U.S. Fleet & Industrial Suppy Center, Far East Contracting Dept., Yokosuka, Japan, PSC 473 Box 11, FPO AP 96349-1500

20 -- FY98 PROCUREMENT OF USN SHIP HULL HYDROBLASTING SERVICES FOR US NAVAL SHIP REPAIR FACILITY, YOKOSUKA, JAPAN DUE 051698 POC LCDR L. Haukenes at c200@srfyoko.navy.mil or LT D. McFadden at c213dm@srfyoko.navy.mil, fax: 011 81 311 743-7856!! WEB: N/A!!, N/A!!. E-MAIL: SRF Yokosuka Planning Officer, c200@srfyoko.navy.mil. Sources sought for subcontracting opportunities to team with Japanese Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) holders to accomplish USN ship hull hydroblasting projects from 45,000 sqft to 180,000 sqft. Location: US Naval Ship Repair Facility, Yokosuka, Japan. General procedure comtemplated: (1) Water wash U/W hull with 3,000 to 5,000 psi water within 24 hrs of dry docking; (2) After hull inspection, proceed with option A or B: (A) Hydroblast and re-coat areas with dead or damaged coatings, then re-coat entire hull, (B) Hydroblast entire hull to tightly adhered primer coat and re-coat; (3) For freeboard, hydroblast to tightly adhered primer coat, or inorganic zinc primer (depending on condition of existiong coat) and re-coat freeboard. (0062)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0212 19980306\20-0003.SOL)