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HSCG80-16-R-P45F72
REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION PLANT
210’ / 270’WMEC CUTTERS
7/7/2016
QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES
Question 1: The posting to www.fbo.gov shows this a “Presolicitation”. Is this correct?
| Response | 1: | Amendment | 00002, | will | be | issued | to | incorporate | the | change | for | Procurement | Type |
| from | Presolicitation | to | Solicitation. | | | | | | | | | | |
Question 2: Reference Factor #2: Past Performance: page 44 of 67, RFP HSCG80‐16‐R‐ P45F72.
| Please | clarify: | | | | | | | | | |
| Q2a. | Are | bidders | to | submit | Attachment | 3 | to | prior/present | Contracts |
| Point | of | Contact? | | | | | | |
| Response | 2a: | Yes, | Contractors | should | forward | attachment | 3 | to |
contract specialist, Magdalena Pitre at Magdalena.n.pitre@uscg.mil by the date of
| Q2b. | | Are | bidders | also | to | provide | the | selected | Past | Performance |
| references | with | the | proposal? | | | | | | | |
| Response | 2b: | Yes, | Contractors | POC | should | forward | attachment | 3 | to |
| contract | specialist, | Magdalena | Pitre | at | Magdalena.n.pitre@uscg.mil | | | | |
Question 3: What is the required delivery for the first 2 RO Desal Plants, ARO?
| Response | 3: | Two | (2) | Prototypes | will | be | done | in | FY | 2017, | See, | attachment | (2), | Schedule | of |
| Supplies | & | Svcs | for | 210 | 270 | RO | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 4: | Do | you | plan | to | have | an | Industry | day | to | one | of | the | cutters, | preferably | to | a |
| 210 | WMEC? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Response 4: No industry day planned or scheduled for any 210’ or 270’ cutter.
Question 5: If no Industry Day is planned, can we visit one of the 210 WMEC cutters?
| Response | 5: | Yes. | Due | to | cutter | schedules, | we | would | need | to | know | your | location | for | the | closest |
| asset | at | home | port | during | this | timeline. | | Contact | the | contract | specialist, | Magdalena | Pitre | at | | |
| Magdalena.pitre@uscg.mil | to | schedule | a | date | and | time. | | | | | | | | | | |
Question 6: Request the following Coast Guard Drawings:
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 618 | WMEC | 167‐001, | Rev | M, | Schedule | of | Steel | Doors, | Hatches, |
| Scuttles | and | Manholes | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 618 | WMEC | 167‐054, | Rev‐, | Flat | Raised | Watertight | Hatches | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 618 | WMEC | 531‐006, | Rev | C, | VMC | RC5000 | Watermaker | Installation | |
Coast Guard Drawing 618 WMEC 531‐007, Rev A, RC5000 Watermaker with Media Filter
Coast Guard Drawing 618 WMEC 531‐008, Rev A, Foundation Installation Disconnect Switches
RC500Reverse Osmosis Unit
Coast Guard Drawing 618 WMEC 601‐003, Rev H, General Arrangement – Second & 3rd Decks
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 627 | WMEC | 531‐001, | Rev | A, | Foundation | Installation | Disconnect |
| Switches | RC5000 | Reverse | Osmosis | Unit | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 627 | WMEC | 533‐007, | Rev | C, | Reverse | Osmosis | Desalinator |
| Arrangement | & | Details | | | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 627 | WMEC | 531‐008, | Rev | E, | VMC | RC5000 | Watermaker | Installation | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 627 | WMEC | 531‐010, | Rev | A, | RC5000 | Watermaker | with | Media | Filter |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 627 | WMEC | 167‐001, | Rev | L, | Schedule | of | Steel | Doors, | Hatches, |
| Scuttles | and | Manholes | | | | | | | | | | |
Coast Guard Drawing 627 WMEC 601‐003, Rev B, General Arrangement – Second & 3rd Decks
Coast Guard Drawing 901 WMEC 167‐001, Rev R, List of Structural Closures
Coast Guard Drawing 901 WMEC 169‐001, Rev H, Watertight Sliding Door
Coast Guard Drawing 901 WMEC 185‐021, Rev C, Reverse Osmosis Plant Foundation
