Henry Bigelow FSV Midlife Extension Program.pdf

NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO)

Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD)

Synopsis: NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow FSV Service Life Extension Program

(SLEP) Repairs

1. Action Code: Pre-solicitation Synopsis

2. Date: 12/5/2025

3. Fiscal Year: 2026

4. Contracting Office Zip Code: 23510

5. Product or Service Code: 1910

6. NAICS Code: 336611

7. Contracting Office Address: 200 Granby Street, Suite 815, Norfolk, VA 23510

8. Subject: NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow FSV Service Life Extension Program (SLEP)

Repairs

9. Proposed Solicitation Number: 1305M26R0003

10. Closing Response Date: Not applicable to this Notice

11. Contact Point or Contracting Officer:

a. Primary: Tamara Horton, Contract Specialist (Tamara.Horton@noaa.gov)

b. Secondary: Andrew Northcutt, Contracting Officer

(Andrew.Northcutt@noaa.gov)

12. Contract Award Number: TBD

13. Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD

14. Contract Line Item Number(s): TBD

15. Contract Award Date: TBD

16. Contractor: TBD (Area/Regions of consideration will be the Continental United

States to include Hawaii and Alaska.

17. Description: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS NOTICE ONLY. This is not a solicitation or request for proposal and no purchase order will be awarded from this notice.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition

Division (EAD), on behalf of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

(OMAO), is soliciting for the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) repairs to

NOAA Ship HENRY B. BIGELOW. The HENRY B. BIGELOW is 209 feet long overall and its home port is Newport, RI.

The performance period will begin immediately after award for procurement of long lead time materials and equipment, planning, and other logistics requirements for the successful performance of the contract. The repair period for work on board the

NOAA Ship HENRY B. BIGELOW is estimated to be 14 months, with an estimated start date on or about February 15, 2028 and an estimated completion date on or about

April 14, 2029. Ship’s transit time to and from the place of performance is not included in the specified repair period.

Due to the ship’s schedule, information regarding a site visit will be addressed at time of solicitation or with an amendment. However, due to the ship’s schedule, a site visit is not guaranteed.

Base Work Items associated with this availability include but are not limited to the following:

Install Diesel Exhaust Fluid (Urea) Tank & Delivery System, Structural Repairs to Hull & House, Install Drainage Modification Wet Lab, Replace Mast, Inspect & Service Sliding Water Tight Doors, Vessel Repowering, Tail Shaft Removal & Replacement, Inspect & Service Thrust & Line Shaft Bearings, Replace Propeller Blades & Hub, Bow Thruster Inspections & Overhaul, Remove Unused Cabling, Service ROXTEC Cable Transits, Overhaul Emergency Generator, Service & Inspect Transformers, Control Center Inspections & Maintenance, Inspections & Maintenance Emergency Switchboard, Convert Auxiliary Electric Motors to 480V, Replace VHF & HF Antennas, Replace Dynamic Positioning System, Replace Fire & Alarm Detection System (FAD), Replace Furuno S Band Radar, Replace Furuno X Band Radar, Replace Ship Service Pumps, Replace Through Hull Piping Penetrations, Replace Flexible Couplings & Hoses, Replace Tank & Void Vents, Replace Ventilation Ducting, Replace Ventilation Fans, Replace Air Conditioning (AC) Plants, Replace Refrigeration Systems, Fire Main Systems Repairs, Renew Seawater Piping Systems Valves, Drain & Gray Piping Repairs, Install Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Makers, Rebuild Fuel Oil Purifiers, Service Oily Water Separator (OWS), Service Air Compressors & Replace Storage Cylinders, Inspect Fixed & Portable Fire Fighting Equipment, Inspect & Service RAPP Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU), Inspect & Service Appleton Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU), Workboat Davit Installation, Replace Hydraulic Hoses, Inspect & Service Centerboard Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU), Rudder Service & Inspections, Replace Bow Crane, Replace Starboard A-Frame, Anchor Windlass Inspect & Overhaul, Annual Life Raft Inspections, Trawl System Equipment Servicing, Service Trawl Blocks, Overhaul MSD System, Flush & Test Auxiliary & Main Salt Water Piping, Overhaul Rescue Boat Davit, Replace Main Seawater Overboard Discharge Piping, Modify Hull Marking Designations, Portlight & Window Maintenance, Preservation Underwater Hull, Preservation Exterior Decks, Preservation Freeboard, Preservation of Deck House, Stack, & Mast, Preservation Deck Machinery, Preservation Chain Locker, Preservation Ballast Tanks, Preservation Miscellaneous Tanks, Service & Inspect Cathelco Anti-Fouling & Impress Current System, Hull Anode Replacement, Refresh Wet Lab, Modify Berthing 2nd Deck, Replace Galley Appliances, Drawing Updates, Vessel Inclining, New Equipment, Spare Parts, & Special Tools, Technical Documents, Weight Control, Crew Training, Dock Trials, Sea Trials, Conduct ABS & USCG 5 Year Special Surveys, Weight Testing of Cranes, A-Frames & Davits, Utilities & Services, Cleaning & Protective Coverings, Extended Drydocking, and Underwater Body Inspections & Repairs.

