Dry dock and repair of USCGC AXE

The U.S. Coast Guard is setting aside this acquisition for Total Small business concerns. The Coast Guard intends to conduct this procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The NAICS Code is 336611. The acquisition is for drydock repairs to the USCGC AXE (WLIC-75310) a 75 foot ?D? class Inland Construction Tender and 68 foot Barge at the contractor?s facility. The performance period will be 49 days with a start date on or about April 7, 2008. The homeport of the vessel is Morgan City, LA. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the FEDBIZOPPS web page on or about January 3, 2008 at http://www.fbo.gov/. Please sign up for the Auto Notification service to receive e-mail from FEDBIZOPPS when an action is taken under this solicitation. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE EVALUATED USING PAST PERFORMANCE AS AN EVALUATION FACTOR. If you have questions regarding FEDBIZOPPS, contact Stephen Clark at (757) 628-4648 or email Stephen.A.Clark@uscg.mil.

The scope of the acquisition is to provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to perform drydock repairs to the USCGC AXE (WLIC-75310) including but not limited to the following Base and Option items: Welding Repairs; Remove, Inspect, and Reinstall Propeller Shafts; Fabricate Shaft; Straighten Shaft; Renew Water-Lubricated Shaft Bearings; Overhaul Stern Tube Seal Assemblies; Remove, Inspect, and Reinstall Propellers; Perform Minor Repairs and Reconditioning of Propeller; Renew Transducers and Preserve Transducer Hull Rings; Remove, Inspect and Reinstall Sea Strainers and Renew Valves; Inspect, and Preserve Rudder Assembly; Rebuild Rudder Stock and Rudder; Renew Rudder Lower Bearing Trunk; Preserve Spud Well Surfaces and Renew Spud Well Liners; Shrink Wrap Crane; Inspect Various Deck Fittings; Preserve Buoy Deck; Preserve Complete Underwater Body; Renew Cathodic Protection System; Routine Drydocking; Provide Temporary Logistics; Install Ballast Weight for Vessel Trim Correction; Renew Barge Sea Chests; Reweld Fuel Piping Joint; Renew Scuttles On Barge; Repair Weld In Tender Starboard Fuel Tank; Preserve Barge Main Hold; Preserve Aft Barge Void; Install Frame in Fwd Rake of Barge; Complete Welding of Engine Room Interior Door; Ultrasonic Testing. Trained welders, who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures, shall accomplish all welding and brazing.



The following Geographic Restrictions applies for the USCGC AXE (WLIC-75310): This requirement is restricted to This requirement is restricted to Brownsville, TX to Carrabelle, FL via Intra Coastal Waterways, No open water transits. The simplified acquisition will be issued as a best value Request for Quotes (RFQ). Hard copies of the specification and solicitation will not be issued. A CD-ROM containing all applicable drawings is available free of charge to contractors upon request not later than three (3) days from the solicitation issuance. The CD-ROM(s) contain WINDOWS compliant raster/vector formats (e.g.*.DWF, etc). For further information or questions regarding this solicitation, please contact Stephen Clark at (757) 628-4648 or by email at Stephen.A.Clark@uscg.mil