Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commandant (G-ACS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St., SW, Washington, DC, 20593-0001

J -- J-MAINTENACE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE INTEGRATED POWER PLANT ABOARD THE USCGC HEALY SOL DTCG23-00-R-TBDHEALY POC Augustine Green, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 267-2530, Fax (202) 267-4019, Email agreen@comdt.uscg.mil -- Donna Grimes, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 267-0766, Fax (202) 267-4019, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=DTCG23-00-R-T BDHEALY&LocID=14. E-MAIL: Augustine Green, agreen@comdt.uscg.mil. The Coast Guard has a requirement to procure maintenance services for maintaining the Integrated Power Plant (IPP) installed aboard the Coast Guard_s Polar Icebreaker (USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)), as well as shore-side support equipment. The maintenance support includes all management, supervision, personnel, labor, material and equipment, which includes technical representative visits or telephone consultations for troubleshooting and repairing equipment via phone, facsimile, or on-site visits (homeport and world wide, as required); configuration management services; new/overhaul parts and replacement supply (original equipment manufacturer or equal); and maintenance training. The following list is not all inclusive, but covers the major IPP components to be supported under this contract: Shipboard Equipment _ Main Generators-10,000 HP, Main Propulsion Cycloconverters 12 pulse, Cycloconverter Transformers, Main Propulsion Motors-15,000 HP, Main Motor Disconnect Units, High Voltage Switchgear and Control Units, S/S Power Management and Distribution System-450V, S/S Motor Generator Sets, S/S Transformers, Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS), Dynamic Positioning System (DPS), Oceanographic Winch Control Systems, Trawl/Core Winch Control System, and Auxiliary Generator; Shore-side Support Equipment _ Spare Propulsion Motor, 15,000 HP, Spare Cycloconverter, MPCMS/DPS Training Console, Shore-side Special Purpose Test Equipment and Shore-side CTES Equipment. The IPP is manufactured by Alstom Drives and Control LTD (AD&CL) of Rugby, England. AD&CL also has an office in Pittsburgh, PA. USCGC Healy_s homeport will be Seattle, Washington. The Coast Guard needs maintenance support services on or about 1 June 2000. The technical consultant must have at least 3 years hands-on experience in the troubleshooting, repair and performance of preventative and corrective maintenance on equipment of similar size and service to the Alstom equipment. The Coast Guard anticipates a one-year contract with options to extend the contract not to exceed nine additional years. The maintenance support contractor shall maintain a quality program that complies with ISO-9001. All interested parties must submit a capability statement that sufficiently describes their qualifications, capabilities, and previous experience relevant to fulfilling the above requirement. Capability statements shall include evidence of at least five years experience/work on AD&CL control systems with features/capability comparable to the systems to be supported. This experience may be in system design, operation, maintenance, and training or in any combination of these four specialties. They must be intimately familiar with all components of the HEALY systems listed and their function. Interested parties must provide proof of access to AD&CL proprietary technical documentation on systems hardware and software. Only partial technical documentation/data is available to the Government. Access to AD&CL documentation is required to enable tailoring/upgrade of MPCMS, DPS software and/or hardware and replacement of technologically obsolescent power plant components to meet future CG requirements. Parties must also demonstrate the capability of accessing the ship's MPCMS/CTES from a remote shore site and extracting data from MPCMS/CTES databases for analysis and troubleshooting. This notice is not a solicitation nor is a formal Request for Proposal available. Responses are due no later than 15 days from the publication of this synopsis. In the absence of responses for firms, which believe they have the capability to perform this requirement, Coast Guard intends to negotiate with Alstom Drives and Control LTD in Rugby, England, for the work described pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(b)(1). Should the results of this synopsis justify a sole source procurement as described in FAR 6.302-1, no other notice will be published until award is made. All correspondence should be addressed to: Commandant (G-ACS-5/AGS), 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001_Note 22 applies. Signed: Donna Toliver Grimes, Contracting Officer. Posted 11/17/99 (D-SN401343). (0321)

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