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 901 | WMEC | 320‐043, | Rev | B, | Reverse | Osmosis | Plant | Power | Install |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 901 | WMEXC | 531‐009, | Rev | ‐, | Reverse | Osmosis | Install | | |
Diagram & Arrangement
Coast Guard Drawing 901 WMEC 531‐012, Rev B, Reverse Osmosis Plant A&D
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 901 | WMEC | 531‐013, | Rev | B, | Reverse | Osmosis | Plant |
| Seawater | Modifications | | | | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 901 | WMEC | 531‐014, | Rev | A, | Reverse | Osmosis | Plant | Potable |
| Water | Modifications | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 901 | WMEC | 531‐015, | Rev | ‐, | Foundation | Installation | Disconnect |
| Switches, | RC7000 | Reverse | Osmosis | Unit | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 901 | WMEC | 531‐016, | Rev | ‐, | Electrical | Installation | LP | Pump |
| Disconnect | Switch | RC7000 | Reverse | Osmosis | Unit | | | | | | |
Coast Guard Drawing 901 WMEC 531‐017, Rev ‐, Reverse Osmosis Titanium Y Pipe Assembly
Coast Guard Drawing 901 WMEC 801‐006, Rev L, General Arrangement Pt Platform
Coast Guard Drawing 905 WMEC 167‐001, Rev L, List of Structural Closures
Coast Guard Drawing 905 WMEC 169‐001, Rev B, Watertight Sliding Door
Coast Guard Drawing 905 WMEC 185‐020, Rev B, Reverse Osmosis Plant Foundation
Coast Guard Drawing 905 WMEC 320‐023, Rev C, Reverse Osmosis Plant Power Install
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 905 | WMEC | 531‐008, | Rev | A, | Reverse | Osmosis | Plant | Install |
| Diagram | & | Arrangement | | | | | | | | | |
Coast Guard Drawing 905 WMEC 531‐009, Rev B, Reverse Osmosis Plant Seawater Modifications
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 905 | WMEC | 531‐010, | Rev | A, | Reverse | Osmosis | Plant |
| Potable | Water | Modifications | | | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 905 | WMEC | 531‐013, | Rev | ‐, | Foundation | Installation | Disconnect |
| Switches, | RC7000 | Reverse | Osmosis | Unit | | | | | | |
| Coast | Guard | Drawing | 905 | WMEC | 531‐014, | Rev | ‐, | Electrical | Installation | LP | Pump |
| Disconnect | Switch | RC7000 | Reverse | Osmosis | Unit | | | | | | |
Coast Guard Drawing 905 WMEC 801‐006, Rev D, General Arrangement Pt Platform
| Response | 6: | A | CD | will | be | provided; | Vendors | shall | request | drawings | regarding | this | solicitation |
| shall | be | submitted | in | writing | to | the | Contract | Specialist. | | | | | |
Question 7: Request the following Coast Guard Publications
| Surface | Forces | Logistics | Center | (SFLC) | Specification | No. | D‐083‐0351, | 3 | Jan |
| 2000, | Data | for | Provisioning | | | | | | |
| Surface | Forces | Logistics | Center | Standard | Specification | 0000 | (SFLC | Std | Spec | 0000), |
| 2014, | General | Requirements | | | | | | | | |
| Surface | Forces | Logistics | Center | Standard | Specification | 0450, | (SFLC | Std | Spec |
| 0450), | 2014, | Electrical | Power | for | Contractor's | Tools | and | Equipment | |
| Surface | Forces | Logistics | Center | Standard | Specification | 0740, | (SFLC | Std | Spec | 0740), |
| 2014, | Welding | and | Allied | Processes | | | | | | |
| Surface | Forces | Logistics | Center | Standard | Specification | 0850 | (SFLC | Std | Spec | 0850), |
| 2014, | General | Requirements | for | Drawing | Preparation | | | | | |
| Surface | Forces | Logistics | Center | Standard | Specification | 5000 | (SFLC | Std | Spec |
| 5000), | 2014, | Auxiliary | Machinery | Systems | | | | | |
| Surface | Forces | Logistics | Center | Standard | Specification | 6310, | (SFLC | Std | Spec |
| 6310), | 2014, | Requirements | for | Preservation | of | Ship | Structures | | |
| Response | 7: | | A | CD | will | be | provided; | Vendors | shall | request | drawings | regarding | this | solicitation |
| shall | be | submitted | in | writing | to | the | Contract | Specialist. | | | | | | |
Question 8: Are the Reverse Osmosis systems GFE and you are looking for a bid to install them??
