J -- USCGC DALLAS DOCKSIDE REPAIRS

The United States Coast Guard Maintenance & Logistics Command, Atlantic intends to issue a Commercial Request for Quote (RFQ) for Dockside repairs to the USCGC DALLAS (WHEC-716), A 378 FOOT HIGH EDURANCE CUTTER. The repairs shall be at the vessel?s homeport in North Charleston, SC. The performance period is 42 calendar days and is expected to begin on or about March 17, 2008 thru April 28, 2008. This solicitation is set aside to Small Business concerns. The small business size standard is less than 1,000 employees. The NAICS Code is 336611. The Coast Guard intends to conduct the procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The simplified acquisition will be issued as a Best Value RFQ on or about March 3, 2008. This Requirement will be evaluated using past performance as an evaluation factor. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the FEDBIZOPPS web page at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the FEDBIZOPS web page for the RFQ release and all subsequent amendments. Please sign up for the Auto Notification service to receive e-mail from FEDBIZOPPS when an action is taken under this solicitation. If you have questions, contact Monique Swinson at (757) 628-4753 or email [email protected]. Hard copies of the specification and solicitation will not be issued. The scope of the acquisition is to provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to perform dock side repairs to the USCGC DALLAS (WHEC-716). This work is such as, but not limited to: preserve the foremast, mainmast, and to renew the ship?s service boilers. All welding and brazing shall be accomplished by trained welders, who have been certified by the applicable regulatory code performance qualification procedures. A CD-ROM containing all applicable drawings will be sent via U.S. mail, if requested. All reference documents are available for viewing at 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510-9102. Drawings are available on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM sets are available for all cutters and will be free of charge to contractors upon request. The CD-ROM(s) contain WINDOWS compliant raster/vector formats (e.g.*DWF,etc). All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard.