MOBILE_BAY_BARGE_Pre-Solicitaiton_Synopsis.doc

Solicitation Number: 70Z08519QP45238 Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation – Synopsis for USCGC MOBILE BAY BARGE (12002) DRYDOCK (DD) Availability The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) is seeking contractors capable of providing all labor, equipment, and materials to perform the maintenance and repair of the DD for MOBILE BAY BARGE (12002).

Geographic Restriction: For WTGB class homeported in the Great Lakes:

The primary missions of WTGBs homeported in the Great Lakes are ice breaking and aids to navigation work on the Great Lakes. Due to the transit time out of the St. Lawrence Seaway and down the U.S. East Coast, availability outside of the Great Lakes will further reduce the number of days away from homeport available for operations. Additionally, physical access to contractor facilities outside of Great Lakes is limited by seasonal openings of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.

The Contract Specialist will issue solicitation utilizing procedures in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13.5, TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. The Coast Guard intends to award a fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation to a responsive, responsible contractor whose written quote is considered most advantageous to the Government both in price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations and are in descending order of importance.

1. Past Performance

2. Price Factors 1-2 will be applied to determine the best value to the Government. Please note Past Performance is more important than price. A vendor without a record of relevant past performance will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.

The solicitation is scheduled to be issued on or about 20 November 2018 with a planned closing date 30 days after issuance.

The performance period of the upcoming MOBILE BAY BARGE DD is 7 May 2019 to 19 July 2019.

This requirement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside for owners of Small Business pursuant to the Small Business Act and FAR Part 19.502-2. All Small Business may submit offers, which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard.

NAICS Code for this requirement: 336611 - Ship Building and Repairing

Size Standard: 1250 Employees

Please note that interested offerors will be required to comply with the following to gain access to the Drawings and Technical Publications when the solicitation is released:

i. Certified as a US or Canadian contractor by the Joint Certification Program (JCP) administered by the Defense Logistic Information Service (DLIS). Instructions and procedures for being certified by JCP can be found at http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Offers/Products/LogisticsApplications/JCP.aspx .Current certification by JCP is required to be granted access to these packages by the USCG.

ii. Complete the DHS 11000-6 Non-Disclosure Agreement form that will be included in the solicitation.

The solicitation will be made available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Offerors are encouraged to monitor the site for additional information on this listing including the release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments. Interested offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation on FedBizOpps. Please note that to be eligible for award of this contract your company must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the SAM website at http://www.sam.gov .

If you have any questions, please contact: Patrick Brown, Patrick.D.Brown@uscg.mil