| Response | 8: | No. | The | SOW | is | for | a | company | to | provide | an | R/O | IAW | the | SOW, | remove | the |
| existing | R/O | and | install | and | test | the | newly | installed | R/O | along | with | logistics | elements. | | | | |
Question 9: The presolicitation notice for the subject solicitation states:
| “Any | interested | firm | capable | of | providing | these | services | is | requested | to | respond | via | e‐mail | to |
| magdalena.n.pitre@uscg.mil | no | later | than | July | 22, | 2016 | at | 4:30 | PM | EST.” | | | | |
| Is | the | RESPONSE | noted | above | the | full | proposal | or | an | expression | of | interest | in | the | project | in |
| advance | of | a | change | from | presolicitation | to | actual | solicitation? | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 9: | An | amendment | to | this | solicitation | is | being | made | from | Pre‐solicitation | to | | |
| Solicitation. | | Responses | are | due | no | later | than | July | 22, | 2016 | at | 4:30 | pm | EST. |
| Question | 10: | Is | this | work | going | to | be | performed | in | a | ship | yard | or | pier | side? |
| Response | 10: | | This | work | is | to | be | performed | pier | side, | USCG | cutters | homeport. | | |
| Question | | 11: | For | the | base | year, | the | only | work | scheduled | is | for | submission | of | technical |
| documentation. | What | technical | documentation | is | to | be | submitted | in | the | base | year? | | | | |
| Response | 11: | As | listed | in | the | SOW, | 3.6, | 3.6.1. | | | | | | | |
| Question | | 12: | Four | ship | checks | are | required | in | the | specification. | Would | this | be | done | in | the | base |
| year? | There | is | no | line | item | to | provide | the | price | for | ship | checks. | Where | do | we | quote | this? |
| Response | 12: | Yes. | The | ship | check | is | required | and | a | ship | check | report | at | a | minimum | to | the |
| winning | bidder. | Prior | to | submitting | a | proposal | for | this | solicitation, | drawings | will | be | provided | | | | |
| for | review. | Ship | checks | prior | to | award | are | the | responsibility | of | the | vendor. | | | | | |
| Question | 13: | There | is | an | “A” | and | a | “B” | design | for | each | ship | class. | Can | you | add | to | the | list | 4.2 |
| which | ship | is | which | design | in | order | to | plan | the | ship | checks? | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 13: | Yes. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WMEC‐210 | (A | Class | cutters | are | hull | numbers | 615 | thru | 619) | (B | Class | cutters | are | hull | numbers | | | | | |
| 620 | thru | 630). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WMEC‐270 | (A | Class | cutters | are | hull | numbers | 901 | thru | 904) | (B | Class | cutters | are | hull | numbers | | | | | |
| 905 | thru | 913). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 14: | Can | you | provide | a | schedule | as | to | which | ships | will | be | done | in | each | option | year? |
| Response | 14: | | no | schedule, | cutters | will | be | scheduled | through | a | delivery | order. | | | | | |
| Question | 15: | When | will | the | option | be | exercised | for | each | year? | (For | reference | for | time | frame | | |
| to | begin | work) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 15: | A | letter | of | intent | to | exercise | the | Option | will | be | issued | 60 | days | prior | to | beginning |
| the | period | of | performance | for | that | specific | option | year. | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | | 16: | How | long | will | the | ships | be | in | port | to | proved | the | removal | and | installation | of | the |
| R/O | systems? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 16: | | Four | (4) | weeks. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 17: | There | is | no | line | item | in | the | schedule | to | quote | sea | trials. | Will | they | be | at | a |
