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SCOPE OF WORK FOR US COAST GUARD MSRT WEST – Biannual Recertification of Fast Rope, SEAS-1 (SAR Warrior) Bottles

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team, MSRT West (34269) Regional Dive Locker Pacific 400 Sand Island Pkwy Honolulu, HI 96819

STATEMENT OF WORK FOR THE PURCHASE OF

(2) Twenty Foot Shipping Containers

1. JUSTIFICATION:

Regional Dive Locker Pacific (RDLP) is often requested to perform diving services to locations where access to Recompression Chambers is severely limited. The US Navy Diving Manual (and US Coast Guard Diving Program Manual) defines three levels of chambers as accessible within 5 minutes, 1 hour, and 6 hours (Levels I, II, and III respectively). Many of the remote locations of the dive services provided are well-beyond the Level III limitation, not to include the time required when an Emergency Action Plan is initiated. Examples include: Kwajalein, Palau, Midway, Chuuk, Samoa, Antarctica, Tinian, Saipan, or even domestic locations including the outer Hawaiian Islands and Alaska. Because of this fact, RDLP has received the first two (of five) Recompression Chambers being delivered to each Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker.

The acquisition of (2) climate-controlled standard-size 20-foot shipping containers for the storage and shipment of life-support equipment along with the organic capability of our own Chambers to support any hyperbaric injury will allow for appropriate emergent treatment in any remote location around the globe and the ability to bring required ancillary diving equipment along with the Chamber.

The current alternative of storage and shipment of life-support equipment, unprotected and exposed to the elements of a salt-water environment, is inadequate, and significantly expedites corrosion, as well as wear and tear. Additionally, the current alternative of storage and shipment of the aforementioned equipment increases the likelihood of damaging or misplacing vital components and rendering any mission inoperable. Having a diving capability reduced by lost or damaged equipment is unacceptable when urgent requests are formalized by high value US Coast Guard Assets or when an area is in need of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and/or in the response of a personnel casualty.

Without the protective storage space and the ability to quickly travel with associated ancillary equipment (diver-air and chamber air compressors, generators, surface-supplied diving systems including helmets, medical equipment, pallet boxes full of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, salvage equipment, hydraulic tools and hydraulic power units, etc) would be an extreme waste of resources and an important, organic US Coast Guard capability diminished. If delays are incurred in response and the inability to quickly deploy exists, RDLP Divers would be exempt from high-priority missions forcing commercial contracting services rendered from commercial diving companies at an exponentially higher, non-cost-effective rate for any diving service. If the proposition does not come to fruition, RDLP’s response time to disaster or in the event of an emergency is significantly increased and the equipment required is, again, susceptible to significant corrosion and damage.

2. SCOPE OF SERVICES:

The requirement is to provide Regional Dive Locker Pacific with (2) 8X20’ one-trip shipping containers each with: (1) 36” steel personnel door with lockset opposite twin cargo doors, (1) electrical package complete with climate control via (1) 12k BTU AC unit installed opposite twin cargo doors, (1) 220 Amp Junction box installed at manufacturer’s discretion for external power connection with standard 110V shore tie, (2) Overhead lights installed on centerline of ceiling running length-wise, (1) fuse box, (4) 110 Amp power outlets for internal power installed at manufacturer’s strategic discretion, caulk and industrial-grade zinc coating on weld points and coated in a light beige color, including delivery. Each container shall be constructed/modified in the exact same way with minor details included above at manufacturer’s discretion.

3. DELIVERY LOCATION

REGIONAL DIVE LOCKER PACIFIC

400 Sand Island Pkwy Honolulu, HI 96819

ATTN: DV2 TUCKER YOUNG