Preservation, Maintenance, and Repair of UF-41

The Regional Maintenance Center at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), Bremerton, Washington intends to award a stand-alone Firm-Fixed Price contract to accomplish docking and maintenance of Utility Float (UF) 41.

The characteristics of each vessel can be found in section 1.1 of the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW) documents. The Contractor’s facility must possess the capability of accommodating the Utility Floats with the characteristics as found in the SOWs.

Scope Overview: Coordinate with the Contracting Officer, via the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) to deliver the vessels to the Contractor’s facility.  Dock, wash, and clean the exterior surfaces of the vessels upon docking. Remove all fendering. Blast and preserve all exterior surfaces of the vessel. Replace zinc anodes. Preserve Hull and Freeboard exterior.  Touch up preservation in tanks/void. Hull and main deck require ultrasonic measurement of plating thickness. Open, clean, inspect and test tanks. Vessels require inspection for damage and deterioration (hull, main deck, tanks and voids). Apply new nonskid system to main deck. Undock the Coordinate with the Contracting Officer, via the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) to deliver the vessel to the Contractor’s facility. Upon docking vessel, wash and clean vessel. Remove existing rubber fenders and associated hardware; Sweep-blast clean rubber fenders. Reinstall rubber fenders with new fasteners and associated hardware. Remove existing and install new zinc anodes. Preserve interior and exterior of tank covers, replace all gaskets. Blast and preserve main deck, hull, freeboard and components. Apply new non-skid and coating system to the main deck.

Undock the vessel. Perform Ultrasonic Testing to the main-deck, hull, and freeboard surfaces for plating thickness. Perform visual inspections to the hull, main-deck, and tanks/voids for plating and framing damage and deterioration. Open, clean, inspect, and test all tanks and voids of the vessel. Arrange and coordinate the delivery of the vessel back to the Government with the Contracting Officer via the COR..  Arrange and coordinate the delivery of the vessels back to the Government with the Contracting Officer via the COR.

The expected Period of Performance (PoP) is scheduled to be from 25 July 2023 through 29 September 2023.

The Government is contemplating a total small business set-aside under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 336611, size 1,250 employees. The Government intends to post a request for proposals in March 2023 and anticipates award of the Firm-Fixed Price, stand-alone contract in June 2023 to the responsible Contractor on a lowest price, technically acceptable basis in accordance with but not limited to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.101-2. Offerors can view and/or download the draft notional work specifications for review at https://sam.gov.

All offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive award of Government contracts. Offerors are advised also that SAM representations and certifications can be completed electronically via the System for Award Management website at https://www.sam.gov.

Notice Regarding Pre-Solicitation Synopsis:

Information provided shall be treated as Business Sensitive or Confidential to the responder, exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act. PSNS & IMF may request further information regarding the capabilities of respondents to meet the requirements set forth in the announcement. This pre-solicitation announcement is released in accordance with FAR 5.2. Information provided in response to this pre-solicitation announcement is for informational and planning purposes only, will not be considered an offer by the responding contractor and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

Contracting Officer Address:

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Code 400 STOP 2026, 1400 Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98314-2026

Point of Contact:

Primary:

Christopher Parker,

Contract Specialist

Christopher.l.parker86.civ@us.navy.mil

Alternate:

Brittany Chartier,

Contracting Officer

brittany.n.chartier.civ@us.navy.mil