CLAMP_DS_FY19_Pre-Solicitaiton_Synopsis.doc

Solicitation Number: 70Z08519QP45277 Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation – Synopsis for USCGC CLAMP & BARGE DS The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) is seeking contractors capable of providing all labor, equipment, and materials to perform dockside repairs to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter CLAMP (WLIC 75306), a 75’ Inland Construction Tender & USCG 68B BARGE (68016).

Geographic Restriction: WLIC (Not homeported in Corpus Christi, TX):

Restricted to an area no greater than 400 nautical miles (nm) from the cutter's homeport and no open water transits.

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 4 December 2018 with a planned closing date 30 days after issuance.

The performance period of the upcoming CLAMP & BARGE DS is 16 April 2019 to 14 May 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: Brian Forstner, Brian.D.Forstner@uscg.mil and Patrick Brown, Patrick.D.Brown@uscg.mil.