20 -- Bubbler Enclosures (Acoustical Panel Structure System)

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic (MLCA) intends to issue a solicitation for a firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery Requirements contract for the purchase of Bubbler Enclosures (Acoustical Panel Structure System) used on the U.S. Coast Guard's 140' WTGB Ice Breaker fleet. Manufacturing will be in accordance with the attached statement of work. The contract will be for a base year with two one year option years. The estimated quantity is 4 each per year. The solicitation will be issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Request for Quotations (RFQ) will be issued on or about 20 September 2005 via the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) web site at http://www.eps.gov. The RFQ number will be HSCG80-05-Q-3FAW30; hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the FedBizOpps site for RFQ release and all subsequent amendments. This RFQ will be issued as a small business set-aside. The North American Industrial Classification Code is 332311. The small business size standard is 500 employees. The contractor will be responsible for shipping the enclosures to the Coast Guard facility in Boston, MA or Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Individual delivery orders will provide the address. A site visit will be requested for companies who have not previously manufactured these enclosures for the Coast Guard. The desired and required turn around time will be in the solicitation. All interested small businesses may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the USCG. The government will award a firm fixed price contract resulting from the RFQ to the responsible quoter whose conformance to the RFQ will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered which will be identified in the RFQ. Anticipated date of award is November 1, 2005. See Numbered Note 1.