amenddiligencecbdsourcessought.doc

This synopsis is being amended to correct verbiage. Please reply by April 1, 2008. The United States Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside an acquisition for HUBZone concerns, for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSB) or for Small Business. The estimated value of this procurement is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 336611. The acquisition is for dockside repairs aboard the USCGC DILIGENCE (WMEC 616). All work shall be accomplished at the cutters homeport which is Wilmington, NC. Point of contact on the boat is LT Morisseau at (910)815-4528. The work may consist of the following items: Perform Various Overflow, Escape, and Sounding Tube Repairs, Repair Plenum Room Bulkhead, Repair Box Beams on Port and Stbd Main Deck Bulwarks, Inspect and Test Main Breakers, Perform Various Repairs To Electric Motors and Associated Equipment, Perform Warping Capstan Maintenance, Overhaul Duplex Sea Strainers, Overhaul or Renew Countermeasure Washdown Valves, Clean and Disinfect Potable Water Tanks, Repair Stbd Aircastle Bulkhead, Clean Shipboard Ventilation Systems, etc. The performance period is for 42 days, commencing on or about Jun 25, 2008 through August 05, 2008. All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders, who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. At the present time, this acquisition is expected to be issued as a Small Business set-aside. However, in accordance with FAR 19.1305, if your firm is HUBZone certified or 19.1404 if you firm is SDVOSB, or if your firm is a small business, and intend to submit an offer on this acquisition, please respond by e-mail to manderson@mlca.uscg.mil or by fax (757)628-4675/76. Questions may be referred to Ms. Mildred Anderson at (757)628-4637. In response please include the following: (a) a positive statement of your intent to submit a bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor; (b) evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers; (c) past performance references with points of contact and phone numbers. At least two (2) references are requested, but more are desirable. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a HUBZone set aside or SDVOSB Small Business, FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside or 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside, will apply, which requires that at least fifty (50) percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other HUBZone small business concerns. Your response is required by April 1, 2008, 2:00 p.m. (EST). All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on a HUBZone or Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business set aside. Failure to submit all information requested may result in a Small business set-aside. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone or SDVOSB small business set aside, or a Small Business set aside, will be posted on the FedBizOps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov.