The US Army Corps of Engineers, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(c), intends to sole source an acquisition for parts required for maintaining an existing Synchrolift shiplift located at the Caven Point Marine Terminal (CPMT), Jersey City, NJ. The items required include sheave assemblies, brake assemblies, starter motors, gear kits and associated electromechanical components required to maintain the shiplift at CPMT. The shiplift is regularly used to perform repair, maintenance, and inspections on USACE vessels stationed at CPMT. Only products from Syncrolift satisfy the requirement, because the shiplift is a proprietary system exclusively manufactured and serviced by Syncrolift.

This is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may provide specific information to the Army regarding their product for consideration as to whether their product meets the government’s needs.

Other information may be requested after initial response, either from individual respondents or all respondents. This notice is the only document that will be published notifying interested vendors of the government’s intent. 

Interested vendors are advised that information provided to the Government in regard to the product components proposed will be considered proprietary information (unless clearly marked as available to the general public) and will not be released to the public or other interested vendors. The government may retain this information for its records indefinitely.

Any vendor wishing to propose an alternative source must provide a copy of all relevant data  demonstrating the alternative source satisfies the above requirements to Matthew Lubiak, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, Contracting Division, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 16-300, N.Y., New York 10278.

Responses may be submitted electronically as PDF documents, via email to:  [email protected]