J -- DRYDOCK REPAIRS TO 49 FOOT BUOY BOATS CG 49413 & 49424

The United State Coast Guard is setting aside this requirement for small businesses. The Coast Guard intends to conduct this procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The simplified acquisition will be issued as a Commercial Request for Quote (RFQ) firm-fixed price procurement for Dry-Dock and repairs to two 49 Foot Buoy Boats USCG # 49413 and USCG # 49424 on or about April 2, 2004, with quotes due on or about April 23, 2004. The request for quotation (RFQ) number is DTCG80-04-Q-C47051. The RFQ packaged and specifications will be issued electronically via the Federal Business Opportunity (FEDBIZOPS) web page at http: www.eps.gov/. Hard copies of the specification and solicitation will not be issued. A CD-ROM containing all applicable drawings will be sent via U.S. mail if requested. Send all requests via email to contact@example.gov. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the FEDBIZOPS web page for RFQ release and all subsequent amendments. FEDBIZOPS also contains an optional automatic notification service. The standard industrial classification code is 3731 and the NAICS is 336611. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The home piers of the boats are Buffalo, NY for boat CG49413 and Detroit, MI for boat CG49424. All work will be performed at the contractors facility. The performance period will be 35 days for both boats with a start date on or about June 28, 2004. The scope of the acquisition is for the dry-docking, overhauling, cleaning and repairing of various items aboard both the CG49413 and CG49424 Buoy Boats. The work for boat CG49413 will include, but is not limited to: remove, inspect, and reinstall rub rail, air test skeg, clean fuel tanks, clean, and inspect sewage holding tank, remove, inspect and reinstall propeller shafts, renew propulsion shaft tube bearings, remove and reinstall propellers, clean and inspect heat exchanger, clean and test grid coolers, renew and test valves, remove, inspect and reinstall rudders, overhaul weight handling gear, inspect and overhaul chain stopper, inspect various deck fittings, preserve buoy deck, preserve underwater body, provide temporary logistics, routine dry-docking, inspect and test air receiver and relief valves, preserve AFT void. The work for boat CG49424 will include, but is not limited to: remove, inspect, and reinstall rub rail, renew rub rail fasteners, air test skeg/chain guard, clean fuel tanks, clean, and inspect sewage holding tank, remove, inspect and reinstall propeller shafts, renew propulsion shaft tube bearings, remove and reinstall propellers, clean and inspect heat exchangers, clean and test grid coolers, renew and test valves, relief valves, remove, inspect and reinstall rudders, overhaul weight handling gear, inspect and overhaul chain stopper, inspect various deck fittings, preserve buoy deck, preserve underwater body, provide temporary logistics, routine dry-docking, inspect and test air receiver and relief valves, preserve pilothouse top. Trained welders, who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures, shall accomplish all welding and brazing.The following Geographic Restriction applies to boats USCG49413 and USCGC49424, the restriction is both boats are restricted to Lake Erie and connected bodies of water with nothing north of Bay City, MI and nothing north and east of Rochester, NY. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For further information or questions regarding this solicitation, please contact Jay Snyder at +1 (555) 000-0000, or by email at contact@example.gov.