U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, WASC, Acquisition Management Division WC3, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bin C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070

J -- DRYDOCK REPAIRS FOR NOAA SHIP RAINIER SOL 51ABNA000025 DUE 121599 POC Jan Sullivan, (206) 526-6032 Miscellaneous drydock voyage repairs to the NOAA vessel RAINIER. Characteristics: welded steel hull, 231 feet in length, breadth of 42 feet, draft of 14.3 feet, 1800 ton displacement. Work will include, but not be limited to: Hauling vessel, American Bureau of Shipping Loadlines Survey, repainting of underwater hull, inspection and repairs to sea valves, repairs to cathodic protection system, inspect and repairs to anchor chains, cleaning ventilation system, modification of existing transducer hull penetrations, inspection and repairs to the controllable pitch propeller system, inspection and repairs to the bow thruster underwater hull machinery, inspect rudders, inspect and repair syntron seals at main shaft logs, load test cranes/davits/A-frames, repair starboard shaft seal cpp hydraulic oil leak at reduction gear coupling, install new GFE incinerator on fantail, greywater tank mods to improve ventilation and drains, repairs to the oil fired high pressure hot water boilers, addition of emergency power circuit to start air and control air compressors, and installation of GFE fuel oil totalizer at discharge of fuel oil transfer pump. Vessel is home-ported in Seattle, WA. 100% small business set-aside. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. Posted 10/18/99 (W-SN392722). (0291)

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