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19 -- LEASE OF FLOATING DRY DOCK, AFDM 8 SOL N00025-97-R-8113 DUE 102596 POC Jon Hall, Contracting Officer, 703-602-6911, fax 602-8126 The Naval Sea Systems Command is planning to lease floating dry dock AFDM 8 to ''U.S.'' Port Authority or ''U.S.''-owned, operated and licensed-firm engaged in shipbuilding, ship repair, and/or overhaul within the United States, its territories, possessions and Puerto Rico. The terms ''U.S. Port Authority'' or ''U.S. owned firm'' includes Port Authority's of U.S. territories, U.S. possesions and Puerto Rico and Firms owned by citizens of U.S. territories, U.S. possesions and Puerto Rico. The dry dock will be leased on an ''as is, where is'' basis for use at the lessee's site. The lessee must take delivery and is responsible for all costs associated with preparing the AFDM-8 for tow, towing the AFDM 8 from it's current location to an approved site, preparing an operating basin to receive the dry dock while complying with all federal, state and local environmental laws, mooring the dry dock in accordance with an approved plan, and making the dock fully operational. The lessee must also, at their own expense, get the dry dock Navy certified and maintain Navy certification during the term of the lease under the NAVSEA dry dock certification program. The lessee must maintain the dry dock during the entire term of the lease at their own expense and without alteration or modification of the dry dock. In addition to the normally required levels of insurance, the lessee shall provide suitable levels of insurance for risk of loss of the AFDM-8 during any tow. Dry dock manuals and a copy of the latest inspection report are available for prospective offerors to review aboard the AFDM 8, which is currently located at SRF, Guam. The Navy's Point of Contact for scheduling a tour of the dry dock and a review of the dock's documentation is Mr. Val Grospe, Planning Officer, at the following address: U.S. Navy Ship Repair Facility, PCS 455, Box 191, FPO AP 96540-1400, phone number: 011-671-339-6146. Parties interested in receiving a hard copy of the RFP should fax your request to the Contracting Officer by 25 October 1996. This RFP will be available on the World Wide Web at the following address: http://sea02www.navsea.navy.mil/ (0283)

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