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19 -- INLAND RIVER STEEL TOWBOAT SOL DACW61-99-B-0023 DUE 072199 POC William A. Bailey, 215-656-6932 Acquisition of an inland river style, steel towboat to serve the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St.Louis District (CELMS), in support of its mission. The vessel's dimensions will be approximately 51'-0 long by 19-feet wide. The design draft will be 5'-3" to the lower most extremity. The vessel will be twin screw with an approximate total of 880 HP. The vessel's mission is to provide towing and tender service to other District plant. The vessel shall be suitable for year-round operation in both shallow, and ice and drift-strewn rivers of the Mississippi River Navigation System. The vessel will be designed, built and classed to American Bureau of Shipping rules for Steel Vessels on Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways. The towboat shall be a twin-screw, open propeller diesel powered vessel with an all-welded steel hull and superstructure. A full spectrum of testing to prove the design and engineering concepts is required. The solicitation will be a "design-build" type based upon a Concept Design prepared bythe U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Marine Design Center. The resultant contract will utilize the Marine Design Center's three phase contracting methodology. Bonding is required and Liquidated Damages will be specified. One copy of the plans and specifications will be furnished to interested bidders on CD-ROM at no charge. Additional copies will cost $5.00 each. Bidders are responsible for printing paper copies. Interested firms may request a CD-ROM by contacting the above named individual. Checks for additional copies of the CD-ROM must be made payable to "USACE Finance Center, Millington". The solicitation will be issued on (or about) June 21, 1999, and will close on (or about) July 12, 1999. As required by DFARS 204.7300, a contractor must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Register database in order to be eligible for award. Instructions will be included in the solicitation. The solicitation is 100% set aside for small business. The SIC code is 3731 and the size standard is 1000 employees. Award of the contract will be made as a whole to one bidder. Affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity will be applicable to the resultant contract. Posted 05/13/99 (W-SN331361). (0133)

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