Commander (vpl-1). USCG, Maintenence and Logistics Command Atlantic, 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510-9102

J -- DRYDOCK AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR THE USCGC HATCHET (WLIC-75309) AND 68 FOOT BARGE SOL DTCG80-98-B-3FC729 DUE 122997 POC Contact Mr. Jay Snyder, Contract Specialist, (757) 628-4642 or Mr. Kevin L. Brumfiel, Contracting Officer, (757) 628-4635 Provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to perform drydock repairs to the USCGC HATCHET (WLIC-75309) and 68 FOOT BARGE including but not limited to the following minimum items: (1) Renew barge deck plating and framing and preserve barge deck, (2) Renew barge towing knees and 10" buttons, (3) Preserve barge spuds, spud wells and renew spud well liners, (4) Port Shaft, (5) Starboard shaft, (6) Propeller removal & reinstallation (starboard), (7) Propeller removal and reinstallation (port), (8) Clean and test grid coolers, (9) Install fathometer transducers on barge and preserve transducer hull rings on tender, (10) Renew barge natural vent ducts and plugs, (11) Renew test valves (tender), (12) Blast Diesel Fuel Tanks, 1377 -- Gallon Tank and 2529 -- Gallon Tank, (13) Inspect and test air receivers and relief valves, (14) Remove, inspect and reinstall rudder assemblies, (15) Overhaul spud air winches, (16) Overhaul tender capstan assembly, (17) Modify boom cradle/ hammer stand, (18) Fabricate and install new sewage tank and overhaul sewage pump, (19) Renew urinal drain piping, (20) Inspect and test deck fitting and chain stopper, tender, (21) Barge deck fittings and chain stopper, (22) Preserve barge deck, (23) Clean fuel tank (Barge), (24) Preserve freeboard, (25) ZHC 1-1/4 x 6 x 12, Tender, (26) Install new deck covering in crew's head,(27) Provide temporary messing, (28) Temp Berthing (50 miles or less), (29) Temp berthing (50 miles or more), (30) Cover and protect weatherford CG300 hydraulic aton crane, (31) Provide temporary logistics, (32) Perform routine drydocking. Indefinite items include but are not limited to the following items: (1) Flat Plate Renewal (10.20# steel), (2) Flat Plate Renewal (12.75# steel), (3) Flat Plate Renewal (15.30# steel), (4) T-Bar 4" x 3", (5) Bearing renewal, strut/stern tube, starboard side, (6) Bearing renewal, port side, (7) Renew lower bearing assembly, (8) Renew upper bearing assembly, (9) Condition A -- Tender (240 sqft), (10) Condition A -- Tender (entire u/w body), (11) Condition B -- Tender (240 sqft), (12) Condition B -- Tender (Entire u/w body), (13) Condition C -- Tender (240 sqft), (14) Condition C -- Tender (entire u/w body), (15) Coating thickness measurement, destructive -- barge (100 sqft), (16) Condition A -- Barge (370 sqft), (17) Condition A -- Barge (Entire u/w body), (18) Condition B -- Barge (370 sqft), (19) Condition B -- Barge (entire u/w body), (20) Condition C -- Barge (370 sqft), (21) Condition C -- Barge (entire u/w body), (22) Additional temporary messing,watch standers, (23) Additional temp berthing (50 miles or more), (50 miles or less). Vessel is a "D" Class Inland Construction Tender. Vessel length is 75 feet. Width is 22 feet. Vessel homepier is Galveston, TX. Vessel availability schedule is on or about February 16, 1998. Performance period is scheduled for 42 calendar days. Vessel is restricted. No open water transits. Vessel is restricted from Brownsville, TX to Carrabelle, FL via Intra Coastal Waterway. There will be a non-refundable charge of $100.00 in the form of a certified check or money order made payable to the U.S. Coast Guard for requested drawings. Orders must be placed within ten (10) days of solicitation issuance. The proposed contract listed here is part of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Plans and specifications will be issued on or after 24 Nov 1997 from our office location, Commander (vpl-1), Maintenance & Logistics Command, Atlantic, 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510-9102. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement, with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard. (0308)

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