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 FARALLON (WPB1301) AND USCGC MATAGORDA (WPB 1303) SOL DTCG80-00-B-3FC956 DUE 050300 POC Cindy Floyd, Contracting Officer, Phone (757)628-4653, Fax (757)628-4676, Email cfloyd@mlca.uscg.mil -- Vanessa Nemara, Supervisory Contract Specialist, Phone 757-628-4634, Fax 757-628-4674, 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 FC956&LocID=497. E-MAIL: Cindy Floyd, cfloyd@mlca.uscg.mil. One award will result from this requirement for the USCGC FARALLON and the USCGC MATAGORDA. Provide all labor, material, and equipment necessary to perform drydock repairs including, but not limited to the following base items for the USCGC FARALLON: Inspect Skeg Top Plate; Renew Structure In After Steering; Remove and Dispose of Fuel; Remove and Dispose of Oil and Oily Water; Clean and Inspect Tanks; Fwd Grey Water Tank; Change Out Forward Peak (Hatch); Inspect Bronze Sleeves in Various Shaft Packing Areas; Remove, Inspect, and Reinstall Propulsion Shafts; Inspect and Install Government-furnished Propulsion Shaft (Port); Renew Water-Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearings; Remove and Reinstall Propellers; Inspect MDE Exhaust System; Preserve the V850 Color Depth Sounder Transducer Hull Ring; Improve Ship_s Ventilation; Overhaul, renew and Test Valves; Inspect and Overhaul Duplex Sea Strainers; Remove and Reinstall Rudders; Overhaul Stabilizing Fins; Preserve Forepeak Compartment; Prepare and Prime WeatherDecks; Coating Thickness Measurement; Preservation of Underwater Body Appendages; Preserve Freeboard; Inspect and Maintain Cathodic Protection System; Provide Temporary Messing; Provide Temporary Berthing; Provide Temporary Logistics; Routine Drydocking; GFP Report. The following is the option items for the USCGC FARALLON: Welding Repairs; Renew Bilge (Skeg Top) Plate; Remove and Dispose of Fuel; Minor Coating Repairs, Potable Water Tanks; Preserve Potable Water Tanks; Minor Coating Repairs, Sewage Tanks; Preserve Sewage Tank; Aft Grey Water Tank; Remove and Fabricate, Fit, and Install Bronze Sleeve; Inspect and Install Government-furnished Propulsion Shaft; Renew Strut Bolts; Renew Strut Nuts & Cotter Pins; Perform Stern Tube/Strut Alignment Inspection; Perform Reduction Gear-to-Shaft Alignment Inspection; Straighten Propeller Shaft; Root Repairs; Balance Propeller; Renew Stainless Steel Transition Bands; Upper Bearing; Lower Bearing; Renew Lower Bushing Housing Bolts; Renew Lower Bearing Housing Fasteners; Renew Lower Fin Stock Bearing; Condition A; Condition B; Condition C; Painting of Draft Marks; Renew Reference Electrode; Renew Cathodic Anode; Renew Capastic Fairing; Renew Entire Capastic Fairing; Provide Additional Temporary Messing; Provide Additional Temporary Berthing; Single Shots; 100 Shots; 500 Shots; Provide Additional Temporary Logistics; Composite Labor Rate; Laydays. USCGC FARALLON_s availability schedule will be 10 July 2000 for 45 days. USCGC FARALLON_s homepier is MIAMI BEACH, FL. Provide all labor, material, and equipment necessary to perform drydock repairs including, but not limited to the following base items for the USCGC MATAGORDA: Inspect and Renew Hull Plating and Frames in the Engine Room; Renew Structure in Forepeak Tank; Inspect Skeg Top (Bilge) Plate; Renew Structure In After Steering; Remove and Dispose of Fuel; Remove and Dispose of Oil and Oily Water; Clean and Inspect Tanks; Clean and Inspect Sewage Tank; Fwd Grey Water Tank; Aft Grey Water Tank; Inspect Bronze Sleeves in Various Shaft Packing Area; Remove, Inspect, and Reinstall Propulsion Shafts; Inspect and Install Government-furnished Propulsion Shaft; Renew Water-Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearings; Remove and Reinstall Propellers; Inspect MDE Exhaust System; Preserve the Transducer Hull Ring and Renew the V850 Transducer; Improve Ship_s Ventilation; Overhaul, Renew and Test Valves; Inspect and Overhaul Duplex Sea Strainers; Remove and Reinstall Rudders; Overhaul Stabilizing Fins; Preserve Forepeak Compartment; Blast and Preserve Chain Locker; Preserve Weather Decks; Coating Thickness Measurement; Preservation of Underwater Body Appendages; Preserve Freeboard; Inspect and Maintain Cathodic Protection System; Provide Temporary Messing; Provide Temporary Berthing; Provide Temporary Logistics; Routine Drydocking; GFP Report. The following is the option items for the USCGC MATAGORDA: Welding Repairs; Renew Bilge (Skeg Top) Plating; Remove and Dispose of Fuel; Minor Coating Repairs, Potable Water Tanks; Preserve Potable Water Tanks; Minor Coating Repairs, Sewage Tanks; Preserve Sewage Tank; Remove and Fabricate, Fit, and Install Bronze Sleeve; Renew Strut Bolts; Renew Strut Nuts & Cotter Pins; Perform Stern Tube/Strut Alignment Inspection; Perform Reduction Gear-to-Shaft Alignment Inspection; Straighten Propeller Shaft; Root Repairs; Balance Propeller; Renew Stainless Steel Transition Bands; Upper Bearing; Lower Bearing; Renew Lower Bushing Housing Bolts; Renew Lower Bearing Housing Fasteners; Renew Lower Fin Stock Bearing; Condition A; Condition B; Condition C; Painting of Draft Marks; Renew Reference Electrode; Renew Cathodic Anode; Renew Capastic Fairing; Renew Entire Capastic Fairing; Provide Additional Temporary Messing; Provide Additional Temporary Berthing; Single Shots; 100 Shots; 500 Shots; Provide Additional Temporary Logistics; Composite Labor Rate; Laydays. USCGC MATAGORDA_s availability schedule will be 28 August 2000 for 49 days. USCGC MATAGORDA_S homepier is MIAMI BEACH, FL. Solicitation and specifications will be issued on or after 03 April 2000. Orders for U.S. Coast Guard specification reference drawings must be placed within ten (10) days from the solicitation issuance date. There will be a nonrefundable charge of $150.00 in the form of a certified check or money order payable to the U.S. Coast Guard for a set of hard copy drawings. There will not be a charge for requested drawings in CD-ROM format. The CD-ROM sets are available for all cutters and contain WINDOWS compliant raster/vector formats (e.g. *.TIF, *TIF (group4), *.DWG, and *.DWF, etc.). All other reference documents are available for viewing at 300 E. Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, Virginia. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard. This notice is for information purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has a listed 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. See Note 26. Posted 03/13/00 (D-SN433877). (0073)

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