Kwigillingok Buoy Scope of Work.pdf

SPECIFICATIONS FOR KWIGILLINGOK RIVER ENTRANCE BUOYS FOR FY 2026

Base PERIOD plus four (4) one year options.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR KWIGILLINGOK RIVER ENTRANCE BUOYS

1. Provide all labor and materials to fabricate, moor, maintain on station, and remove twelve single drum type buoys in the Kwigillingok River Entrance in accordance with these specifications. Set the buoys on 01 June of the year or as soon thereafter as ice conditions permit and remove them on 15 October of the year, or earlier if ice conditions require. The buoys shall be installed by a competent person who has local knowledge of the location of the most desirable channel for the largest vessels that transits the area. Moor the buoys in positions that best mark that channel.

2. Moor the buoys with a mooring system of sufficient size and strength to insure that the buoys remain in position and allow for the maximum tide and swell combination.

3. Freshly paint all buoys before installation. Number and mark with Coast

Guard furnished numerals and retro-reflective tape, as shown on the enclosed drawing "Standard Oil Drum Buoy, Minor Aid", CGD17 Drawing L-1615, Sheet 1.

a. Use six buoys to mark the right hand side of the channel entering from seaward. Paint them bright red (Federal color 11350). Number them 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 with numbers increasing from seaward. Mark each with red retro-reflective tape.

b. Use six buoys to mark the left hand side of the channel entering from seaward. Paint them green (Federal Color 14193). Number them 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 with numbers increasing from seaward. Mark each with green retro-reflective tape.

4. Replace on station within 72 hours of discovery, any buoy that is destroyed, lost, dragged, or otherwise removed from its established position. Use a buoy of the same color and markings. If the buoy cannot be replaced within the 72 hours specified, notify the Arctic Coast Guard District Office of Waterways

Management at (907) 463-2262 during normal working hours, or call the 24 hour

Duty Officer in Juneau at (907) 463-2000. When the buoy is restored to its proper position, promptly notify the Coast Guard again.

5. Interim payments for this contract will be made as follows:

a. 60% for fabricating and installing the buoys at the beginning of the navigation season, and making notification.

b. 20% for maintaining and removing the buoys at the end of the navigation season, and making notification.

c. 20% for storing the buoys and equipment, turning over to the next year's contractor on or about 1 June of the year, and making notification of contract completion.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR KWIGILLINGOK RIVER ENTRANCE BUOYS FOR FY 2026

Base PERIOD plus four (4) one year options.

6. When the buoys are installed at the beginning of the season, the contractor will perform the following tasks:

a. Ascertain each buoy’s mooring (anchor to sea floor, chain/line at short stay) GPS position once installed by any available means. (Electronic Chart

Display, hand-held GPS, smart phone, etc…)

b. Within 24 hours, notify the Arctic Coast Guard District Office of Waterways

Management by telephone at (907) 463-2262 or the 24 hour Duty Officer in Juneau at (907) 463-2000 of buoy(s) installment and GPS mooring positions obtained.

c. Mark the locations of the buoys on the Coast Guard furnished charts of the area and post one copy in a suitable public place in Kwigillingok.

d. Send a copy of the marked chart to:

Commanding Officer D17 Waterways Branch Management (dpw)

907 West 8th St. Rm645A

Juneau, AK 99802

ATTN: ENS Camden Ray

e. Request payment of the contract price by submitting an invoice in IPP.

f. Send a copy of your invoice and a copy of the chart showing the location of the buoys to the Arctic Coast Guard District Office of Aids to Navigation at the following address:

Commander (dpw)

Arctic Coast Guard District

PO Box 25517

Juneau, AK 99802-5517

Attn: CATON

7. When the buoys are removed the contractor will perform the following tasks:

a. Within 24 hours, notify the Arctic Coast Guard District Office of Waterways

Management by telephone at (907) 463-2262 or the 24 hour Duty Officer in Juneau at (9O7) 463-2000.

b. Request final payment of 50% of the contract price by submitting an invoice in IPP.

c. Send a letter to the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Office of Waterways

Management advising the Coast Guard that the buoys have been removed. Include a copy of your invoice with your letter. Send this letter to the address given in paragraph 6.e. above.