Specifications include, but are not limited to: The contractor must be able to provide five steel barges at least a keel 40 feet in length, beam of 10 feet, 5ft of height. The contractor will be responsible for all cleaning and preparation of the vessel prior to sinking including, but not limited, to the following: - All loose or buoyant debris removed. - Watertight doors, hatches, deck plates removed or welded open. - All hazardous materials removed, including petroleum products, batteries, mercury gauges, thermometers, etc. - Oil and fuel drained and flushed from engines, bilges, steering and other hydraulic oil reservoirs and lines. - Fuel tanks, ballast tanks and fuel lines drained, cleaned and flushed. - All internal voids permanently opened. Upon inspection of the cleaned vessel, it must be towed to PA-34, CCA-McClellanville Reef, located 9nm from Sandy Point buoy R”2”. Exact coordinates will be provided at the time of inspection. The contractor must provide the necessary tug and support crew for transporting the vessel offshore and anchoring on the exact location indicated by MRD personnel. Upon confirmation of the anchoring site, the contractor is responsible for the sinking of the vessel. Sinking must take place in such a way as to insure complete and even flooding of the entire vessel and level sinking of the vessel. The vessel will need to be inspected by MRD personnel prior to acceptance of any bid and again prior to sinking.
