Pre-solicitation Notice W912DR-15-T-0091: this solicitation will be advertised as a Small Business Set Aside. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing). The contractor shall provide all supervision, personnel, equipment, tools, materials and other items necessary to perform Vessel Maintenance Service for the Survey Vessel Linthicum. The Survey Vessel Linthicum (S/V Linthicum) is moored at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District Fort McHenry pier. The vessel is used primarily in support of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, Washington Harbor, Anacostia and Potomac River.

Description/Scope of Work:

Contractor is responsible for supplying all the necessary services, equipment, labor and materials to complete the herein described work in a professional and timely fashion. The Contractor is responsible for the security of the vessel and its components during the duration of the work. The work may include welding modifications/fabrications which shall be performed by a certified welder. All electrical work shall be performed under the direct supervision of an ABYC certified marine electrician. All electrical work shall meet marine standards with materials used to be quote mark UL Marine Listed quote mark - ABS classed and U.S.C.G. accepted. All paint is to be marine grade paints/coatings. All work is to be completed to meet manufacturer specifications and installed equipment warranty requirements. All work is to meet EPA and USCG standards. All equipment and work is to be warranted to the equipment manufactures warrant standards but no less than 12 months from the date of acceptance of the work.

Due to the time and cost of transportation, the work within this scope shall be accomplished within a 50 mile radius of the Baltimore District Fort McHenry office. The contractor must be able to haul and block a 45' by 16' wide vessel, do extensive sanding, scraping, painting and welding to hull and other areas.

The contractor must have the proper equipment to store, haul, block the vessel and proper tools to perform the maintenance.

- Are you within a 50 mile radius?
- Are you experience in doing vessel maintenance?
- What is your minimum cost for maintenance
- Where is your maintenance site located?


Fair trade-in market value of existing equipment that is replaced shall be applied to this work as a reduction to overall cost.

NAICS Code: 336611
Small Business Size Standard: 1000 Federal Service Code: 2090

This requirement must be provided in strict accordance with the statement of work included in the request for quote (RFQ) that can be obtained from www.fbo.gov . Only those vendors who can provide the requirement EXACTLY as stated in the statement of work may provide a quote. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be the Internet only. This solicitation will not be issued in paper. You must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database to receive a government contract award. You may register with the SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] no lather than 10 July 2015 2:00 PM to allow for responses to be posted on FBO prior to close date of the solicitation.

The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge on or about 7 July 2015, to all authenticated account holders of Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System (www.fbo.gov). To familiarize vendors with the newly released FBO system, please download the Vendor Guide found here (http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/EBS/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf). Please note that all Corps of Engineers acquisitions are considered Sensitive, But Unclassified Documents, and require users to have a valid MPIN entered in the FBO system to access package.

The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation/amendment
will be the Internet only. This solicitation/amendment will not be issued in paper. No phone or fax request for copy of solicitation will be accepted.

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