J -- USCGC MARCUS HANNA DOCKSIDE REPAIRS

The United States Coast Guard Maintenance & Logistics Command, Atlantic intends to issue a Commercial Request for Quote (RFQ) for Dockside repairs to the USCGC MARCUS HANNA (WLM-554), 175 FOOT COASTAL BUOY TENDER. The repairs shall be at the vessel?s homeport in South Portland, ME. The performance period is 42 calendar days and is expected to begin on or about June 30, 2008 thru August 11, 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 19, 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 dock side repairs to the USCGC MARCUS HANNA (WLM-554). This work is such as, but not limited to: clean and inspect ballast tanks and voids, inspect shaft bearings, clean and inspect heat exchanger, clean and inspect sea strainers, clean, inspect, and test hot water accumulator tank and hydro-pneumatic tank, renew strainer, perform hydraulic chain stopper maintenance, perform buoy chain winch maintenance and EC 175-A-050 modification, perform anchor windlass maintenance, perform anchor, anchor chain and ground tackle maintenance, perform aft capstan maintenance, perform buoy crane maintenance, preserve chain locker, clean and inspect chain locker, preserve chain locker up to 30%, preserve ballast tanks and voids, renew structural closures, reseal/renew cosmetic polymeric deck covering systems, reseal deck covering, renew one-step, modify sewage tank vent piping (EC-175-A-057), renew hoses, renew shoretie electrical cable, and renew log office sheathing panel. 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.