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Request for Proposal

Solicitation No. HSCG85-15-R-P45016

Dry-dock & Repairs of CGC MORGENTHAU (WHEC 722)

Amendment No. 001

The purpose of this amendment is as follows:

a.

The due date for contractors to submit Request for Clarifications is extended until 01 December 2014 at 10:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time.

b.

The due date for submission of proposals for the subject solicitation is extended until 12 December 2014 at 10:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time. All proposals must be submitted either by MAIL or e-mail to Valerie.S.Riverachase@uscg.mil. No facsimile proposals will be accepted. The due date cited on the solicitation is changed to read as follows:

FROM: 03 December 2014 at 11:00 A.M., PST

TO: 12 December 2014 at 10:00 A.M., PST b.

Work Item D-63, Forward Pump Room, Preserve 100%, and its respective specifications are hereby added and incorporated to the subject requirement.

c.

Work Item D-61, Both Controllable Pitch Propeller Hubs, Remove and Reinstall (Escher Wyss, and its respective specification is deleted from this requirement. However, Optional work item O-61 Aluminum Plate Renewal, and its respective specification are added to this requirement.

d.

Due to the addition and deletion of the above mentioned work items, the Schedule of Items Pages 3 through 5 of the solicitation are hereby revised as shown as an Attachment to this amendment. OFFERORs are advised to utilize the revised pages in submitting their proposal. Failure to utilize the revised page will result for proposals not to be considered for the evaluation process of the solicitation.

e.

Due to the addition and deletion of the above mentioned work items, Revision 1 of the Specification is hereby incorporated and will be implemented to this requirement. Offerors are advised to use this revised specification in submitting proposal for this requirement.

f.

The following are the answers to the Request for Clarifications:

QUESTION NO. 1:

Work Item D-52, Bulkhead Plate Inspection & Renewal Lower BOSN Stores, paragraph 3.3.2; In work item D-52 paragraph 3.3.2 how many UT shots will be required? Also in 4 Notes it tells the contractor that there is lead paint behind the insulation, nowhere in the specification does it tell the contractor to remove any insulation, how insulation is to be removed and replaced?

ANSWER:

For bidding purposes, 30 UT shots will be required. NOTES Paragraph 4: Insulation removal is considered an interference. The standard specification below defines interferences. The Standard Spec 0000 is listed as a reference in paragraph 2. The removal of bulkhead insulation is required to inspect the metal areas behind it for this work item.

SFLC STANDARD SPECIFICATION 0000 –

3.3.5 Interference. The Contractor shall remove all interferences in way of spec ified work, as necessary, without regard to whether interferences are listed in applicable work items; restore all removed interferences upon completion of the specified work. The Contractor may exercise the discretion to work around certain interferences, when possible, so long as the specified work is successfully accomplished.

QUESTION NO. 2:

Work item D-56, Bow Propulsion Room Bilge Preservation, paragraph 3.5; In work item D-56 paragraph 3.5, it tells the contractor to power tool clean to SSPC SP3, can the Coast Guard tell the contractor how many square feet (SQ FT) of power tooling will be required?

ANSWER:

For bidding purposes, the estimated SQ FT for power tooling is 1000 SQ FT.

QUESTION NO. 3:

Work Item D-60, Auxiliary Machine Shop/Tool Room Deck; Tank To/Decking Steel Repairs, paragraph 3.3; In work item D-60 paragraph 3.3, it recommends a ship check, since the vessel is not available for a ship check, can the Coast Guard supply pictures? Also in paragraph 3.8, it tells the contractor to renew the damaged insulation nowhere in this item does it tell the contractor that it is a interference. For bidding purposes can the Coast Guard tell the contractor ho many SQ FT will be required?

ANSWER:

Currently, CGC MORGENTHAU is available for ship check until 05 December 2014 and beyond this date, CGC RUSH is available for ship check. Offerors may contact LT Marie Canavan at (808) 843-3880 or via e-mail at Marie.C. Canavan@uscg.mil or CWO Michael Baxter at (510)637-5898 or via e-mail at Michael.H.Baxter@uscg.mil to make arrange for a shipcheck.

Paragraph 3.8 states insulation removal is considered an interference. The Standard Specification below defines interference. The Standard Specification 0000 is listed as a reference in paragraph 2. The removal of the bulkhead insulation is required for hotwork purposes and exact area to be replaced in SQ FT will be needed to be determined by the scope of the hotwork repair area proposed from the Contractor thus recommend ship check for bidding purposes of the work item. SFLC STANDARD SPECIFICATION 0000.

QUESTION NO. 4:

Work item D-33, Thruster Unit (General) Overhaul, paragraph 3.3.1; In work item D-33, paragraph 3.3.1 it tells the contractor to renew cables and retain all electrical connections and mounting hardware for later use. Is the intent to renew cables or retain for reuse?

ANSWER:

This is a typo, it should be “retain”. Correction is made in the revised specification.

QUESTION NO. 5:

Work Item D-18, Propulsion Shafting Remove, Inspect and Reinstall (Escher Wyss), paragraph 3.7; In work item D-18, paragraph 3.7 it tells the contractor to preserve the stern tubes but it is also in Attachment 2 as Item D-62 where is the contractor to put the pricing? Also, it is the same for work items D-23 and D-61?

ANSWER:

Coast Guard will remove paragraph 3.7 in D-18 and will keep D-23. Coast Guard will remove D-61 and replace it with an optional item “Aluminum Plating Repair”. Change is reflected in the revised specification.

QUESTION NO. 6:

Work Item D-45, Passageway 3-304-0-L, Bilge Preservation, paragraph 3.6;In work item D-45, paragraph 3.6.2 tells the contractor to identify 20 locations, each to be 5 SQ FT that works out to be 100 total SQ FT of prep, but the spec tells the contractor the total SQ FT is 200SQ FT. Is it 200 or 100 SQ FT of prep?

ANSWER:

The correct total amount of prep area is 200 SQ FT 20 locations at 10sft each.

QUESTION NO. 7:

Work Item D-47, Sea Chest Structural Inspection and Preservation, paragraph 3.3 (Top of page 246); Reference drawing 378 FRAM W 538-38 is not on the drawing CD provided, please provide.

ANSWER:

Drawing listed above is not referenced in D-41.

QUESTION NO. 8:

Work Item D-41, Lead Ballast Enclosing, Forward Pump Room, paragraph 3.1.4.1, 3.1.5, & 3.3.1.1; All the above paragraph numbers refer to a bilge preservation item for compartment #5-96-0-Q. We have not been able to identify this item in the specification, please clarify.

ANSWER:

Correction has been and it is reflected on the revised specification. Work Item D-63, as mentioned above, is added to this requirement.

QUESTION NO. 9:

Work Item No. D-41, Lead Ballast Enclosing, Forward Pump Room; There is reference to a photo of the installation of lead ballast at the end of the specification. We do not see a photo in the specification, please provide.

ANSWER:

Photo has been included in the revised specification. Photo can also be made available to the offeror upon receipt of the request. Contractors must submit a request for copy of the photo to Valerie.S.Riverachase@uscg.mil. Copy will be provided via e-mail upon receipt of Contractor’s request.

f.

All other terms and conditions of the solicitation will remain unchanged.