12 -- RETROFIT INSTALLATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS AND WATER WASHDOWN SYSTEMS ONBOARD LSV 3 AND 4 WATERCRAFT

Notice Date

November 27, 2000

Contracting Office

55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142

ZIP Code

02142

Solicitation Number

DTRS57-01-R-20006

Response Due

January 9, 2001

Point of Contact

Point of Contact -- Kathleen Regan, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3485

E-Mail Address

Contracting Officer (finnk@volpe.dot.gov)

Description

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA is planning to retrofit all new FM-200 total flooding, fixed fire extinguishing systems onboard one (1) U.S. Army Logistic Support Vessel (LSV-4) located at Fort Eustis, VA and an option for one (1) U.S. Army Logistic Support Vessel (LSV-3) located at Tacoma, WA. This procurement will be conducted as a commercial acquisition under FAR Parts, 12, 13.5 and 15. The period of performance for installation will be six (6) calendar weeks, on or about mid March through April 2001, while the vessel is dockside. Each vessel has four (4) protected spaces: (1) engine room space, (2) bow thruster space, (3) emergency generator room, and (4) paint locker space. Existing Halon 1301 sys tems will be required to be completely removed from the vessel. The Halon remains the property of the U.S. Government. The fire extinguishing system will be augmented with a fixed, water spray system for the engine room and bow thruster spaces. Four (4) Halon 1301 systems are required to be removed from the vessels. At a minimum, this FM-200 and Water Washdown Systems (WWS) retrofit work effort shall include the following components, equipment, servicing and data deliverables: (1) Detailed production schedule, including daily labor loadings; (2) Removal of existing Halon 1301 total flooding systems in the main engine room, bow thruster space, emergency generator space, and the paint locker. Turn in of Halon agent and cylinders to the Defense Depot, Richmond, VA; (3) Removal and reinsta llation of any interference necessary to complete the work (i.e., cables, pipes, ductwork, cabinets, storage shelves, etc.); (4) Installation of FM-200 systems and WWS, using all new marine listed equipment and materials as identified in the Statement of Work (SOW). New individual systems shall be installed in the main engine room, bow thruster space, emergency generator space and paint locker note, the emergency generator space and paint locker do not receive a WWS system; (5) Manufacturer Certified Technical Representative installation oversight, and certification of the FM-200 systems; (6) spare parts identified the SOW; (7) Engineering design changes (miscellaneous modification) specified in the installation specification and reflected on the drawings; (8) Portable hydrogen fluoride gas detector pump (9) Completed functional testing, the Volpe Center will provide the Functional Test Plan; (10) Initial onboard training, to include classroom and hands-on. The Volpe Center will provide the classroom-training video. The Manufacturer's Certified Technical Representative (MCTR) will participate in and conduct the system walkthroughs; (11) Updated (Point of Contact's local site information etc.) to the Volpe Center Health and Safety Plan (HASP); (12) Three (3) years of annual manufacturer inspections, routine maintenance and re-certifications at the vessels homeport; (13) One (1) year warranty on parts and installation, upon system acceptance by the Vole Center; and (14) Megger test readings of all automatic shutdown wiring reused between pressure switched and equipment shutdowns. NOTE: The Volpe Center will provide the technical manuals, training materials (video) and FM-200 as-built drawings for the vessel. Complete installation specifications, detailed design/installation drawings, functional test plan and Health and Safety Plan will be included in the solicitation. The Contractor shall demonstrate recent past or current compliance with a valid Master Ship Agreement or Agreement for Board Repairs (48 CFR, subpart 217.71) and provide installation oversight by a MCTR for installing FM-200 total flooding marine listed, fire extinguishing systems. The solicitation is planned to be issued during the week of November 27, 2000 with a proposal due date of January 9, 2001. A one-day pre-proposal conference onboard the LSV-4 in Fort Eustis, VA will be condu cted in mid December 2000 and is mandatory. The specific date for the pre-proposal conference will be provided in the RFP. To be eligible for contract award, Offerors must attend the pre-proposal conference. The RFP will include an Option to complete the same work effort onboard the LSV-3 located in Tacoma, WA in calendar year 2001 or 2002. The contract will be a firm fixed price contract. The proposed overall period of performance, including the Option is three (3) years. The applicable NAICS Code is 336611 (formerly SIC Code 3731). The size standard is 1000 employees. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available in text format and reside on a WWW server, which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. Paper copies of the solicitation and or amendme nts WILL NOT be issued. The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a bonding assistance program available, which enables minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprise firms to obtain bid, payment, and performance bonds with a guarantee up to 80 percent against losses. In addition, a short-term loan program is available to provide working capital at the prime interest rate. For further information regarding these programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (202) 366-2852. See Numbered Note 1.

Web Link

Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page (http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001129/12SOL002.HTM (D-332 SN507481)