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Notice ID Contract Opportunity: Combined Synopsis Solicitation

PR#71117PR25000-16,18,19

CONTACT INFO

Department/Ind. Agency HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF (070) Sub-tier

US COAST GUARD (7008)

Office

BASE KETCHIKAN (70Z035) 1300 STEDMAN ST.

KETCHIKAN, AK 99901 USA

Original Set Aside: 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) Product Service Code: 8460: Navigation Aids and Marine Markers" which includes various types of buoys used for maritime navigation.

NAICS Code:488390 Other Support Activities for Water Transportation " as it pertains to supporting activities related to water transportation, which includes the manufacturing and placement of navigational aids like buoys.

Place of Performance: VARIOUS WATER LOCATIONS, ALASKA, USA

SEE THREE (3) ATTACHED SCOPE OF WORK / SPECIFICATIONS.

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE/START OF UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WATER BUOY SERVICES REQUIRMENT SHALL BE:

CONTINGENT ON AVAILABILTY OF A FUNDED AWARD.

EXPECT AWARD DATE TO BE MAY 2025.

START DATE: 01 JUNE 2025

BASE PERIOD (1 JUNE 2025 TO 1 NOVEMBER 2025)

CLIN 001

Schedule of Supplies/Services USCG WATER BUOY Services AS SPECIFIED IN ATTACHED SOW, SPECS AND MAP

*The Contractor shall also include regular and overtime rates for any other labor categories proposed.

OPTION PERIOD ONE

CLIN 1001

Schedule of Supplies/Services USCG WATER BUOY Services AS SPECIFIED IN ATTACHED SOW, SPECS AND MAP 1 EACH

*The Contractor shall also include regular and overtime rates for any other labor categories proposed.

OPTION PERIOD TWO

CLIN 1002

Schedule of Supplies/Services USCG WATER BUOY Services AS SPECIFIED IN ATTACHED SOW, SPECS AND MAP 1 EACH

The Contractor shall also include regular and overtime rates for any other labor categories proposed.

SUPPORTING INFO / NOTES

Preparation of this quote is completely voluntary and shall be submitted to the United States Government by date specified herein.

This shall be awarded to the LOWEST PRICED/ TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE/ QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR AND IS CONTINGENT ON THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SECURING PROPER FUNDING.

The solicitation clearly places offerors on notice that there are currently no funds for the solicitation requirement and a contract or order shall be awarded only if funds become available; and THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHALL RESERVE THE RIGHT TO AWARD THIS REQUIREMENT TO MULTIPLE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE CONTRACTORS BASED ON THE LOWEST PRICE DUE TO THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS LISTED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK /SPECS CONTAINED HEREIN.

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 2025 or as soon thereafter as ice conditions permit and remove them on 15 October 2025 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 ensure 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 Seventeenth 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. Payments for this contract will be made as follows :

a. 30% for fabricating and installing the buoys at the beginning of the navigation season and making notification.

b. 50% 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 2026, and making notification of contract completion.

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 Seventeenth 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: BMC Richard Sargent

e. Request payment of the contract price by sending each original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the following address or by submitting electronically at https://www.fincen.uscg.mil/webinvoices/webinv_start.htm Commercial Invoices USCG Finance Center 1430A Kristina Way Chesapeake, Virginia, 23326

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

Commander (dpw) Seventeenth 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 Seventeenth 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 your final payment of 50% of the contract price by sending the original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the address listed in paragraph 6.d. above.

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.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR UNALAKLEET RIVER ENTRANCE BUOYS

1. Provide all labor and materials to prepare, moor, maintain on station, remove, store for the winter, and turn over to the next contractor on or about 15 April 2026, six Coast Guard furnished buoys at the entrance to the Unalakleet River in accordance with these specifications. Set the buoys on 1 June 2025 or as soon thereafter as ice conditions permit and remove them on 1 November 2025 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 transit the area. Moor the buoys in positions that best mark that channel.

2. Moor the buoys with a contractor supplied mooring system of sufficient size and strength to insure that the buoy remains in position and allows for the maximum tide and swell combination.

3. Use Coast Guard furnished plastic/foam buoys. Clean all buoys as necessary before installation. Number and mark with Coast Guard furnished numerals end retro-reflective tape.

as shown on the enclosed drawing "Markings for Coast Guard Furnished Buoys".

a. Use three red nun buoys to mark the right-hand side of the channel entering from seaward. Number them 2, 4 and 6, with numbers increasing from seaward.

a. Mark with red retro-reflective tape.

b. Use three green can buoys to mark the left hand side of the channel entering from seaward. Number them 1, 3 and 5, with numbers increasing from seaward and Mark 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. If the buoy cannot be replaced within the 72 hours specified, notification SHALL occur to the Seventeenth 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 notification SHALL occur once again to the Coast Guard again

5. Payments for the contract will made as follows:

a. 30% for preparing and installing the buoys at the beginning of the navigation season and making required notification.

b. 50% for maintaining and removing the buoys at the end of the navigation season and making notification.

c. 20% for storing and turning over the buoys to the next year's contractor on or about 15 April 2026 and making notification, as required.

