J -- USCGC BAINBRIDGE ISLAND DRYDOCK REPAIRS

The United States Coast Guard Maintenance & Logistics Command, Atlantic intends to issue a Commercial Request for Quote (RFQ) for Drydocking and repairs to the USCGC BAINBRIDGE ISLAND (WPB-1343), 110 FOOT ?C? CLASS PATROL BOAT. GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTION: The vessel?s homepier is: Highlands, NJ. Per CG LANTAREA memorandum of September 24, 2007, the vessel is restricted to repair facilities within 540 nautical miles of Highland, NJ. The repairs shall be performed at the contractor?s facility. The performance period is 45 calendar days and is expected to begin on or about June 09, 2008 thru July 24, 2008. This solicitation is set aside to Hubzone concerns. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 336611. The Coast Guard intends to conduct the procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The simplified acquisition will be issued as a Best Value RFQ on or about February 21, 2008. This Requirement will be evaluated using past performance as an evaluation factor. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the FEDBIZOPPS web page at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the FEDBIZOPS web page for the RFQ release and all subsequent amendments. Please sign up for the Auto Notification service to receive e-mail from FEDBIZOPPS when an action is taken under this solicitation. If you have questions, contact Monique Swinson at (757) 628-4753 or email monique.swinson@uscg.mil. Hard copies of the specification and solicitation will not be issued. The scope of the acquisition is to provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to perform drydocking and repairs to the USCGC BAINBIDGE ISLAND (WPB-1343). This work is such as, but not limited to: welding repairs; routine dry-docking; provide temporary logistics; provide additional temporary logistics; preserve oil tanks; clean and inspect sewage and grey water collection and holding tanks; renew floating deck system in galley and mess deck; overhaul stabilizing fins; inspect mde exhaust system; renew ship service generator sets; overhaul and renew valves; remove, inspect and reinstall propellers; repair propeller root erosion (1.0 cubic inch); balance propeller; remove, inspect, and reinstall propeller shafts; inspect government-furnished propeller shaft; overhaul mechanical shaft seal; inspect and maintain cathodic protection system; renew cathodic anode; renew reference electrode; renew water lubricated propeller shaft bearings; inspect bronze sleeves in various areas; remove, fabricate, fit, and install shaft packing bronze sleeves; remove, inspect and reinstall rudder assemblies; renew rudder upper bearing; renew rudder lower bearing; overhaul steering gear components; renew transducer and preserve transducer hull ring; preserve underwater body; preserve weather decks; preserve forward peak compartment; renew entire capastic fairing; install gooseneck vents (EC -110-B-099); remove through-deck stuffing tubes; install new flush-mounted hatch drains and forward peak hatch (110-C-119); install cofferdams in galley (110-B-120); install P-100 fixed piping (EC 110-C-126); renew sewage system piping; renew frame in aft steering; oily water separator piping mods (110-B-132); mde duplex strainer installation (110-B-133); composite labor and laydays. All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders, who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. A CD-ROM containing all applicable drawings will be sent via U.S. mail, if requested. All reference documents are available for viewing at 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510-9102. Drawings are available on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM sets are available for all cutters and will be free of charge to contractors upon request. The CD-ROM(s) contain WINDOWS compliant raster/vector formats (e.g.*.DWF,etc). All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard.