12 -- RETROFIT INSTALLATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS ABOARD LCU 2000 SERIES WATERCRAFT

Notice Date

October 6, 2000

Contracting Office

55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142

ZIP Code

02142

Solicitation Number

DTRS57-01-R-20001

Response Due

October 20, 2000

Point of Contact

Point of Contact -- Teresa Lee-Fierstein, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3830

E-Mail Address

Contract Specialist (LeeFierste@volpe.dot.gov)

Description

The Volpe Center is planning to retrofit all new FM-200 (trademark) total flooding, fixed fire extinguishing systems onboard six (6) U.S. Army Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 2000-series watercraft located at Morehead City, NC and Tampa FL. The base Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001 will be to retrofit one (1) LCU-2029 vessel located at Morehead City, NC. The period of performance for the CLIN 0001 will be six (6) calendar weeks, on or about mid January through February, 2001, while the vessel is dockside. Each vessel has five (5) protected spaces: (1) engine room space, (2) tunnel, (3) bow thruster space, (4) emergency generator room, and (5) paint locker space. Two (2) Halon 1301 systems are required to be removed from the vessel. The fire extinguishing systems will be augmented wi th a fixed, water spray system for the engine room, tunnel, and bow thruster spaces (below main deck spaces). Complete installation specifications, detailed design/installation drawings, functional test plan and Health and Safety Plan will be included in the solicitation. A pre-proposal conference onboard the LCU-2029 in Morehead City, NC will be scheduled approximately two (2) weeks after issuance of the solicitation. To be eligible for contract award, Offerors must attend the pre-proposal conference. In addition to CLIN 0001, there will be five (5) Optional CLINs to complete similar retrofitting work on other vessels. Three (3) additional LCU-2000 s will be retrofitted at Morehead City, NC and two (2) additional LCU-2000 s at Tampa, FL. The options may be exercised in either calend ar year 2001 or 2002. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available in text format and reside on a WWW server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. Paper copies of the solicitation and or amendments WILL NOT be issued. The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a bonding assistance program available which enables minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprise firms to obtain bid, payment, and performance bonds with a guarantee up to 80 percent against losses. In addition, a short-term loan program is available to provide working capital at the prime interest rate. For further information regarding these programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (202) 366-2852. See Numbered Note 1.

Web Link

Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page (http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001011/12SOL001.HTM (D-280 SN5038S2)