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

J -- DOCKSIDE REPETITIVE MAINTENANCE FOR THE USCG HIGH/MEDIUM ENDURANCE CUTTERS (WHEC/WMEC) SOL DTCG80-98-B-3FA705 DUE 050598 POC Contact Ms. Millie Anderson, Contract Specialist (757) 628-4637 or Douglas Landau, Contracting Officer (757) 628-4638 Provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to perform dockside repetitive maintenance to the USCG High/Medium Endurance Cutters (WHEC/WMEC) including but not limited to the following requirement items: (1) Welding Repairs, (2) Renew Doors and Hatches, (3) Clean Ventilation System, (4) Overhaul Vaneaxial Fans (s) (5) Inspect and Overhaul Electrohydraulic Steering System (210' WMEC), (6) Inspect and Overhaul Steering Systems (270' "A and B Class" WMEC), (7) Overhaul Anchor Windlass Assemblies (210' and 270' "A and B Class" WMEC), (8) Overhaul Warping Capstan Assembly (210' and 270' WMEC and 378' WHEC), (9) Overhaul and Weight Test Motor Surf Boat Davit Assembly (210' "A and B Class" WMEC), (10) Overhaul and Weight Test Articulating Crane (model 3409 H.M.C.), (11) Overhaul and Weight Test Articulating Crane (Iowa Mold Tooling Co. model M318), (12) Overhaul and Weight Test Motor Surf Boat Davit Assembly (270' "A and B Class" WMEC and 378' WHEC), (13) Clean and Inspect Sewage and Grey Water Collection and Holding Tanks, (14) Preserve Sewage and Grey Water Collection and Holding Tanks, (15) Clean and Inspect Diesel Fuel, JP-5 Fuel and Waste Oil Tanks (210' WMEC), (16) Renew Deck Covering (210' WMEC), One Step System, (17) Renew Deck Covering (270' WMEC), (18) Ultrasonic Testing, etc. Vessels are High and Medium Endurance Cutters. Vessel homepiers are: Confidence, Cape Canaveral, FL; Courageous, Panama City, FL; Dauntless, Galveston, TX; Decisive, Pascagoula, MS; Dependable, Portsmouth, VA; Diligence, Wilmington, NC; Durable, St Petersburg, FL; Reliance, Kittery, ME; Resolute, St Petersburg, FL; Valiant, Miami Beach, FL; Venturous, St Petersburg, FL; Vigilant, Cape Canaveral, FL; Vigorous, Cape May, NJ; Bear, Portsmouth, VA; Campbell, New Bedford, MA; Escanaba, Boston, MA; Forward, Portsmouth, VA; Harriet Lane, Portsmouth, VA; Legare, Portsmouth, VA; Mohawk, Key West, FL; Northland, Portsmouth, VA; Seneca, Boston, MA; Spencer, Boston, MA; Tahoma, New Bedford, MA; Tampa, Portsmout, VA; Thetis, Key West, FL; Dallas, Charleston, SC; Gallatin, Charleston, SC. Vessel availability schedule is to be defined separetely for each vessel. The performance period for each vessel will depend on work being performed and defined in the delivery order issued to perform the work. The place of performance will be at the cutters' hompiers. The contract will consist of One (1) base year and Four (4), one year options, to be exercised at the Governments discretion. There will be a non-refundable charge of $300.00 in for 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 set aside for Small Businesses in the 8(a) Minority Business Program SIC 3731. Plans and specifications will be issued on or about March 30, 1998 from our office location, Commander (vpl-1) Maintenance & Logistics Command, Atlantic, 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510-9102. Mulltiple awards may be considered under this solicitation. This notice is for information purposes for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged Small and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization (OSDBU), has 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. (0007)

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