Drydock Repairs for the USCGC SPAR

This is a Presolicitation Notice for Drydock Repairs of the USCGC SPAR (WLB-206), a 225 Oceangoing Buoy Tender. The homeport of the vessel is Kodiak, AK.

The Coast Guard's Surface Forces Logistics Command (SFLC), Icebreaker, Buoy and Construction Tender product line (IBCT) will be issuing a solicitation on or about the end of August 2011. It will be set-aside 100% for small business concerns. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 336611.

Note that small business concerns for set-asides are reminded that it is required that at least fifty (50) percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern (52.219-14,"Limitations on Subcontracting").

EXPECTED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
The contract is for an expected period of performance of approximately seventy-one (71) days starting in January 2012.

WORK DETAIL
Work to include, but not limited to, the following: Hull Plating (U/W Body), Ultrasonic Testing; Hull and Structural Plating - Steel Plate , Repair; Hull and Structural Plating - Steel Plate , Repair; Hull and Structural Plating - Eroded Weld (Steel), Repair; Appendages (U/W) - Internal, Preserve; Propulsion Shafting ; Remove, Inspect, and Reinstall; Propeller , Clean and Inspect; Propeller , Perform Minor Repairs and Reconditioning; Keel Coolers - Barge , Clean , Inspect and Hydro; Ship Service Diesel Generator (SSDG) Exhaust Piping , Commercial Clean; Vent Ducts ( Engine and Motor Room All ) , Commercial Cleaning; Rudder Assembly, Remove, Inspect and Reinstall; Hull Plating Freeboard, Preserve (" 100% "); Cathodic Protection / Zincs, Renew; Drydocking; Temporary Services, Provide; Fathometer Transducer , Renew; Decks - Exterior, Preserve ( " Non-Skid Broadcast Grit" System); Deck Covering (Interior Wet/Dry) , Renew; U/W Body, Preserve ( "100%" ); Superstructure, Preserve "100%";Propulsion Shafting, Straighten; Hull and Structural Plating - Steel Plate , Repair; Exterior Exhaust Vents , Renew; Pilot House Top , Preserve; Lazarette , Preserve; Sea Strainers (All Sizes), Overhaul and Renewal; A /C Chilled Water Condenser Salt Water Cooling Piping , Renewal; and, Grey Water / Sewage Tank System , Install and Berthing and Messing.

TECHNICAL AND LICENSING BARRIERS/LIMITS:
a) Past performance clearly demonstrating work successfully performed on the same or similar vessel type.
b) Drydock Certification & Calculations will be requested and will need to be approved by the Coast Guard and active for award to be made.
c) All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures.

Thank you for your interest in this procurement.