RECOVERY - Drydock and Repairs to NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN

RECOVERY - Drydock and Repairs to NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN THIS ACQUISITION WILL BE FUNDED WITH AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) FUNDS; AS SUCH THE AWARDEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO SPECIAL REPORTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR CLAUSE 52.204-11. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), has a requirement for the drydock and repairs to NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN (RHB). The RHB is 274 feet long, and her home port is Charleston, SC. Provide all labor, material, and equipment necessary to perform the following (including, but not limited to): BASE ITEMS: General Requirements, Temporary Services, Drydocking, Hull Preservation, Z Drive Maintenance, Bow Thruster Maintenance, Quadrennial Cranel Inspections, Fire Fighting Systems Certification, Miscellaneous Valves and Piping, Sea Valve Repairs and Testing, HVAC Repairs, A Frame Inspection/Testing, Biennial Pressure Vessel Testing, DPS System Installation, Stability Testing, Miscellaneous Steel Repairs, Multibeam Transducer System Installation, Anchor and Anchor Chain Preservation, and Cargo Elevator Inspection/Maintenance. OPTION ITEMS: Freeboard Preservation, Hull Zinc Renewals, Mess Deck/Mess Deck Passageway Deck Renewals, Ventilation Cleaning, Sewage Holding Tank Modification, Number 5 Port/Starboard Ballast Tanks Preservation, and Wet Lab Deck Renewal. Growth (estimated material and labor hours) will also be included in the solicitation. The solicitation will include a liquidated damages clause, as well as a requirement for bid, performance, and payment bonds. The performance period will be 70 calendar days, with a start date on or about May 29, 2010. A ship inspection is not available. This procurement is being issued on an unrestricted basis; large businesses will be required to submit a subcontracting plan. The applicable NAICS code is 336611, which has a corresponding size standard of 1,000 employees. The acquisition will be issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with FAR Part 15; the RFP will be issued on or about March 1, 2010 with proposals due on or about April 1, 2010. The anticipated award date is May 15, 2010. The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price contract to the contractor whose proposal represents the best value based on price and non-priced factors (technical and past performance) with non-price factors being significantly more important than price. The RFP will be issued via electronic posting on the Federal Business Opportunity (FEDBIZOPPS) web page www.fedbizopps.gov. Hard copies of the RFP will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor FEDBIZOPPS for the release of the RFP, specifications, drawings and all subsequent amendments. The specification will be uploaded to www.fedbizopps.gov with the RFP. Prospective offerors who are interested in submitting a proposal for this acquisition are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service and to be on the Interested Vendors List for this acquisition (see applicable tab within FedBizOpps where this synopsis is posted). Offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at www.ccr.gov; offerors must also obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and provide it with the offer. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the agency. For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Christine Jeffries, Contract Specialist, at contact@example.gov or via telephone at +1 (555) 000-0000.