Contracting Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Miami, 15608 S.W. 117th Avenue, Miami, FL 33177-1630

99 -- SURVEY, DISCOVER AND RECOVER BATTERIES, MOBILE RIVER, AL SOL DTCG82-97-R-XCO26 DUE 040497 POC Pat Dixon, (305) 278-6725. (II) This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as an Invitation to Bid (IFB). (III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC90-42. (IV) This combined/solicitation is under the Small Business Set-Aside Program. The standard identification code (SIC) number is 7389 and small business size standard is 3.5 million dollars. (V, VI, VII) GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Commercial diving services and equipment are required to survey, discover and recover batteries at 143 past and present aid to navigation (ATON) sites in the state of Alabama and to record all findings. One site is at mile marker 45 on the Mobile River and all other sites are below mile marker 14 on the Mobile River including Mobile Bay and the Intercoastal Waterway East and West to the Alabama state lines. The required completion date shall be within 45 (forty five) calendar days after acceptance of order. A Coast Guard vessel will be supplied as a support platform for the divers and to recover discarded batteries. The contractor shall develop and submit a dive plan prior to starting work that clearly shows that the contractor has complied with the diver qualifications and pre-dive procedures specified in 29 CFR 1910.421 and 29 CFR 1910.410. The base bid shall be lump sum for all costs of material, labor, equipment, and transportation to cover the performance period and shall include: (1) Loading of all dive equipment onto the Coast Guard vessel in advance of actual diving work. (2) All transportation to and from the Coast Guard vessel, or vessel pick-up point each day. (3) All per diem costs for meals, accommodations and other necessary incidental costs for contractor's employees. Daily working hours may be up to 10 hours/day, but will start no earlier than 5:00 a.m. and end no later than 9:00 p.m. each day. Performance Time is 45 calendar days. DESCRIPTION OF DIVE SERVICES: (1) Survey bottom area in 50 foot radius around each ATON structure for discarded batteries or battery parts. Surveyed area will be extended if batteries are found in the 45 to 50 ft segment of the search area. (2) Map the locations of any discovered batteries or battery parts relative to the ATON. (3) Recover all batteries found at each ATON site and deliver to onsite Coast Guard personnel for packaging and disposal. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION PAYMENT WHEN MORE THAN 10 (TEN) BATTERIES FOUND AT ANY ONE ATON SITE: In addition to the base lump sum contract cost, the government will pay $10.00 (ten dollars) for each battery over 10 (ten) recovered at any one site. The number of batteries that qualify for additional payment are based on each individual site, and not averaged over the entire number of sites. Experience has shown battery quantities to range from zero to fifty at any one site, however, the government in no way guarantees any number of batteries to be found. QUALITY ASSURANCE PERIOD: This contract shall include a quality assurance period of 14 (fourteen) calendar days starting on the day following the last day of work in this contract. Work is considered incomplete, and no payment can be made, until the end of the quality assurance period. During this 14 day quality assurance period, the Coast Guard will do quality assurance dives on from 0% to 100% of the ATON sites surveyed in this contract. If at any site, more than 10% of the number of batteries recovered by the contractor are found still in place, the Coast Guard will require the contractor to revisit the site to remove the additional batteries. All contractor costs for the re-dive will be borne by the contractor. All training and qualification requirements in this contract apply to the "re-dive". (VIII) FAR provision 52.212-1 Contract Term and Conditions Commercial Items is incorporated by reference. The following are addendum to FAR Provision 52.212-1: The following clauses are incorporated, FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest (Oct 1995), FAR 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (Jul 1990), FAR 52.232-15 Progress Payments not included (April 1984). (IX) FAR provision 52.212-2 Evaluation- Commercial Items does not apply, award will be made to the lowest price. (X) Bidders shall complete FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representative and Certifications -- Commercial items and submit it with their bid. (XI) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items hereby apply to this solicitation. FAR provision 52.214-4 includes an addendum incorporating additional clause. (XII) FAR Clause 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items hereby applies to this acquisition, FAR 52.203-6 -- Restriction on Subcontractor Sales to Government -- Alternative I, FAR 52.203-10 Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity, FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Disadvantage and Women Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan, FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, FAR 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era, FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, FAR 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, FAR 52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Act. Bidders may obtain the latest Wage Determination No. 77-1136 (Rev. 15) Dated 7/8/91 which established the prevailing wage guidelines for this contract by faxing to the number below. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: Reference is made to enclosure (1) of COMDTINST 4200.49 -- It is the policy of the Coast Guard to issue solicitation and make contract awards in a fair and timely manner. To further this policy, the Commandant has created the position of Solicitation Ombudsman who is empowered to investigate issues raised by prospective offerors and resolve investigate issues raised by prospective offerors and resolve them, where possible, without expensive and timely consuming litigation. Potential offerors who believe that a Coast Guard solicitation is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their concerns to the cognizant contracting officer. If the contracting office is unable to satisfy the concerns, the offeror should contact the Coast Guard solicitation Ombudsman at: Commandant (G-CPM-S/3), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593. Telephone (202) 267-2285, FAX (202) 267- 4011. Potential offerors should provide the following information to the Ombudsman in order to ensure a timely response: solicitation number, contracting office, contracting officer and solicitation closing date. (Note: Interested minority and women owned businesses may want to investigate the Department of Transportation's short loan program. For further information and applicable forms, please call (202) 366-2852). SUBMISSION OF BIDS: Closing date and time for receipt of offers is April 4, 1997, 3:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time. Facsimile offers are acceptable and may be forwarded via Fax No. (305) 278-6704. Mail shall be addressed to Contracting Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Building (CEU), 15608 S.W. 117th Avenue, Miami, FL 33177-1630. All bids shall be clearly marked with the bidder's name and solicitation number. (0072)

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