Drydock, repair and conversion of the NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER to be performed at the contractor's facility. Performance period will be approximately 13 months commencing about July 2002. Basic contract items will include towing of vessel from Marine Operations Center, Pacific - Seattle, Washington to contractor's facility; new electronic propeller shaft and bow thruster controls; replacement of evaporators; replacement of heating boilers; overhaul and conversion of cranes; new machinery monitoring system; replacement of fire detection system; conversion of interior spaces; installation of launch, and boat davits; modification of the pilothouse; main engine conversion and overhaul; overhaul propulsion shafting and propeller systems; repairs on the Morgan cathodic protection system; load line assignment and hull classification surveys; removal and replacement of the lower rudder stock bearings; services of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) as required to obtain Classification and Certification; asbestos abatement and interior modifications; stability test at the conclusion of the shipyard period; and others. There will also be option items including fantail modifications and Multibeam, Motion Reference Unit (Mru), speed log systems and vessel transducers installations. Vessel Characteristics: Length Overall - 231'-0"; Length Between Perpendiculars - 198'-0"; Beam - 42'-0"; Draft (FL) -14'-4"; Displacement (FL) - 1,800 LT; Service Speed - 11 knots; Shaft Horsepower - 2,400; Ship Compliment - 70; Propeller Number/Diameter/Blades - Two each/8'-6"/Three Blades; Bow Thruster Horsepower - 200. Vessel's current homeport is Seattle, WA, post-conversion homeport is Ketchikan, Alaska. This is a 100 percent small-business set-aside. The NAICS code for this procurement is 336611 and the size standard is 1,000 employees. A Request for Proposals providing detailed technical specifications and proposal instructions will be issued on or about April 1, 2002. For a copy of the solicitation please fax your request to Crystina Elkins at (206) 526-6025. See Numbered Note 1.

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