USCGC-kukui-dockside-repairs amendment

The U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting quotations for comprehensive dockside repairs to the USCGC KUKUI (WLB-203), a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Sitka, Alaska. This Request for Quotation seeks an Indefinite Delivery Requirement contract under NAICS code 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing) with a small business size standard of 1,300 employees. Contractors must provide all necessary materials, equipment, and personnel to perform 38 distinct work items encompassing tank cleaning and preservation, hydraulic system servicing, electrical system upgrades, deck coverings, piping renewals, and structural preservation work. The government will evaluate offers using a best value trade-off approach, with technical capability designated as the most important evaluation factor, followed by past performance, and then price—with technical factors being significantly more important than price in the source selection decision. Critical deadlines include January 21, 2026 for submitting clarification questions, February 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time for quotation submission, and an anticipated award date of February 23, 2026.

This procurement is designated as a total small business set-away with no identified incumbent contractors specified in the solicitation materials. The contract performance period is scheduled from March 31, 2026 through June 9, 2026, with quotations required to remain valid for 120 days following submission. The pricing sheet indicates a composite labor rate of $120.00 per hour with 300 hours budgeted, travel and per diem expenses of $1,600, and a 5-day laydown period, though specific line-item pricing for the 38 work items is to be submitted by offerors. All work is to be performed at the contractor's facility rather than at the cutter's homeport. Three amendments have been issued to the original solicitation (A00001, A00002, and A00003) to provide specification clarifications, updated technical requirements, and responses to contractor questions, with all amendments requiring acknowledgment of receipt prior to the proposal deadline.