USCGC PATOKA (WLR-75408) DRYDOCK & REPAIRS

Sources Sought Notice is revised as follows: FROM: The vessel availability is starting on or about 14 September 2009 to 6 November 2009, for a total of fifty-three (53) calendar days. TO: The vessel availability is starting on or about 11 January 2010 to 20 April 2010, for a total of ninety-nine (99) calendar days. The United States Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside an acquisition for HUBZone concerns, for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSB) or for Small Business. The estimated value of this procurement is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 336611. The acquisition is for DRYDOCK and repairs to the USCGC PATOKA (WLR-75408), a 75 Foot River Buoy Tender. The vessel is home ported in Greenville, MS. All work will be performed at the contractor's facility. There is a geographic restriction for this dry-dock availability to a facility restricted to the Western Rivers of the United States (General). The "Western Rivers" means the navigable portions of the Mississippi River and its tributaries above mile markers 0 of the Lower Mississippi River. Navigable tributaries of the Mississippi River include only the waterways within the area of jurisdiction of Coast Guard aids to navigation facilities as described in Light List Volume V (COMDTINST M16502.5), and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to the mouth of the Mobile River. This includes protected portions of the Intra Coastal Waterway connected to the "Western Rivers," but specially excludes unprotected or open waters such as Mobile Bay, Lake Borgne, and the Gulf of Mexico. (Specific) 01 November to 15 March south of Melvin Price Lock and Dam. The vessel availability is starting on or about 14 September 2009 to 6 November 2009, for a total of fifty-three (53) calendar days. The scope of the acquisition is for the overhauling, cleaning and repairing of various items aboard the USCGC PATOKA (WLR-75408). This work will include, but is not limited to: Perform Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements - Underwater Hull Plating (Barge); Perform Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements - Underwater Hull Plating (Tender); Perform Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements - Barge Side Shell Plating; Perform Hull and Structural Plating Repairs (10.2-Pound); Perform Hull and Structural Plating Repairs (12.75-Pound) Perform Hull and Structural Steel Plate Repairs (15.3-Pound); Perform Hull and Structural Plating Repairs - Eroded Welds (Steel); Perform Hull and Structural Plating Repairs - Crack (Steel); Perform Hull and Structural Plating Repairs - Overlay Welding (Steel); Clean and Inspect Fuel Stowage and Overflow Tanks (Barge); Clean and Inspect Fuel Stowage and Overflow Tanks (Tender); Clean and Inspect Ballast Tanks; Renew Sea Valves; Renew Firemain Valves; Renew Bilge, Ballast, and Drainage Valves; Shrink Wrap Crane; Preserve Barge Buoy Deck; Preserve Underwater Body (Barge) - "100%"; Preserve Underwater Body (Barge) - "Partial"; Preserve Underwater Body (Tender) - "100%"; Preserve Underwater Body (Tender) - "Partial"; Preserve Freeboard (Barge) - "100%"; Preserve Freeboard (Tender) - "100%"; Routine Drydocking (Barge); Routine Drydocking (Tender); Provide Temporary Logistics; Renew Structural Closures; Renew Bulwark Supports; Renew Engine Room Hull Plating (Barge); Renew Engine Room Hull Plating (Tender); Renew Tender Towing Knees; Install Barge & Tender Firemain Interface; Modify Barge Side Shell Plating; Main Engine and Shafting Replacement; and Upgrade Steering Gear and Rudder Systems. All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. At the present time, this 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 19.1404 if you firm is SDVOSB or 19.501 if your firm is a Small Business and intends to submit an offer on this acquisition, please respond by e-mail to Jenifer.M.Bordelon@uscg.mil or by fax (757) 628-4676/5. Questions may be referred to Jenifer M. Bordelon at (757) 628-4653. In response please include the following: (a) a positive statement of your intent to submit a bid for 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, SDVOSB Small Business or Small Business set aside, FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside or 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside or 52.214-6, 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 small business concerns. Your response is required by 20 August 2009 0200 PM EST. 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 or 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, a SDVOSB small business set aside, a Small Business set aside, or on an unrestricted basis will be posted on the FedBizOps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov.