T.S. KENNEDY - FY22 Drydocking and ABS Intermediate Survey

To attach Asbestos Abatement document previously missed from Amendment 00003 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ AMENDMENT 0003 The purpose of this Amendment is to respond to inadvertently missed potential quoter's questions and to extend the solicitation due date to 12:00 p.m. EST, Thursday, February 03, 2022. Due to large volume of drawings, please send request for FedEx delivery of drawings via a thumb drive to monique.leake@dot.gov. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ AMENDMENT 0002 The purpose of this Amendment is to respond to potential quoter's questions, to extend the solicitation due date to 12:00 p.m. EST, Friday, January 28, 2022, and to include potential DOL Wage Determination locations. Due to large volume of drawings, please send request for zip file of drawings via e-mail to monique.leake@dot.gov. AMENDMENT 0001 The purpose of this Amendment is for the schedule of a site visit on Wednesday, January 05, 2022 as per the revised Provisions and Clauses. A site visit will be conducted onboard the T.S. KENNEDY 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, January 05, 2022 at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532. POC: Jeff Brown, Marine Surveyor, USDOT- Maritime Administration (MARAD), Division of Atlantic Operations-New England Office; phone (757) 694-5505; e-mail: Jeffrey.H.Brown@dot.gov. All potential offerors intending to submit an offer should plan to attend site visit. In order to make the site visit as productive as possible, offerors are also requested to submit any questions from the review of the solicitation package or as a result of site visit, should be submitted in writing via e-mail to the Contracting Officer, monique.leake@dot.gov no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 with the solicitation number in the subject line. Responses to questions will be issued by amendment to the solicitation package. NOTE: To minimize exposure risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, this will be the ONLY site visit. All attendees are required to provide their own personal protective equipment. Compliance with college and vessel pandemic protocol is required. All potential quoters intending to submit an offer should plan to attend a site visit. Failure of a prospective offeror to submit any questions or to attend the site visit will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation. Prospective offerors are advised that the site visit will be held solely to allow offerors an opportunity to gain the best possible understanding of the working environment and specific work items to be addressed under contract in order that they may prepare an accurate and complete price quote. All prospective offerors are advised that at the conclusion of the site visit, unless this solicitation is amended in writing, it will remain unchanged and, that if an Amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable. These will be the ONLY site visits conducted. Quoters are strongly encouraged to attend, as failure to attend does not relieve the quoter of accuracy of their proposal and the quoter's responsibility that it has investigated and satisfied itself as to the general and local conditions which can affect the work or its cost. The drawings referenced in the Statement of Work can be provided to interested contractors upon written request to the Contracting Officer. Other documents and manuals referenced must be viewed aboard the ship during the site visit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Revision 12/15/2021: Posting of SF1449 Request for Quotation, Statement of Work, Quotation Pricing Sheet, and applicable Drawings and Manuals. Other Drawings and Manuals will be made available during Site Visit. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Division of Atlantic Operations, Norfolk, VA intends to award a firm fixed price contract for potential offeror to perform a drydocking and ABS Intermediate Survey on the T.S. KENNEDY. The T.S. KENNEDY is the training ship of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It is an 15,500 HP steam ship with an overall length of 536 ft-11in, a beam of 76 ft, maximum operating draft of 28 ft - 6 inch and gross tonnage of 13,886 LT. All work performed by the Contractor shall serve to accomplish the requirements of a USCG Drydock Exam, Internal Structural Exam and Tailshaft Inspection in accordance with 46 CFR Part 61.2. An ABS Special Survey for a Non-ESP Cargo Ship (non-tanker, which is greater than 15 years of age). In addition, numerous other items shall be performed to include, but not be limited to, the following: Tail shaft examination Open and inspect line shaft bearings Spot blasting & coating of hull Ultrasonic thickness gauging Tank cleaning and inspections Propeller and stern tube bearing inspections Crop and renew of miscellaneous steel structures in machinery spaces AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE PERIOD The ship will be available for transit to the offeror's Shipyard facility for Dry-Docking on February 26, 2022. Arrival will be dependent on the transit time. The contractor should plan on a minimum of 4-days at a lay berth to shut down and layup the ship for the drydock availability. The contractor will be limited to the work that can be performed at the lay berth while the crew is living onboard. Period of performance start date is March 01, 2022 with all work to be completed and ship returned to active service no later than May 01, 2022 due to the ship's departure on May 05, 2022. SITE VISIT A site visit will be conducted onboard the T.S. KENNEDY 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532. POC: Jeff Brown, Marine Surveyor, USDOT- Maritime Administration (MARAD), Division of Atlantic Operations-New England Office; phone (757) 694-5505; e-mail: Jeffrey.H.Brown@dot.gov. All potential offerors intending to submit an offer should plan to attend site visit. In order to make the site visit as productive as possible, offerors are also requested to submit any questions from the review of the solicitation package or as a result of site visit, should be submitted in writing via e-mail to the Contracting Officer, monique.leake@dot.gov no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 with the solicitation number in the subject line. Responses to questions will be issued by amendment to the solicitation package. Due to COVID-19, all potential quoters are required to provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE) and practice social distancing during their visit and servicing. All potential quoters intending to submit an offer should plan to attend a site visit. Failure of a prospective offeror to submit any questions or to attend the site visit will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation. Prospective offerors are advised that the site visit will be held solely to allow offerors an opportunity to gain the best possible understanding of the working environment and specific work items to be addressed under contract in order that they may prepare an accurate and complete price quote. All prospective offerors are advised that at the conclusion of the site visit, unless this solicitation is amended in writing, it will remain unchanged and, that if an Amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable. This will be the ONLY site visit conducted. Quoters are strongly encouraged to attend, as failure to attend does not relieve the quoter of accuracy of their proposal and the quoter's responsibility that it has investigated and satisfied itself as to the general and local conditions which can affect the work or its cost. The complete solicitation package with the Statement of work will be posted on or about December 10, 2021. The drawings referenced in the Statement of Work can be provided to interested contractors upon written request to the Contracting Officer. Other documents and manuals referenced must be viewed aboard the ship during the site visit. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call (800) 532-1169 or e-mail stlpinfo@dot.gov.