Unalakleet River Scope of Work - FY2021.docx

SPECIFICATIONS FOR UNALAKLEET RIVER ENTRANCE BUOYS FOR FY 2021

June 1, 2021 through June 1, 2022

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 2022, six Coast Guard furnished buoys at the entrance to the Unalakleet River in accordance with these specifications. Set the buoys on 1 June 2021 or as soon thereafter as ice conditions permit, and remove them on 1 November 2021 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. 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. 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, 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. Partial 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 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 2022, and making notification.

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.

b. 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.

c. Send a copy of the marked chart to:

Commanding Officer

USCGC SPAR (WLB-206)

P.O. Box 190651 Kodiak, Alaska 99619-0651

d. 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

e. 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 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 (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 2020 contract has been awarded, on or about 15 April 2021, 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.

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