SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Request for Information for Ship Power Distribution System
- Notice Date
- 12/7/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Asset Project Office Baltimore, 711 E. Ordnance Road, Baltimore, Maryland, 21226, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21226
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG23-12-I-FRCPWR
- Archive Date
- 1/19/2012
- Point of Contact
- Matthew T. Gross, Phone: 4105907051
- E-Mail Address
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matthew.t.gross@uscg.mil
(matthew.t.gross@uscg.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTE: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these services or to issue a solicitation. No solicitation documents exist at this time. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this RFI and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the Contractor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to conduct market research which will be used to formulate an acquisition strategy to provide assistance to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) in maintaining new power distribution systems. The USCG is requesting responses from all qualified concerns. 1. BACKGROUND The USCG is acquiring a new fleet of 154' Patrol Boats with a sophisticated power distribution system consisting of the ship's service and emergency switchboards, all of their inputs, outputs and interfaces. It is anticipated that eighteen of these cutters will have home ports in Miami, Key West and San Juan, PR. These cutters are usually underway or ready to be underway, and require a power distribution maintenance system that performs both efficiently and effectively in order to meet mission readiness requirements. The ships service and emergency switchboards are unique designs manufactured by the Robichaux Automation and Control, Incorporated (RAACI) for the Coast Guard. The switchboards control, monitor, and protect the ship's two service generators and the emergency generator. They also control and monitor the distribution of electrical power from the switchboard to the electrical systems on board the cutter. The switchboard's functions can be controlled manually or by using a unique programmable logic controller (PLC) based algorithm that has the capability to fully control all functions automatically. 2. PURPOSE The USCG would like industry's input and ideas for planning and executing maintenance on this power distribution system. We require a maintenance system that responds rapidly to system failures and also plans and executes preventative maintenance within stringent time constraints. We have identified high level maintenance requirements necessary to meet readiness requirements and would like industry's perspective on how best to meet these requirements. 3. REQUIREMENTS a. Unscheduled Maintenance and Tech Reps When a power distribution system failure occurs, the maintenance system must respond to correct the failure with parts and/or services. Services may be required to both trouble shoot problems and execute repairs. Based on the criticality of the failure, the cutter may require a response time as short as a few hours. We would like to know if there are contractors located near cutter home ports who are qualified to perform technical services and execute repairs on these unique systems. To be considered qualified, contractors should show previous experience with similar systems, and demonstrate proficiency with Siemens PLC and Woodward EasyGen controllers. We would like industry's ideas for meeting support requirements that may, or may not, be very critical with minimal logistics delay time. This includes providing both parts and services. We would like industry's recommendations on how to determine which critical spare parts should be stored at cutter homeports. b. Scheduled Maintenance The power distribution system OEM has prescribed very few time based preventative maintenance tasks. The Coast Guard's experience with these types of systems has shown that annual grooms are an effective means to perform preventative maintenance and reduce failures. These grooms typically include tasks like thermo graphic analysis, cleaning, testing and calibrating. We would like industry's recommendations on what preventative maintenance should be performed to effectively reduce the risk of system failures. We would like industry's ideas what should be included in system grooms and how they should be performed. c. Bow Thruster Drive Control System The Bow Thruster Drive Control system is also designed and manufactured by (RAACI) utilizing Siemens low voltage AC drive components. The requirements for technical services, maintenance, grooms and parts for this controller are similar to the requirements for switchboards. We would like to know if there are contractors located near cutter home ports who are qualified to perform technical services and execute repairs on this drive control system. We would like industry's recommendations for critical parts, maintenance and grooms that should be performed to effectively reduce the risk of failure. 4. RESPONSES Responses to this RFI shall not exceed twenty (20) pages, including cover letter and contact information. Responses should include a proposal outlining the ideas and methods that respective vendors would utilize to accomplish the multiple requirements and tasks contained in this RFI. Also, citations of any similar power distribution work within the past 5 years may be included. Include contract number, short description, point of contact telephone number or e-mail address, and dollar amount. Please submit an e-mail response to Matthew.t.gross@uscg.mil. After the USCG reviews the responses, a possible follow up via phone call or personal meeting with the respective vendors may be requested.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 711 E Ordnance Rd, Baltimore, Maryland, 21226, United States
- Zip Code: 21226
- Zip Code: 21226
- Record
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