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USCGC STORIS SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT

NAICS Code: 488330, Navigational Services to Shipping PSC Code: R706, Support management Logistics Support

The USCG intend to procure services to support the operations and maintenance of USCGC STORIS. The Contractor’s services will complement and supplement organic Coast Guard personnel onboard the cutter, on shore in Seattle, WA; Alameda, CA; Baltimore, MD.

The determinative qualifications are experience operating and maintaining large (more than 10000 Gross Tons) Offshore Supply Vessels with the following capabilities/equipment:

1. Dynamic Positioning per International Association of Classification Societies DP2 system redundancy

2. International Association of Classification Societies Polar Class 3

3. Operational Technology (Machinery Control and Monitoring) by SER Schiffselektronik Rostock

GmbH

4. Controllable Pitch Propulsion by Schottel GmbH

5. Integrated Bridge Systems (Navigation, Communications, Autopilot) by International Marine

Systems, using Furuno Electronics components.

Note: as part of your response to the sources sought, please provide a narrative addressing the following:

• Your experience/capability with the above qualifying factors,

• Ability to support below requested services.

The Contractor must provide the following services:

1. Officers and crew members accredited per the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW)

2. 24/7 Online/phone technical support for the following systems and equipment:

o Medium Voltage Switchgear and Generator Control Units (including the

Power Management & Distribution Systems) o Automation/Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS) o Thrusters and Controls o Dynamic Positioning System o Towing Winch o Integrated Bridge Systems (Navigation, communications, Helicopter Control, all control stations) o Reduction Gear, Controllable Pitch Propeller system, Shaft Bearings and Seals

3. (Optional), Analysis, studies, inspections, surveys, on-site casualty response, upgrades, updates, and documentation updates because of configuration changes, all per detailed Statements of Work issued via potential contract modifications.

4. Comprehensive program management services to ensure the successful execution of this contract.

5. Associated travel

I. Officers and crew members Provide Certified Mariners The contractor must provide 10 mariners during the performance period, with current Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) endorsements in the following classifications:

a. One Master, 3000 GT or More, per STCW Regulation II/2

b. One Chief Mate, 3000 GT or More, per STCW Regulation II/2

c. One Second Mate/ Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW), per STCW

Regulation II/2

d. Two Able Seafarer-Deck, per SCTW Regulation II/5

e. One Chief Engineer of 3,000 kW (4,000 HP) or More, per STCW Regulation III/2

f. One First Assistant Engineer of 3,000 kW (4,000 HP) or more, per STCW Regulation

III/2

g. One Second Assistant Engineer/Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch (OICEW) per

STCW Regulation III/1

h. Two Qualified Member of the Engineering Department (QMED)/Able Seafarer Engine, per STCW Regulation III/5

i. Service Areas

j. Deck/Bridge

k. Watchstanding

II. 24/7 Online/phone technical support

The Contractor must provide technical Support 24 hours per day, seven days per week, twelve months per year for the following systems and equipment:

• Medium Voltage Switchgear and Generator (4 ea.) Control Units (including the Power Management & Distribution Systems)

• Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS)

• Thrusters and Controls, (5 ea.)

• Dynamic Positioning System

• Towing Winch

• Reduction Gear, Controllable Pitch Propeller system, Propulsion Shaft bearings and seals (2 shafts)

• Integrated Bridge Systems (Navigation, communications, Helicopter Control, all control stations)

III. (Optional), Analysis, studies, inspections, surveys, on-site casualty response The Contractor must provide detailed technical support above and beyond the immediate support of paragraphs I and II. On-site engineering or technical support may require technical representatives to deploy with the cutter. Hot work and surface preservation are specifically excluded. The USCG is looking for additional external expertise and access to troubleshooting tools not available to the Cutter or the Contractor Personnel embarked upon it. Possible classes of required support include but are not limited to:

• Engineering Analysis of failures.

• Studies of proposed configuration changes or part/system substitutions.

• Surveys of structures, equipment and systems.

• On-site casualty response.

• Specialized on-site inspections.

IV. Comprehensive program management services The Contractor must provide a Program Manager responsible for all Contractor work performed. The Program Manager must be a single point of contact for the Contracting Officer and the COR.

During any absence of the Program Manager, only one alternate at a time must have full authority to act for the Contractor on all matters relating to work performed under this contract. The Program Manager and all designated alternates must be able to read, write, speak and understand English.

V. Associated travel Contractor travel will be required to support this requirement. All travel required by the Government outside the local commuting area(s) will be reimbursed to the Contractor in accordance with FAR 31.205- 46, Travel Costs. The Contractor must be responsible for obtaining Contracting Officer approval (electronic mail is acceptable) for all reimbursable travel in advance of each travel event