USCGC ACTIVE (WMEC-618) MDE Part Kit

The United States Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside and acquisition for HubZone concerns, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concerns (SDVOSB) or for Small Business. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 333618. The acquisition is for USCGC ACTIVE (WMEC-618) Main Diesel Engine (MDE) #2, WMEC-210 "A" Class - Provide Overhaul Parts Kit. The parts shall be delivered together as a kit unless otherwise specified by the Coast Guard. Upon receipt of order the contractor shall furnish the parts/parts kit to: Commanding Officer, Naval Engineering Support Unit 1519 Alaskan Way South, Seattle, WA 98134-1192, Attn: MKCM Liel Nicodemus. A detailed parts list will be provided in the solicitation. The estimated dollar value of this procurement is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. The solicitation will be issued pursuant to FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The Coast Guard intends to award a fixed price contract resulting from the solicitation. The Government shall award a contract resulting from the solicitation to a responsive, responsible bidder whose written quote is considered most advantageous to the Government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and in descending order of importance: (1) Delivery, (2) Past Performance, and (3) Price. Delivery shall be considered significantly more important. At the present time, the acquisition is expected to be issued as a small business set-aside. However, in accordance with FAR 19.1305, if your firm is HUBZone certified or FAR 19.1404, if your firm is a SDVOSB and intends to submit an offer for this acquisition, please respond by email to Arlene Woodley at contact@example.gov or FAX to +1 (555) 000-0000. Questions may also be referred to this email address. In response, please include the following: (a) positive statement of your intent to submit a bid to this solicitation as a prime contractor; (b) evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers; (c) past performance references, with points of contact and phone numbers. At least two (2) references are requested, but more are desirable. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a HUBZone set-aside or SDVOSB set-aside, FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set Aside or FAR 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside will apply, which requires that at least fifty (50) percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other HUBZone or SDVOSB small business concerns. Interested parties must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. CCR can be obtained by accessing the internet at http://ww.ccr.gov or by calling +1 (555) 000-0000. Your response is required by 2:00pm EST, May 13, 2010. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on a HubZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside. Failure to submit all information requested may result in a small business set-aside. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HubZone or SDVOSB set-aside will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunity website at https://www.fbo.gov