020. Submit response and information to: Karen.Smith@usace.army.mil, CESPN-CT, US Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 450 Golden Gate Ave. 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102-3404