T.S. FREEDOM STAR - FY17 Fall Work Repairs
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), Norfolk, VA intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order with for T.S. FREEDOM STAR for service and material to accomplish repairs including the ship’s crane refurbishment, installing air dehydrators to the single-stage compressors, life raft annual service, fire-fighting equipment inspections/service, and annual radio survey in accordance with the Statement of Work. The T.S. FREEDOM STAR is moored alongside her pier at the Seafarer’s Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship located at 45353 Saint Georges Avenue, Piney Point, Maryland 20674-0075.
The requested period of performance is September 20, 2017 through December 15, 2017.
SECONDARY SITE VISIT
A site visit will be conducted onboard the T.S. FREEDOM STAR at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Seafarer’s Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, 45353 Saint Georges Avenue, Piney Point, Maryland 20674-0075. POC: Tim McGeein, Marine Surveyor, USDOT- Maritime Administration (MARAD), Division of Atlantic Operations-; e-mail: timothy.mcgeein@dot.gov. ; All potential offerors intending to submit an offer should plan to attend site visit. In order to make the site visit as productive as possible, offerors are also requested to submit any questions from the review of the solicitation package or as a result of site visit should be submitted in writing (email) to the Contracting Officer Monique.Leake@dot.gov No Later Than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 27, 2017 with solicitation number 6933A217Q00014 in the subject line. Responses to questions will be issued by amendment to the solicitation package.
Failure of a prospective offeror to submit any questions or to attend the site visit will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation. Prospective offerors are advised that the site visit will be held solely to allow offerors an opportunity to gain the best possible understanding of the working environment and specific work items to be addressed under contract in order that they may prepare an accurate and complete price quote. All prospective offerors are advised that at the conclusion of the site visit, unless this solicitation is amended in writing, it will remain unchanged and, that if an Amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgment and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable.
This requirement is Subject to the Availability of Funds and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause 52.232-18, Availability of Funds (Apr 1984) applies.
ATTENTION: Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call (800) 532-1169 or e-mail stlpinfo@dot.gov.
Monique R. Leake, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 322-5820, Fax (757) 322-5858, Email monique.leake@dot.gov
