New Heavy Lift Floating Crane

The Marine Design Center of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is initiating this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement of one new kingpost or pedestal (swing bearing) mounted crane which will be installed in a fixed location on a barge platform. The crane to be procured shall have a rated hook load capacity of 1,000,000 lbs. US at a radius of 50 feet (from the center of rotation of the crane) over the end of a barge.

The acquisition will be a negotiated, best-value procurement performed using the Contracting By Negotiation procurement process defined in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Proposals will be reviewed for completeness in satisfying the requirements of the RFP. Upon satisfactorily meeting the requirements in Section L of the solicitation, the proposals will be evaluated on their merit against the evaluation factors listed below:

Technical Considerations Past Performance Price Initial price proposals must be submitted along with initial technical proposals to the Contracting Officer in accordance with the requirements of “Section L – Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors” of the RFP. The Government may award a contract on the basis of initial proposals received without discussions; therefore, each proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms. There will be Liquidated Damages associated with this procurement.

Bid guarantee, payment, and performance bonding will be required. All contractors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before award as required by DFARS 204.7300. Information on getting registered may be obtained by accessing the SAM website at www.sam.gov . Instructions will be included in the solicitation.

Also, all Services Disabled/Veterans Owned Business or Veterans Owned Small Business must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Veterans Enterprise Vet Biz Registry located at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Inquiries regarding this solicitation can be emailed to the contracting officer, Michael Hunter, at the address below. Responses to Requests for Information (RFIs) will be posted via amendment.

Email: Michael.J.Hunter@usace.army.mil. See attachments for full solicitaiton.