SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Sources Sought for Hubzone and SDVOSB for USCGC Kankakee Drydock Repairs
- Notice Date
- 12/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336611
— Ship Building and Repairing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer (vpl), USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command - Atlantic, 300 East Main Street Suite 600, Norfolk, VA, 23510-9102, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DDUSCGCKANKAKEE(WLR-75500)
- Response Due
- 1/8/2007
- Archive Date
- 1/23/2007
- Description
- The U.S. Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside an acquisition for HUBZone concerns or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSB). The estimated value of this procurement is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 336611. The acquisition is for DRYDOCK repairs to the USCGC KANKAKEE (WLR-75500), 75 Foot ?F? Class River Buoy Tender and 130 Foot Barge. The USCGC KANKAKEE is homeported in Memphis, TN. All work will be performed at contractor's facility. This vessel is geographically restricted to the Western Rivers of the United States. The Western Rivers means the navigable portions of the Mississippi River and its tributaries above mile 0 of the lower Mississippi River. Navigable tributaries of the Mississippi River include only the waterways within the area of jurisdiction of Coast Guard Aids to navigation Facilities as described in Light List Volume V (COMDTINST M16502.5) and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterways to the mouth of the Mobile River. This includes protected portions of the Intra Coastal Waterway connected to the ?Western Rivers,? but specially excluded unprotected or open waters such as Mobile Bay, Lake Borgne, and the Gulf of Mexico. The performance period will be 54 calendar days with a start date of 21 May 2007. The scope of the acquisition is for the overhauling, cleaning and repairing of various items aboard the USCGC KANKAKEE (WLR-75500). This work will include, but is not limited to: welding repairs, removing, inspecting and reinstalling propellers, propeller shafts and intermediate shafts; renewing water-lubricated shaft bearings; renew propeller shaft sleeves; performing minor repairs and reconditioning of propellers; cleaning, inspecting and testing grid coolers; overhaul and renew valves; remove, inspect and reinstall rudder assemblies for steering and flanking systems; rebuilding rudder stock; renew rudder lower bearing trunk; preserve spud and spud well surfaces; shrink wrap crane; inspect various deck fittings; preserve bare buoy deck; preserve underwater body; preserve freeboard; routine drydocking; provide dining and lodging; modify barge side shell plating; renew barge buoy port insert plating; and ultrasonic testing. Provide logistics to cutter for systems that are affected during overhauls such as, office space, telephone, parking, duty section berthing, lights, power, compressed air, heavy lift equipment, refuse disposal, dry, paint and flammable stores. All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. At the present time, this acquisition is expected to be issued as a Small Business set aside. However, in accordance with FAR 19.1305, if your firm is HUBZone certified or 19.1404 if you firm is SDVOSB and intends to submit an offer on this acquisition, please respond by e-mail to HYPERLINK mail to wendy.j.culbreth@uscg.mil wendy.j.culbreth@uscg.mil or by fax (757) 628-4676. Questions may be referred to Wendy Culbreth at (757) 628-4657. In response please include the following: (a) a positive statement of your intent to submit a bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor; (b) evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers; (c) past performance references with points of contact and phone numbers and (d) if your company does not own a drydock, a letter of commitment from the company providing the drydock during the performance period of this availability. At least two references are requested, but more are desirable. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a HUBZone set aside or SDVOSB Small Business , FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside or 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside, will apply, which requires that at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other HUBZone small business concerns. Your response is required by January 8, 2007. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on a HUBZone or Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Businees set aside. Failure to submit all information requested may result in a small business set-aside. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone or SDVOSB small business set aside, or a Small Business set aside, will be posted on the FedBizOps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/.
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