FY16 Dry-Dock Repair for Coast Guard Cutter BUCKTHORN

This is the same requirement for which a sources sought synopsis was posted on January 4, 2016. The reference/reference number was: DRYDOCK-REPAIRS-CGC-BUCKTHORN.

The U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center, contracting and procurement IBCT product line intends to issue a solicitation requesting proposals for dry-dock repairs for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUCKTHORN (WLI 642) a 100 foot inland buoy tender home ported in Sault Ste Marie, MI. The Coast Guard intends to conduct this procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. This procurement will be issued as a total small business set aside. The NAICS code will be 336611 and the small business size standard is less than 1000 employees.

Note: The geographic restriction for this requirement is "the cutter is restricted to an area no greater than 400nm from the cutter's homeport and no open water transit."

It is anticipated the solicitation will be issued as a best value request for quote (RFQ) 23 February 2016 with quotes due 18 March 2016. It is anticipated quotes will be evaluated using price and past performance as evaluation factors. The solicitation/RFQ will be issued via the Federal Business Opportunity (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.fbo.gov/. A hard copy solicitation will not be issued. Contractors will need to monitor the FedBizOpps website for RFQ/solicitation release and any subsequent amendments.

As noted above, the home pier of the vessel is Sault Ste Marie, MI.

The period of performance (based on the cutter's availability) is: 22 June - 4 August 2016. The place of performance will be at the contractor's facility.

The specification for this project is posted with this pre-solicitation synopsis for review from interested parties.

Drawings on CD-ROM will be free of charge to contractors upon request. Requests for drawings shall be received not later than 11 March 2016. The contact for drawings is Andrew Jacobs at 510-637-5874, Andrew.G.Jacobs@uscg.mil.

Certifications: All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. Contractors shall provide the following as described in SFLC Standard Specification 8634:
1) A current certification of its drydocking facility (provided with the vendor quote)
2) Pre-award calculations (provided with the vendor quote)
3) The docking and undocking calculations (after any contract award)

For further information or questions regarding this solicitation, contact Andrew Jacobs at 510-637-5874, or Andrew.G.Jacobs@uscg.mil.