6. When the buoys are installed at the beginning of the season the contractor SHALL 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, notification SHALL occur to the Seventeenth 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 Unalakleet.

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: BMC Richard Sargent

e. Request payment of the contract price by sending each original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the following address or by submitting electronically at https://www.fincen.uscg.mil/webinvoices/webinv_start.htm Commercial Invoices USCG Finance Center 1430A Kristina Way Chesapeake, Virginia, 23326

g. Send a copy of your invoice and a copy of the chart showing the location of the buoys to the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Office of Waterways Management at the following address:

Commander (dpw) Seventeenth Coast Guard District PO Box 25517 Juneau, AK 99802-5517 Attn: CATON

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

a. Within 24 hours, notify the Seventeenth 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.

b. Request your second payment of 50% of the contract price by sending the original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the address listed in paragraph 6.d. above.

c. Send a letter to the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Office of Waterways Management advising the Coast Guard the condition of the buoys and other government furnished equipment.

Include a copy of your invoice with your letter. Send this letter to the address given in paragraph 6.e. above.

8. When the 2025 contract has been awarded, on or about April/ MAY 2025, the contractor will perform the following tasks:

a. Request your final payment for previous years contract of 20% of the contract price by sending the original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the address listed in paragraph 6.d. above.

b. Notify the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Office of Waterways Management in writing that the buoys have been stored for the winter and, if there is a different contractor, that the buoys and equipment have been transferred to the new contractor. Include a copy of your invoice with your letter. Send this letter to the address given in paragraph 6.e. above.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR KOTZEBUE BUOYS

1. Provide all labor and materials to prepare, moor, maintain on station, remove, store for the winter, and turn over to the next contractor AS REQUIRED AND IF NECESSARY, Coast Guard furnished buoys in Kotzebue Sound in accordance with these specifications. Set the buoys on 1 July 2025 or as soon thereafter as ice conditions permit and remove them on 20 September 2026 or earlier if ice conditions require. The buoys shall be positioned by a competent person who has local knowledge of the location of the most desirable channel for the largest vessels that transit the area. Moor the buoys in positions that best mark that channel.

2. Moor the buoys with a contractor supplied mooring system of sufficient size and strength to ensure that the buoys remain in position and to allow for the maximum tide and swell combination. The Coast Guard uses the following sizes of moorings for these buoys. These sizes are provided for information only. The contractor SHALL use whatever size deemed sufficient.

a. 4CFR/4NFR buoys: 1/2 inch chain, 1000 lb sinker.

3. Clean all buoys as necessary before installation. Number and mark with Coast Guard furnished numerals and retro-reflective tape, as shown on the enclosed drawings.

a. Use four red buoys to mark the right hand side of the channel entering from seaward. Number them 2, 4, 6, 6A and 8, with numbers increasing from seaward as follows:

(1) #2 Use a 4NFR buoy.

(2) #4 Use a 4NFR buoy.

(3) #6 Use a 4NFR buoy.

(4) #6A Use a 5NFR buoy

(5) #8 Use a 4NFR type buoy.

(6) Mark all with red retro-reflective tape.

b. Use five green buoys to mark the left-hand side of the channel entering from seaward. Number them 1, 3, 5, 7, 7A and 9 with numbers increasing from seaward as follows:

(1) #1 Use a green 4CFR buoy.

(2) #3 Use a green 4CFR buoy.

(3) #5 Use a green 4CFR buoy.

(4) #7 Use a green 4CFR buoy.

(5) #7A Use a green 3CFR buoy

(6) #9 Use a green 4CFR buoy.

(7) Mark all 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. If the buoy cannot be replaced within the 72 hours specified, notify the Seventeenth Coast Guard District (dpw) 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. Payments for this contract will be made as follows:

a. 30% for preparing and installing the buoys at the beginning of the navigation season and making notification.

b. 50% for maintaining the buoys, removing them 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 2026, and making notification of contract completion.

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 Seventeenth 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 a Coast Guard furnished chart of the area and post one copy in a suitable public place in Kotzebue.

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: BMC Richard Sargent

e. Request payment of the contract price by sending each original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the following address, by fax at (757)523-6900, or by submitting electronically at http://www.fincen.uscg.mil/electron_cg23edsclm.htm Commercial Invoices U.S. Coast Guard Finance Center 1430A Kristina Way Chesapeake, Virginia, 23326

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

Commander (dpw) Seventeenth 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 Seventeenth Coast Guard District Office of Aids to Navigation by telephone at (907) 463-2262 or the 24-hour Duty Officer in Juneau at (907) 463-2000.

b. Request your second payment of 50% of the contract price by sending the original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the address listed in paragraph 6.d. above.

a. Send a letter to the Seventeenth Coast Guard District (dpw) describing the Coast Guard the condition of the buoys and other government furnished equipment.