| different | time | than | installation? | How | long | will | the | sea | trial | be? | Where | do | we | enter | this | pricing? | | |
| Response | 17: | Sea | trials | for | newly | installed | equipment | will | be | after | install | is | complete. | The | | | | |
| underway | portion | will | be | IAW | the | cutter | schedule | and | may | require | a | return | trip | to | the | cutter. | | |
| Sea | trial | timeline | requires | 8 | hours | of | operation | of | the | newly | installed | R/O | plant. | Due | to | cutter | | |
| constraints | for | R/O | operation | (i.e. | open | water), | plan | for | (2) | days. | | | | | | | | |
| Question | | 18: | There | is | a | request | for | welding | certifications. | What | certifications | are | required? | |
| Are | these | certifications | related | to | installation | only | or | also | to | the | manufacturing | of | the | R/O |
| system | frames? | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 18: | Welding | certifications | will | be | IAW | SFLC | Standard | Specification | 0740 | for | Coast | | |
| Guard | ships | and | boats. | Any | required | welding | onboard | the | cutter | will | be | IAW | this | specification. |
| Question | | 19: | Is | there | a | requirement | for | NDT | on | welding | done | for | installation | or | for |
| manufacturing | of | the | R/O | frames? | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 19: | Any | required | welding | onboard | the | cutter | will | be | IAW | this | specification | SFLC | | |
| Standard | Specification | 0740 | which | includes | NDE | under | 1.3.12. | Manufacturing | at | the | vendors | | | | |
facility
| Question | | 20: | Ref | 3.3.5 | interfaces: | What | new | services | must | be | provided | by | the | contractor | from | |
| the | ship | that | are | not | already | in | place? | For | example, | is | the | electrical | service | currently | sufficient | to |
| handle | the | specified | R/O | systems | and | in | good | repair? | Are | all | the | services | needed | currently | | |
| terminated | in | the | R/O | space | and | in | good | repair? | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 20: | My | SOW | lists | 3.3.5 | as | Interferences? | The | current | electrical | service | is | in | good | | |
| working | order | and | currently | sufficient | to | handle | the | existing | R/O | system. | All | services | needed | | | |
| are | currently | terminated | in | the | R/O | space. | | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 21: | The | statement | of | work | under | 3.2.6 | states | all | membranes | and | pressure | vessels | | | | | | |
| must | be | 2 | 1/2" | x | 40" | in | length. | This | is | not | the | optimum | size | membrane | for | the | R/O | systems | for |
| WMEC270. | Are | 4" | x | 40" | membranes | allowable | on | WMEC | 270? | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 21: | If | need | be, | a | SOW | can | be | modified | for | a | better | system | solution, | however | this | | | |
| change | would | have | to | be | approved | and | any | new | R/O | system | installation’s | must | still | meet | our | | | | |
| requirements | for | system | function | and | size. | Please | review | SOW | section | 3.7. | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 22: | Ref | 3.2.10.4 | "Salinity | dump | valve | adjustable | set | point | control | knob" | Please | | | | | |
| clarify | this | requirement. | Is | this | for | setting | the | max | salinity | acceptable, | over | which | the | water | will | | |
| go | to | waste? | As | the | systems | are | operated | by | PLC, | this | would | be | automatic | and | the | set | capability |
| would | be | a | programmable | function | on | the | PLC | screen | and | not | done | by | a | control | knob. | Is | this |
acceptable?
Response 22: Please review SOW section 3.7.