Optional Work Items associated with this availability which include but are not limited to the following:

Miscellaneous Steel Repair, Trawl & Oceo Winch Room Flush Hatch Repair, Service

Forward Mast, Trawl-way Deck Covering Renewal, Miscellaneous Piping Repair, Replace Tank Level Indicators (TLI), Miscellaneous Insulation & Lagging Repairs, Replace Air Circulation Units (ACU) , Replace Water Heaters, Crane Replacement

(port) and Maintenance (stbd), Replace Hydro Winches, General Repairs to Railings, Interior Bulkhead Painting, Interior Joiner Door Painting, Void Preservation, Bilge

Preservation, Deck Covering Replacement, Install Sheathing, and Sound Proof

Stateroom Overheads.

a. Period of Performance: The period of performance of this contract shall be from date of award through April 14, 2029.

The Industrial Phase is estimated to be from February 15, 2028 through April 14, 2029.

b. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued via electronic posting under

“Contract Opportunities” on the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) at https://SAM.gov. The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price contract to the contractor whose proposal represents the best value considering price and non-price factors. Hard copies of the RFP will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the GPE for the release of the RFP, specifications, drawings and all subsequent amendments.

Many of the reference documents applicable to this RFP are too numerous and/or too large to upload to this site; consequently, interested parties shall submit a request for access to the reference documents via email to the

Contract Specialist, Tamara Horton (Tamara.Horton@noaa.gov) with a copy to the Contracting Officer, Andrew Northcutt

(Andrew.Northcutt@noaa.gov) after the RFP is posted.

Contractors who are interested in submitting a proposal for this acquisition must be registered with an active Unique Entity ID in SAM.gov, https://SAM.gov. This UEID must be provided with the proposal.

Prospective contractors are encouraged to be included on the “Interested

Vendors List” for this acquisition.

The proposed RFP is planned to be issued on December 26, 2025 with proposals due on February 26, 2026. Please note that these dates are subject https://sam.gov/ mailto:Tamara.Horton@noaa.gov mailto:Andrew.Northcutt@noaa.gov https://sam.gov/ to change.

c. Questions or Comments regarding this notice may be addressed to the

Contract Specialist, Tamara Horton (Tamara.Horton@noaa.gov) with a copy to the Contracting Officer, Andrew Northcutt

(Andrew.Northcutt@noaa.gov).

d. Procedures: The acquisition will be issued as a RFP in accordance with

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial

Items and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiations.

e. Solicitation will not include foreseeable costs and ship’s transit time to and from the place of performance is not included in the specified performance period.

The solicitation will include a liquidated damages clause.

18. Place of Contract Performance: Contractor’s Facility

19. Set-aside Status: This acquisition is full and open to all competition.

mailto:Tamara.Horton@noaa.gov mailto:Andrew.Northcutt@noaa.gov