Multibeam/Portable Workstation

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District has a requirement for a contractor to provide a portable, high-resolution multibeam echo sounder (MBES) system for hydrographic survey operations. This procurement is intended as a brand name or equal acquisition, with the Norbit iWBMS Xh-class multibeam sonar system serving as the reference standard for required performance and operational capability. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,350 employees.The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price contract.The solicitation is a Total Small Business set-aside.

The solicitation is a request for quote (RFQ).No CDs or hard copies of the solicitation will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) for any update(s) to the solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document posted at the referenced website.There is no Plan Holder List for this project.

The interested vendors list is listed as part of the solicitation posting on the Contract Opportunities website. In order to view this list, vendors will need to sign into their SAM account.In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must provide registration information to the System for Award Management (SAM). All Offerors must be registered in SAM prior to receiving an award, have an active SAM account, and have the Representations and Certifications (FAR and DFARS) sections completed prior to award.

Registration instructions may be obtained, and online registration may be accomplished, at https://sam.gov/content/entity-landing.As required by 15 U.S.C. 644(w), the Corps of Engineers policy and procedures, as well as past performance information, in regard to definitization of requests for equitable adjustments is found at https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering.