T. S. KENNEDY - FY18 Drydock Surveys and Repairs

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), Norfolk, VA intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order for Potential Offeror to provide all labor and materials to accomplish drydock surveys and repairs onboard Training Ship KENNEDY located at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532, in accordance with the Statement of Work.

The requested period of performance is on or after March 01, 2018 with vessel placed in drydock no later than 5 days after arrival to the Ship Yard and vessel return to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy no later than May 10, 2018.

SITE VISIT

Site visits will be conducted onboard the T.S. KENNEDY at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, January 04, 2018  and Tuesday, January 09, 2018 at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.  POC: Jeff Brown, Marine Surveyor, USDOT- Maritime Administration (MARAD), Division of Atlantic Operations-New England Office; phone (757) 694-5505; e-mail:  Jeffrey.H.Brown@dot.gov.   All potential offerors intending to submit an offer should plan to attend a site visit.  In order to make the site visit as productive as possible, offerors are also requested to submit any questions from the review of the solicitation package or as a result of site visit should be submitted in writing (email) to the Contracting Officer Monique.Leake@dot.gov No Later Than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, January 12, 2018 with solicitation number 6933A218Q000003 in the subject line.  Responses to questions will be issued by amendment to the solicitation package.

Failure of a prospective offeror to submit any questions or to attend a site visit will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation. Prospective offerors are advised that the site visit will be held solely to allow offerors 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 offerors 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.

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.

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), Norfolk, VA intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order for Potential Offeror to provide all labor and materials to accomplish drydock surveys and repairs onboard Training Ship KENNEDY located at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532, in accordance with the Statement of Work.

The requested period of performance is on or after March 01, 2018 with vessel placed in drydock no later than 5 days after arrival to the Ship Yard and vessel return to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy no later than May 10, 2018.

SITE VISIT

A site visit will be conducted onboard the T.S. KENNEDY at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.  POC: Jeff Brown, Marine Surveyor, USDOT- Maritime Administration (MARAD), Division of Atlantic Operations-New England Office; phone (757) 694-5505; e-mail:  Jeffrey.H.Brown@dot.gov.   All potential offerors intending to submit an offer should plan to attend site visit.  In order to make the site visit as productive as possible, offerors are also requested to submit any questions from the review of the solicitation package or as a result of site visit should be submitted in writing (email) to the Contracting Officer Monique.Leake@dot.gov No Later Than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, January 09, 2018 with solicitation number 6933A218Q000003 in the subject line.  Responses to questions will be issued by amendment to the solicitation package.

Failure of a prospective offeror to submit any questions or to attend the site visit will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation. Prospective offerors are advised that the site visit will be held solely to allow offerors 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 offerors 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.

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.