SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: DRY DOCK REPAIRS USCGC SCIOTO BARGE. This SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal/Quotation; and, it is not considered to be a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided; no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought Notice or Government use of any information provided. Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to: (1) Determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists. (2) Determine if commercial items suitable to meet the agency's needs are available or could be modified to meet the agency's requirements. (3) Determine the commercial practices of company's engaged in providing the needed service or supply. Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action. REQUIREMENT: This notice is issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, Surface Force Logistics Center, Norfolk, VA to identify sources capable of providing the following: Contractor shall provide all necessary facilities, materials, equipment, and personnel to DRYDOCK repairs to the USCGC SCIOTO BARGE. The USCGC BARGE'S is home ported temporary in IPD Base Detachment St Louis, 100 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, MO 631118-3394 SCOPE OF WORK: The scope of the acquisition is for the DRYDOCK repairs of the USCGC SCIOTO BARGE. This work will include, but is not limited to the following work items: Hull Plating (Side San), Ultrasonic Testing - Barge, Hull Plating (U/W Body), Inspect - Barge, Appendages (U/W), Leak Test - Barge, Keel Coolers, Clean, Inspect and Hydro - Barge, Spud Wells, Preserve - Barge, U/W Body, Preserve (100%) - Barge, Dry dock - Barge, Hull and Structural Plating (General) - 10.2 Pound Steel, Renew, Hull and Structural Plating (General) - 12.75 Pound Steel, Renew, Hull and Structural Plating (General) 15.3 Pound Steel, Renew, Barge Hold(s) Hull Plating, Renew, Hull and Structural Plating (General) - Degraded Weld (Steel). All work will be performed at the contractor's facility. A pre-award survey shall be conducted to ensure that the contractor's facility is in compliance and meet the Coast Guard's requirements for dry docking a 99 Foot Barge. NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 336611, Ship Building and Repairing and the size standard is 1,250 employees Anticipated Period of Performance: 23 Jan 2017 and end date on or about 24 Feb 2017 Geographical Restriction: The vessel is restricted to the Western Rivers of the United States, to a transit distance no greater than 650 river (statute) miles from the barge's homeport and not open water transits. The "Western Rivers" mean the navigable portions of the Mississippi River and its tributaries above mile marker 0 or the Lower Mississippi River. Navigable tributaries of the Mississippi River include only the waterways within the area of jurisdiction of Coast Guard aids to navigation facilities as described in Light List Volume V (COMDINST M16502.5), and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. In addition this area includes the Gulf of Mexico Intra Coastal Waterway. This area specially excludes unprotected or open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Submission of Information: Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information.**Companies may respond to this Sources Sought Notice via e-mail to: sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil or via fax to (757) 628-4628 (Attn: Sandra Martinez/C&P2-IBCT) no later than 04 November 2016 at 10:00AM, Eastern Time. **Please provide the following information/documentation: 1. Name of Company, Address and DUNS Number. 2. Point of Contact and Phone Number. 3. Business Size applicable to the NAICS Code: 8(a) Small Business Concern, HubZone Small Business Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSBC) or a Small Business Concern. 4. Documentation Verifying Small Business Certification. 5. Statement of Proposal Submission: Statement on how your company will do the work and that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. 6. Past Performance Information: Evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, and dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers. If two companies are planning to conduct business as a Joint Venture or any other type of teaming agreement, they shall provide past performance on projects of similar scope that they have performed together as a Joint Venture. Providing individual past performance documentation from each company on separate projects where the two did not work together is not considered to be sufficient past performance. A Joint Venture that cannot provide this requested information will not be considered to have sufficient documentation needed to evaluate past performance as an evaluation factor. Interested parties should register in the System for Award Management (SAM) which replaced the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. SAM can be obtained by accessing the internet at www.sam.gov. Failure to submit sufficient detailed information may result in considering a company as not a viable source and may influence competition and set-aside decisions. Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this requirement. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation. After a review of the responses received from this notice, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps for release of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Notice. However, responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.