Include a copy of your invoice with your letter.

Send this letter to the address given in paragraph 6.e. above.

8. When the 2025 contract has been awarded, on or about 1 June 2025 the contractor will perform the following tasks:

a. Request your final payment for previous years contract of 20% of the contract price by sending the original invoice to the Coast Guard Finance Center at the address listed in paragraph 6.d. above.

b. Notify the Seventeenth Coast Guard District (dpw) in writing that the buoys have been stored for the winter and, if there is a different contractor, that the buoys and equipment have been transferred to the new contractor. Include a copy of your invoice with your letter. Send this letter to the address given in paragraph 6.e. above.

Encl: (1) Data Sheet 2-K (35) 4CFR Buoy, Annotated

(2) Data Sheet 2-K (36) 4NFR Buoy, Annotated

(3) Drawing "Markings for Coast Guard Furnished Buoys" Encl: (1) Drawing "Markings for Coast Guard Furnished Buoys"

*NO PRE-AWARD SITE WILL BE HELD, FUNDED OR AUTHORIZED.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT: The government will provide the following if deemed necessary. (USCG BUOYS)

Background check required for all technicians to access ANY GOVERNMENT facilities if required.

NOTE 1: This requirement is lowest priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) in accordance with FAR 13 simplified Acquisition Procedures.

Contract award shall be for a BASE YEAR AND TWO (2) OPTION YEAR PERIODS FOR:

water buoy service requirement

NOTE 2: ANY AND ALL SHIPPING COSTS TO REQUIRED DELIVERY ADDRESS SHALL BE INCLUDED IN FINAL CONTRACTORS PRICED QUOTE/INCLUDED.

LIABILITY OF DAMAGES: The contractor shall be liable for all damages to Government equipment and property when such damage is due to fault or negligence of the contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for all damages or injury to persons that occur because of the contractor’s fault or negligence. The contractor shall take proper safety and health precautions to protect the work the workers the public, and the property of others.

Payment Terms Payment terms will be as specified in subsequent purchase order/ contract award documentation.

Point of Contact For any questions or clarifications regarding this requirement, please contact one of the individuals at least 10 business days before closing date/time of this REQUEST FOR PROPSAL (RFP).

NOTE: ALL PROPOSALS/ QUOTES SHALL BE SUBMITTED ONLY VIA OFFICIAL EMAIL TO: DENO.A.STAMOS@USCG.MIL and Bengamin.R.REEDY@USCG.MIL

Closing date & time:

proposals/quotes and any supporting documentation SHALL BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 3:00 PM ALASKA TIME ZONE ON THURSAY, 10 APRIL 2025

Updated info_25March2025:

To be considered equal, the equally proposed product/subscription must meet or exceed the following salient characteristics:

FAR Provisions 52.212-1 and 52.212-2 apply to this acquisition. Evaluation criteria is lowest price technically acceptable, inclusive of options.

A complete copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Products and Commercial Services, must be completed in SAM.gov at the time of quote submission.

FAR 52.212-4 and addenda to FAR 52.212-4 apply to this acquisition.

Addenda are: 52.204-13, 52.204-18, 52.252-2, 52.204-23 (HSAR DEVIATION), 52.204-25 (HSAR DEVIATION). FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition, with the following checkboxes: 52.204-10, 52.204-27, 52.209-6, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-50, 52.225-13, 52.226-8, 52.232-33.

Where FAR clause language is inconsistent with FAR 13.004, Legal Effect of Quotations, that language is hereby tailored in accordance with FAR 12.302 to be consistent with a request for quotations.

This tailoring includes, but is not limited to, the following: In accordance with FAR 13.004, a quotation is not an offer, and any clause provision to the contrary is hereby modified to be consistent with FAR 13.004. Where the word "offer/offeror" or a derivative of that word appears, it is changed to "quote/quoter" or a derivative of that word.

Quotes are due by April 7, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., Alaska time, to Deno Stamos at deno.a.stamos@uscg.mil and CWO2 Reedy at bengamin.r.reedy@uscg.mil to be considered for award.

If it is in the best interest of the government, quotes submitted after the due date may be accepted.

Quotes shall remain valid for 30 days unless otherwise expressly stated on the quote.

Quotes shall list two points of contact for the offeror, including name, phone number, and email address.

Deno Stamos Senior Field Contracting officer (SFCO)

DHS/ USCG KETCHIKAN

Work # 907-228-0270 Deno.a.stamos@uscg.mil *Semper Fidelis