CGC JOSHUA APPLEBY FY11 DRY-DOCK

The U. S. Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside an acquisition for HUBZone concerns, Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business concerns (SDVOSB), or for Small Business. Response by interested parties must be made by 4:00 P.M. EST on 23 June 2011. The small business size standard is less than 1000 employees. The dry-dock facility and its approaches shall have a minimum water depth of 15 feet and, a minimum vertical clearance of 66 feet. The acquisition is to dry-dock the USCGC JOSHUA APPLEBY (WLM-556), 175 Foot Coastal Buoy Tender. The performance period is expected to begin on or about 7 September 2011 and be completed within 70 days. The scope of the acquisition is for the overhauling, renewing, and repairing various items aboard the USCGC JOSHUA APPLEBY (WLM-556). This work will include, but is not limited to perform Hull Plating, U/W Body, Inspect, Appendages, (U/W), Leak Test, Appendages, (U/W), Internal, Preserve, Chain Locker, Clean, Voids (Non-Accessible), Leak Test, Chain Lockers, Inspect, Tanks (MP Fuel Service), Inspect, Tanks, (MP Fuel Stowage and Overflow), Inspect, Voids (Non-Accessible), Preserve Internal Surfaces, Z-Drive Proulsion Units, Overhaul, Fathometer Transducer, Renew, Sea Strainers - Duplex (All Sizes), Overhaul, Sea, Bay, Inspect, Compressed Air Receivers, Clean, Inspect & Test, Warping Capstan, Level 2 Inspect & Repair, Grey Water Holding Tanks, Clean & Inspect, Sewage Holding Tanks, Clean & Inspect, Sewage Piping, Clean & Flush, Chain Locker, Preserve Partial, Decks, Exterior (Buoy), Preserve, U/W Body, Preserve, ("Partial - Condition "A"), U/W Body, Preserve ("Partial - Conditional "B"), U/W Body, Preserve ("Partial - Condition "C"), Hull Plating Freeboard, Preserve "Partial", Cathodic Protestion/Zincs, Renew, Drydocking, Temporary Services, Forward Scan Sonar Unit transducer, De-Install, Propulsion Shaft Bulkhead Seals, Upgrade, Fantail Ladder, Upgrade, Weather Deck 02-03 Level Inclined Ladder, Upgrade, Fire Pump Automatic Air Vents, Install, Hull Plating (Side Scan), Ultrasonic Testing, Tanks (Ballast), Inspect, Tanks, (Grey Water Holding), Preserve, Partial, Tanks, (Sewage Holding), Preserve, Partial, Potable Water Pneumatic Tools, Clean & Inspect, Anchor Windless, Level & Inspect, & Repair, Pad Eyes, Inspect & Test, Towing Bits, Chocks, & Fair Leads, & Inspect & Test, Buoy Cargo Hold Deck, Preserve 100%, Hull Plating (Buoy Deck Gunwales), Preserve, High Pressure Washer Piping, Modify, Buoy Deck Equipment Emergency Brake Release Hand Pump, Modify, Tanks (MP fuel Service), Clean, Tanks, (MP Fuel Stowage and Overflow), Clean, Sea Bay, Preserve - Partial, Sea Bay, Preserve 100%, Tanks, (Ballast), Preserve "100%", Tanks, (Ballast), Preserve "Partial", Chain Locker, Preserve 100%, Tanks (Grey Water Holding), Preserve "100%", Tanks (Sewage Holding), Preserve "100%", Mechanical Chain Stoppers, Overhaul, U/W Body, Preserve ("100%), Sea Valves & Waster Pieces, Overhaul or Renew, Engine Room Bilge, Preserve, Seawater Temperature Control Valve Overhaul, Diesel Fuel Tank Vent Piping Assembly, Renewal, Deck Plating Renewal, Lube Oil Main Deck Fill Piping Connection, Renewal, ASW Piping System, Clean & Inspect, Fuel Oil Tank Overflow Piping & Renewal, Bow Thruster Unit Seal, Renew, Weld Inspections, Pump Room Bilge, Preserve, Grey Water Tank Vent Piping Assembly, Renewal, Sea Bay, Clean, Anchor Chain, & Ground Tackle, Preserve, Composite Labor Rate, GFP Report, and Laydays. All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders, who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. In accordance with FAR 19.1305, if your firm is a HUBZone certified or a Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business and intends to submit an offer on this acquisition, please respond by e-mail to: Kathy.J.Fields@uscg.mil and include: (a) a positive statement of your intention to submit a bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor; (b) evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers; (c) past performance references with points of contact and telephone numbers. At least two references are requested, but more are desirable. Your response is required by June 23, 2011 at 4:00 P.M. EST. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a HUBZone set *aside, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside, will apply, which requires that at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside, will apply, which requires that at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern. All of the above information must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on a HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business Set Aside or Small Business Set-Aside. Failure to submit all information requested may result in an unrestricted acquisition. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone, SDVOSB Set Aside, or Small Business Set Aside, will be posted in the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Please submit your questions via email to Kathy J. Fields, Contract Specialist, at Kathy.J.Fields@uscg.mil.