SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- DRYDOCK REPAIRS OF USCGC WYACONDA (WLR-75403)
- Notice Date
- 3/2/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336611
— Ship Building and Repairing
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Direct Reports, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer (vpl), USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command - Atlantic, 300 East Main Street Suite 600, Norfolk, VA, 23510-9102
- ZIP Code
- 23510-9102
- Solicitation Number
- DDUSCGCWYACONDA(WLR75403)
- Response Due
- 3/11/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/26/2005
- Description
- The U.S. Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside an acquisition for HUBZone concerns only. The estimated value of this procurement is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 336611. The acquisition is for DRYDOCK repairs to the USCGC WYACONDA (WLR-75403), a 75 Foot ?C Class? River Tender and 130-Foot Barge. The USCGC WYACONDA is homeported in Dubuque, IA. All work will be performed at contractor's facility. The USCGC WYACONDA is geographically restricted to the Western Rivers of the United States. The Western Rivers means the navigable portions of the Mississippi River and its tributaries above mile 0 of the lower Mississippi River. Navigable tributaries of the Mississippi River include only the waterways within the area of jurisdiction of Coast Guard Aids to navigation Facilities as described in Light List Volume V (COMDTINST M16502.5) and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterways to the mouth of the Mobile River. This includes protected portions of the Intra Coastal Waterway connected to the ?Western Rivers,? but specially excluded unprotected or open waters such as Mobile Bay, Lake Borgne, and the Gulf of Mexico. The performance period will be 56 calendar days with a start date of 1 August 2005. The scope of the acquisition is for the overhauling, cleaning and repairing of various items aboard the USCGC WYACONDA (WLR-75403). This work will include, but is not limited to: welding repairs, removing, inspecting, and reinstalling propeller shafts and shafts, renewing water-lubricated shaft bearings, renewing, inspecting and reinstalling propellers, performing minor repairs and reconditioning of propeller, clean, inspect and test grid coolers, overhaul and renew valves, remove inspect and reinstall rudder assemblies for steering and flanking systems, rebuild rudder stock, renew rudder lower bearing trunk, renew tender towing knees, inspect various deck fittings, preserve barge buoy deck, preserve tender and barge underwater body, provide dining and lodging, routine drydockings, clean tender and barge exhaust stack, renew deck covering systems, renew crews head deck covering systems. Provide logistics to cutter for systems that are affected during overhauls such as, office space, telephone, parking, duty section berthing, lights, power, compressed air, heavy lift equipment, refuse disposal, dry, paint and flammable stores. All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. At the present time, this acquisition is expected to be issued as a Small Business set aside. However, in accordance with FAR 19.1305, if your firm is HUBZone certified and intends to submit an offer on this acquisition, please respond by e-mail to HYPERLINK mailto:wculbreth@mlca.uscg.mil wculbreth@mlca.uscg.mil or by fax (757) 628-4676/75. Questions may be referred to Wendy Culbreth at (757) 628-4657. In response please include the following: (a) a positive statement of your intent to submit a bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor; (b) evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers; (c) past performance references with points of contact and phone numbers and (d) if your company does not own a drydock, a letter of commitment from the company providing the drydock during the performance period of this availability. At least two references are requested, but more are desirable. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a HUBZone set aside, FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside, will apply, which requires that at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other HUBZone small business concerns. Your response is required by March 11, 2005. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on a HUBZone set aside. Failure to submit all information requested may result in an small business set-aside. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone small business set aside, or a Small Business set aside, will be posted on the FedBizOps website at http://www.eps.gov.
- Record
- SN00760751-W 20050304/050302211536 (fbodaily.com)
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