006 0920 Stability Lightship-Response.docx

This document contains a government file and related federal contract opportunity regarding a request for specification clarification for stability testing on the USNS Mercy hospital ship. The specification item in question concerns the definition of "lightship" as it relates to conducting stability tests. The contractor posed a question to clarify whether hospital equipment such as stretchers, gurneys and rolling beds would be considered part of the lightship weight or deadweight tonnage. The answer provided by the government revised specification item 0920 and specified that the hospital equipment will be considered as part of the deadweight tonnage for purposes of the stability testing. The related federal contract opportunity provides details of a solicitation issued by the Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command for repair and maintenance work on the USNS Mercy, with responses to include a signed non-disclosure agreement for work items and associated drawings.