Source Sought Notice: Bridge Erection Boat (BEB)
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Sources Sought Description:
The Government intends to award one ordering year to the Firm Fixed Price (FFP) existing requirements contract W56HZV-19-D-0093 with Birdon America.
The M30 Bridge Erection Boat (BEB) is an aluminum-hulled, twin-engine, water-jet propelled boat that provides propulsion, thrust, and stabilization to support worldwide tactical float bridging and rafting operations. The M30 BEB is specifically designed to provide high thrust characteristics and operate in high particulate matter environments, to include silt in fresh, brackish, and sea water.
The M30 BEB is the sole waterborne system used to propel and anchor the Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) and the Line of Communication Bridge (LOCB) to cross wet gaps. It is capable of rapid deployment from its launch/retrieval platform and connects and maneuvers float bridge components to execute IRB rafting or bridge building operations. Its primary mission of supporting ribbon bridge operations is to assemble and disassemble rafts/bridges. Once the IRB rafts/bridges are emplaced, the M30 BEB provides temporary anchorage for the IRB until a more permanent anchorage system is available. Its operational role is critical to providing Multi-Role Bridge Companies (MRBCs) wet gap defeat capabilities.
The M30 BEB also provides disaster and homeland security relief assistance during natural disasters and emergencies within the Continental United States (CONUS) and all U.S. territories. As events dictate, the M30 BEB conducts like operations Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS), supporting humanitarian relief or infrastructure support operations. Secondary missions include support of diving operations, movement of personnel, performance as a safety craft, and providing perimeter support operations during tactical bridging operations.
Birdon is the developer and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the BEB. The Government does not intend to post the product level TDP at this time, when/if solicited it will be solicited with the product level TDP.
Disclaimer: This is a source sought notice and is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation of offers. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the information contained in this posting or information received as a result of this posting.
Please submit information concerning your capability to produce M30 BEBs. Please consider including capacity, schedule, cost, experience with similar projects, and differentiate between actual and proposed capabilities.
The points of contact for this action as follows:
Jason R Farkas
Jason.r.farkas2.civ@army.mil
Lakeisha S Hadley
Lakeisha.s.hadley.civ@army.mil
