Buoy Overhaul Services for U. S. Coast Guard 9th District

Amendment 0001 to Solicitation posted January 5, 2016.

This notice is hereby amended to post a question and reaponse document.

OVERHAUL OF AIDS TO NAVIGATION (ATON) BUOYS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center (SILC) has a requirement to overhaul and transport various types and sizes of U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Aids to Navigation (A/N) buoys. The contractor shall be required to provide all necessary management, supervision, personnel, labor, transportation, materials, general and specialized equipment. The contractor shall be responsible for, at a minimum, the pickup and delivery of Government-owned buoys at various USCG sites in District 9 along with routine type overhauls and maintenance. Major pickup and delivery sites are: Milwaukee, WI; Surgeon Bay, WI; Essexville, MI; Sault Ste Marie, MI; Detroit, MI; Cheboygan, MI; Port Huron, MI; Buffalo, NY; and Duluth, MN. The contractor will also be responsible for loading the buoys; securing and configuring loads in such a manner as to ensure transport and delivery can be accomplished safely.

A total small business set-aside Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued in accordance with FAR 19.5 using negotiation procedures under FAR Part 15 for an Indefinite Delivery-Requirements type contract (base with four one year option periods if exercised by the government) with Firm Fixed Unit Prices. The applicable NAICS Code is 332313 and the Small Business size standard is 500 employees.

The Coast Guard intends on making a single award to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The estimated performance period for the Base Year is 01 February 2016 (or date of award) through 31 January 2017, with (4) one-year options. Contractors who are interested and capable of providing the required services must respond in accordance with the Request for Proposal. Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and shall have an active and complete registration status prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract and/or order resulting from this solicitation. Lack of active and complete registration in the SAM will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration via the internet at www.sam.gov or by calling (888) 227-2423. FAR 52.204-7 and 52.232-33 apply. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about 14 December 2015. All interested small business firms are hereby notified that this solicitation will be available exclusively on the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov. The RFP, all attachments and all amendments will be published for viewing and printing from the FedBizOpps website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website for the solicitation and any amendments to the solicitation. Telephone, written, and E-mail requests for paper copies of the solicitation package or amendments will not be accepted, the solicitation must be extracted from the www.fbo.gov web site. Questions shall be directed to the contract specialist via e-mail at Jillian.L.Noblett@uscg.mil.