T. S. KENNEDY - Fuel System Modifications

The U.S. Maritime Administration's Training Ship KENNEDY is provided to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy for the purpose of training young men and women for a career in the Maritime Industry. The intent of the Maritime Administration's Division of Atlantic Operations is to solicit quotes for this Request for Quotation (RFQ) to identify the company, system and equipment that can modify the vessel's fuel system pierside at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in a cost effective and beneficial manner.  These services will consist of modifications to the existing fuel system by converting two heavy fuel tanks to MGO (Marine gas oil) or No.2 Diesel tanks, one port and one starboard. Install two fuel transfer pumps and associated piping to take suction from these tanks to the boilers for boiler operations.

Currently the boiler start up takes fuel from the EDG tank. This piping will be removed and the EDG day tank will be dedicated to the EDG.

The new system must provide, at all boiler loads, MGO (Marine gas oil) or No.2 Diesel to the boilers. Integration with the Boiler Combustion controls must be included

All potential offeror's quotation shall include a detailed description on how they will manage/control the below functions, these items will be evaluated as individual items and as part of a complete to modification to the vessel's fuel system.

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• SHIPCHECKS: DETAILED, AND VERIFICATION SHIPCHECKS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR PIPING AND STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS.
  
• THE KENNEDY HAS TWO EXISTING HEAVY FUEL TANKS, TANKS V. THE TANKS LOCATED ARE PORT AND STARBOARD AT FRAME 172-187. THESE TANKS WILL BE RE- USED AND RE-DESIGNATED AS MGO (MARINE GAS OIL) OR NO.2 DIESEL OIL TANKS FOR LOW EMISSION OPERATIONS.
  
• PIPING RIPOUTS AND INSTALLATIONS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH NEW DRAWINGS.
  
• DRAWINGS FOR PIPING RIPOUT AND INSTALLATION.
  
• DRAWINGS FOR THE NEW FUEL PUMP FOUNDATIONS.
  
• PIPE FLOW FOR PUMP AND PIPE SIZING
  
• SUBMIT DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS TO ABS AND USCG MARINE SAFETY CENTER FOR APPROVAL.
  
• COMBUSTION CONTROL INTEGRATION
  

All work shall be performed at the T.S. KENNEDY pier located at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.  The ship shall be available for work performance on or about 19 September 2016 with a completion date no later than 01 December 2016.

SHIP CHECK - SITE VISIT

A pre-quote conference and site visit will be conducted onboard the T.S. KENNEDY located at its layberth located at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.

WHEN:  Wednesday, August 03, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

POC: Mr. Jeffrey H. Brown, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, phone 757‐694-5505; email: Jeffrey.H.Brown@dot.gov, or Ms. Monique R. Leake, Contracting Officer, phone 757‐322‐5820; Monique.Leake@dot.gov.

This is the ONLY site visit that will be conducted.  Quoters are encouraged to attend as failure to attend does not relieve the quoter of accuracy of their proposal and the quoter's responsibility that it has investigated and satisfied itself as to the general and local conditions which can affect the work or its cost.  In order to make the visit as productive as possible, quoters are also requested to submit any questions from the review of the solicitation package or as a result of visiting the site should be submitted in writing (email) to the Contracting Officer by 2:00 p.m. EST, on Tuesday, August 09, 2016. Responses determined to be necessary will be issued by amendment to the solicitation package.  Telephone questions will not be accepted. 

Failure of a prospective quoter to submit any questions or to attend the site visit will be construed to mean that the quoter fully understands all requirements of the solicitation. Prospective quoters are advised that the site visit will be held solely to allow quoters an opportunity to gain the best possible understanding of the working environment and specific work items to be addressed under contract in order that they may prepare an accurate and complete price quote. All prospective quoters are advised that at the conclusion of the site visit, unless this solicitation is amended in writing, it will remain unchanged and, that if an Amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable.

A complete solicitation package (Request for Quotations) is expected to be available on the Federal Business Opportunities website on or before July 27, 2016.

ATTENTION: Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call (800) 532-1169 or e-mail stlpinfo@dot.gov.