SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE FOR THE WLB AND WLM Cutters. This SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal/Quotation; and, it is not considered to be a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided; no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought Notice or Government use of any information provided. Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to: (1) Determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists. (2) Determine if commercial items suitable to meet the agency's needs are available or could be modified to meet the agency's requirements. (3) Determine the commercial practices of company's engaged in providing the needed service or supply. Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action. REQUIREMENT: This notice is issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, Surface Force Logistics Center, Norfolk, VA to identify sources capable of providing the following: Contractor shall provide all necessary, materials, equipment, and personnel to provide preservation maintenance for the WLB and WLM cutters. The cutter's homeports are as follows: CGC JUNIPER (WLB 201) -NEWPORT, RI CGC WILLOW (WLB 202) -NEWPORT, RI CGC ELM (WLB 204)- ATLANTIC BEACH, NC CGC CYPRESS (WLB 210)-MOBILE, AL CGC OAK (WLN 211) - CHARLESTON, SC CGC HOLLYHOCK - (WLB 214)PORT HURON, MI CGC ALDER (WLB 216) DULUTH, MN CGC IDA LEWIS (WLM 551) NEWPORT, RI CGC KATERINE WALKER (WLM 552)BAYONNE, NJ CGC ABBIE BURGESS (WLM 553) ROCKLAND, ME CGC MARCUS HANNA (WLM 554)SOUTH PORTLAND, ME CGC JAMES RANKIN (WLM 555) BALTIMORE, MD CGC JOSHUA APPLEBY (WLM 556) ST. PETERSBURG, FL CGC FRANK DREW (WLM 557) PORTSMOUTH, VA CGC BARBARA MABRITY (WLM 559) MOBILE, AL CGC WILLIAM TATE (WLM 560) PHILADELPHIA, PA CGC HARRY CLAIRBORNE (WLM 561) GALVESTON, TX CGC MARIA BRAY(WLM 562)ATLANTIC BEACH, FL SCOPE OF WORK: The contractor will be required to preserve the following ship structure surfaces; Exterior Surfaces: Deck Fittings, Buoy Deck, Weather Decks, Freeboard, Main Mast, Exhaust Stacks, Exterior Machinery, Superstructures, Interior Surfaces: Bilges. A contractor who quotes on any preservation job involving "Critical-coated" surfaces must either be SSPC-QP-1 certified or obtain the services of an independent QP-1 and NACE Certified Inspector . NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 336611, Ship Building and Repairing and the size standard is 1,250 employees Anticipated Period of Performance: The period will be from date of award for One Base Year; with Four Option years (if exercised). Orders for preservation maintenance shall be placed by delivery order when needed. Multiple contracts may be awarded. Submission of Information: Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information.**Companies may respond to this Sources Sought Notice via e-mail to:
[email protected] or via fax to (757) 628-4628 (Attn: Sandra Martinez/C&P2-IBCT) and to Timothy Shuhart at
[email protected]; no later than 7 June 2017 at 11:00AM, EDT **Please provide the following information/documentation:1. Name of Company, Address and DUNS Number. 2. Point of Contact and Phone Number. 3. Business Size applicable to the NAICS Code: 8(a) Small Business Concern, HubZone Small Business Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSBC) or a Small Business Concern. 4. Documentation Verifying Small Business Certification. 5. Statement of Proposal Submission: Statement on how your company will do the work and that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. 6. Past Performance Information: Evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, and dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers. If two companies are planning to conduct business as a Joint Venture or any other type of teaming agreement, they shall provide past performance on projects of similar scope that they have performed together as a Joint Venture. Providing individual past performance documentation from each company on separate projects where the two did not work together is not considered to be sufficient past performance. A Joint Venture that cannot provide this requested information will not be considered to have sufficient documentation needed to evaluate past performance as an evaluation factor. Interested parties should register in the System for Award Management (SAM) which replaced the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. SAM can be obtained by accessing the internet at www.sam.gov. Failure to submit sufficient detailed information may result in considering a company as not a viable source and may influence competition and set-aside decisions. Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this requirement. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation. After a review of the responses received from this notice, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps for release of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Notice. However, responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.