WELDING SEQUENCE C3-100-S29-6-3.pdf

This solicitation is for drydocking repairs and an ABS intermediate survey of the training ship T.S. Kennedy. The U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration seeks a firm fixed price contract for work including drydocking, an internal structural exam, tailshaft inspection, and various other repairs such as blasting and coating of the hull, ultrasonic thickness gauging, tank cleaning and inspections, propeller and stern tube work, and crop and renewal of structures. The T.S. Kennedy is a 15,500 HP steam ship 536 feet long homeported in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. It will be available for transit to the contractor's shipyard on February 26, 2020, with work to be completed and the ship returned to service by May 1, 2020. A pre-proposal site visit will be held on December 17, 2019. Proposals are due by December 27, 2019, and award is anticipated on or around January 10, 2020. The solicitation also provides information on subcontracting opportunities for minority, women, and disadvantaged businesses.