Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer (vpl), USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command -- Atlantic, 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA, 23510-9102

J -- DRYDOCK REPAIRS TO USCGC NORTHLAND (WMEC-904) SOL DTCG80-00-B-3FC760 DUE 022200 POC Fredrick Baechle, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-628-4652, Fax 757-628-4676, Email bbaechle@mlca.uscg.mil -- Michael Monahan, Supervisory Contract Specialist, Phone 757-628-4639, Fax 757-628-4676, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=DTCG80-00-B-3 FC760&LocID=497. E-MAIL: Fredrick Baechle, bbaechle@mlca.uscg.mil. 17. Provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to perform dry dock repairs including, but not limited to the following Base Items: (1) Clean and Inspect tanks, (2) Modify stern tube seal cooling systems, (3) Overhaul stern tube seals, (4) Service both onboard controllable pitch propeller systems, (5) Preserve the transducer hull rings of depth indicating transducers, (6) Preserve the transducer hull ring/renew DSN-450 doppler speed log transducer, (7) Overhaul and test valves, (8) Service rudder assemblies, (9) Renew fin stabilizer seals and bearings, (10) Renew fin shaft sleeve, (11) Installation of new waste oil holding tank and associated piping, (12) Preserve AUX II machinery space deck (up to 200 sqft), (13) Erect Main mast staging, (14) Coating thickness measurement non-destructive, (15) Renew cathodic protection system, (16) Provide temporary logistics, (17) Routine dry-docking, (18) GFP report in accordance with solicitation section H. Options include, but are not limited to, the following items: (1) Minor Coating repairs to the tanks, (2) Preserve tanks, (3) Inspect and repair thrust bearings, (4) Renew shaft coverings (25% of shaft), (5) Remove and reinstall controllable pitch propeller hubs, (6) Renew valve waster pieces, (7) Renew rudder lower bearing and sleeve, (8) Plate renewal in AUX II machinery space deck, (9) Preserve underwater body, (10) Provide additional temporary logistics, (11) Composite Labor Rate, and (12) Laydays. Vessel_s homeport is Portsmouth, Virginia. Vessel_s length is 270-foot, 0-inch, _A_ Class Medium Endurance Cutter. Vessel width is 37 feet, 9-3/8 inches. Vessel availability schedule is for forty-nine (49) days, starting May 1, 2000. The place of performance for this vessel is geographically restricted to within seventy-five (75) miles of the home moorings in accordance with homeport policy COMDTINST 3100.5. There will be a non-refundable charge of $150.00 required, in the form of a certified check or money order payable to the U.S. Coast Guard, MLCA, for a set of hard copy drawings. Drawings are now available on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM sets are available for all cutters and will be provided free of charge. The CD-ROM(s) contain WINDOWS compliant raster/vector formats (e.g. *.TIF, *.TIF (group4), *.DWG, and *.DWF, etc.). All other referenced documents are available for viewing at 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, Virginia. Funds are available for this procurement. The proposed contract listed here is part of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Plans and specifications will be issued on or around January 21, 2000. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 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 $500,000.00. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call OSDBU at 1-800-532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbu.dot.gov. For information concerning this acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Numbered Note 26 applies. Posted 12/29/99 (D-SN412082). (0363)

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