Pre_Solicitation_-_USCGC_BRISTOL_BAY_120_ATON_BARGE.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE: DRY DOCK REPAIRS

USCGC BRISTOL BAY 120 ATON BARGE (12002)

The United States Coast Guard Surfaces Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) Norfolk, VA is procuring Dry Dock Repair services for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) BRISTOL BAY 120 ATON BARGE (12002) under REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) HSCG85-16-Q-P45470.

USCGC BRISTOL BAY 120 ATON BARGE is a 120ft special barge utilized by USCGC BRISTOL BAY (WTGB 102) a Bay Class Ice Breaking tug in service with the US Coast Guard's 9th District and home ported in Detroit, MI.

The Coast Guard intends to conduct the procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 , Acquisition of Commercial Items, FAR Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The acquisition will be Set-Aside for Small Businesses (SB) in accordance with the Small Business Act. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 336611 for SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees. For the calculation of annual receipts and number of employees see parts 121.104 and 121.106 in SBA's Small Business Size Regulations, http://www.sba.gov/regulations/121/. All Small Businesses may submit offers, which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard intends to award a firm-fixed price contract resulting from the issued 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 will 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 RFQ/solicitation HSCG85-16-Q-P45470 will be issued on December 29, 2015 with a closing date for receipt of QUOTATIONS on January 27, 2015, 1:00 P.M. EST. The RFQ will be posted on the Government wide Point of Entry (GPE), FEDBIZOPPS, which may be accessed via the Internet at www.fedbizopps.gov or https://www.fbo.gov. Please sign up for the Auto Notification Service to receive an email from Federal Business Opportunity website when an action is taken under this solicitation. No paper copies of the solicitation and/or amendments will be distributed.

QUESTIONS AND REQUEST FOR DRAWINGS: A CD-ROM containing all applicable drawings is available free of charge to contractors upon request no later than four (4) days from the solicitation issuance. The CD-ROM (s) contain WINDOWS compliant raster/vector formats (e.g. * .DWF, etc). The last day to submit questions regarding this solicitation was on January 27, 2015, 1:00 P.M. EST. After this date further requests may not be accepted due to time constraints. Forward all requests to Michael.d.baltzgar@uscg.mil.

DRY DOCK Repair Specification: Contractor shall provide all necessary, materials, equipment, and personnel to perform Dry Dock repairs to the USCGC BRISTOL BAY 120 ATON BARGE (12002). All work will be performed at the Contractor’s facility.

Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

Scope of Work: The scope of the acquisition is for the Dry Dock repairs of the USCGC BRISTOL BAY 120 ATON BARGE (12002). This work will include, but is not limited to the following WORK ITEMS:

The scope of the Scope of the acquisition is for the overhauling, renewing and repairing of various items aboard the USCGC BRISTOL BAY 120 ATON BARGE (12002). This work will include, but is not limited to the following work items:

WORK ITEM 1: Hull Plating (U/W Body), Inspect - Barge WORK ITEM 2: Hull Plating (U/W Body), Ultrasonic Testing - Barge WORK ITEM 3: SW Heat Exchangers, Clean, Inspect and Hydro WORK ITEM 4: Circuit Breakers (60 Hz), Inspect and Test WORK ITEM 5: Compressed Air Receivers and System Valves (All), Clean, Inspect, Hydro and Lift - Barge WORK ITEM 6: Hull Fittings (Weight Handling Rigging Hardware), Inspect and Test - Barge WORK ITEM 7: Anchor Windlass, Inspect and Service - Barge WORK ITEM 8: Anchor Chain(s) and Ground Tackle, Inspect and Repair WORK ITEM 9: Anchor(s), Preserve WORK ITEM 10: Traction Winches, Inspect and Service - Barge WORK ITEM 11: Hull Fittings (Mooring and Towing), Inspect and Test - Barge WORK ITEM 12: Gypsy Winches (Appleton Model AMD-865), Overhaul - Barge WORK ITEM 13: Buoy and Cargo Handling Crane, Inspect and Service - Barge WORK ITEM 14: Decks – Exterior (Buoy or Construction Deck), Preserve 100% WORK ITEM 15: U/W Body, Preserve (100%) - Barge WORK ITEM 16: U/W Body, Preserve (Partial - Condition A) - Barge WORK ITEM 17: U/W Body, Preserve (Partial - Condition B) – Barge WORK ITEM 18: Cathodic Protection / Zinc Anodes, Renew Barge WORK ITEM 19: Drydock WORK ITEM 20: Temporary Services, Provide - Barge WORK ITEM 21: Watertight Doors and Scuttles (Internal, DC Deck and Below), Renew WORK ITEM 22: Ventilation Systems, Commercial Clean WORK ITEM 23: Fender Repair Barge WORK ITEM 24: Hydraulic Pump, Overhaul WORK ITEM 25: Ballast Piping, Renew WORK ITEM 26: Berthing Spaces, Renew WORK ITEM 27: Thruster Unit (General), Overhaul

All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures.

Additionally, the contractor shall be responsible for providing Hotel Services for displaced crew during the Dry Dock/repair period.

Period of Performance: The period of performance is anticipated to be for forty-three (43) calendar days with a start date of May 4, 2016 and end date of June 15, 2016.

System for Award Management (SAM): (Formally known as CCR). Interested parties should register in the SAM as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. SAM information can be obtained by accessing the following link: www.sam.gov or by calling 1-866-606 8220.

All parties are encouraged to continually monitor the Federal Business Opportunity website for any amendments to the solicitation. All questions concerning this requirement shall be submitted in writing to.

Quotations are due on January 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and may be sent via:

Email: michael.d.baltzgar@uscg.mil or mailed to:

US Coast Guard

SFLC-CPD-C&P2-IBCT

Attn: Michael D. Baltzgar

300 East Main Street, Suite 600

Norfolk, VA 23510-9102