| Question | 23: | Ref | 3.2.10.7 | Does | this | refer | only | to | WMEC | 210 | because | per | note | at | 3.2.10.3 | the | | |
| R/O | controls | will | interface | direct | with | CGMCS | on | WMEC | 270? | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 23: | 3.2.10.7 | refers | to | the | minimum | requirements | for | remote | alarms | and | controls | for | | | | | |
| both | WMEC‐210 | and | WMEC‐270. | 3.2.10.3 | refers | to | proper | connections | in | order | to | interface | with | | | | | |
| the | 270 | Class | cutter | engine | room | control | console. | As | far | as | remote | interface | with | the | 270 | | | |
| console, | this | may | be | obtainable | via | the | connections | listed | in | 3.2.10.3 | within | a | TLI | panel | located | | | |
| in | the | space | with | the | R/O. | At | a | minimum, | remote | panel | interface | control | connections | should | be | | | |
| supplied | with | the | new | R/O | for | the | WMEC | 270 | Class | cutters | IAW | the | SOW. | This | should | be | at | the |
| least | discussed | during | your | ship | check | and | or | if | additional | information | is | required, | please | | | | | |
| submit | an | e‐mail | to | the | Contract | Specialist. | Additional | recommendations | shall | be | included | IAW | | | | | | |
| SOW | section | 3.7. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 24: | Please | reconfirm | that | electrical | enclosures | are | NEMA | 4 | rather | than | NEMA | 4X? | | | |
| Response | 24: | Please | review | SOW | section | 3.7. | NEMA | 4X | seems | to | be | more | corrosion | proof | and | |
| is | listed | for | shipboard | use. | The | subject | enclosures | will | be | utilized | inside | of | the | ship | and | not |
external.
| Question | 25: | May | Siemans | brand | PLC | be | used | for | the | R/O | systems | as | it | is | compatible | with | the |
| ships | control | systems? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 25: | Please | review | SOW | section | 3.7. | | | | | | | | | | | |
Question 26: Are Coast Guard drawings listed in reference portion of SOW available at this time?
| Response | 26: | Yes. | Vendors | shall | request | drawings | regarding | this | solicitation | shall | be | submitted |
| in | writing | to | the | Contract | Specialist | | | | | | | |
| Question | 27: | We | have | developed | a | list | of | questions | for | this | solicitation. | Do | we | just | email | these |
| to | you | or | to | another | contact? | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response | 27: | | Any | questions | regarding | this | solicitation | to | should | be | directed | via | email | to | Ms. |
| Magdalena | Pitre | at | Magdalena.n.pitre@uscg.mil | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 28: | Ref | 3.2.3.1 | Pumps: | | Specified | here | is | a | cyclone | separator | to | be | provided | on | each | | |
| pump. | | Does | this | mean | the | high | pressure | pumps | (2) | and | the | feed | pump | (1)? | | A | cyclone | separator |
| removes | large | particles. | | If | required, | one | should | go | before | the | media | filter | as | part | of | the | | |
| prefiltration | package | to | service | both | HP | pumps, | not | in | front | of | the | pumps | after | the | 5 | micron | | |
| filter. | | Please | clarify. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Response 28: Yes, before the media filter.
| Question | 29: | The | work | program | requires | the | contractor | to | perform | a | disinfection | procedure | | | | | | |
| after | the | installation. | | Is | this | only | for | prior | to | the | potable | water | storage | tank | or | post | tank | also? |
| Is | there | a | dump | capability | to | grey | water | prior | to | the | potable | water | storage | tank | that | can | be | used |
| for | disinfection | 3.14? | Is | there | one | immediately | after? | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Response29: | Any | affected | piping | for | the | installation | of | the | new | R/0 | shall | be | disinfected | prior | to | | | |
| use. | Any | disinfecting | pipe | flushing | water | shall | be | disposed | of | by | the | vendor | IAW | all | State | and | | |
| Federal | regulations. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Question | 30: | Ref | line | item | 0‐009 | and | 0‐0010 | Travel | per | diem | to | anywhere | within | Continental | | | | |
| US | for | support: | | Please | advise | how | this | NTE | to | be | determined | as | time | period, | length | of | stay, | and |
| number | of | trips | is | not | known? | What | is | the | period | of | performance | that | would | be | a | part | of | this |
solicitation?
| Response30: | | It | will | be | determined | through | a | separate | delivery | order | or | task | order | under | the | |
| contract. | Period | of | Performance | will | be | determined | specifically | on | cutters | schedule | and | will | be | | | |
| specified | on | the | delivery | order | or | task | order. | | The | period | of | performances | is | scheduled | to | start |
| on | or | about | 1 | September | 2016 | for | Base | Year | Performance | period | of | 1 | September | 2016 | – | 30 |
| August | 2017 | and | Four | One | Option | Years | (1 | September | 2017 | – | 30 | August | 2021, | if | exercised | by |
| the | government, | Ref | page | 2 | of | 67, | SF | 1449. | | | | | | | | |