urgent, limited scope drydock repairs to the NOAA Vessel Okeanos Explorer.

Solicitation Number: WAD15PSNLDK0001 Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation Notice Synopsis: The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Operations Center - Atlantic (MOC-A) has a requirement for urgent, limited scope drydock repairs to the NOAA Vessel Okeanos Explorer. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, transportation and services necessary to perform drydock repairs to the NOAA Vessel Okeanos Explorer, except as noted in the Statement of Work. All work will be performed at the contractor's facility. The resulting contract will have a period of performance from approximately June 1, 2015 through June 5, 2015. The proposed contract line items include: Emergency Drydocking & Routine Drydocking Work, Temporary Services, Bow and Stern Thruster Repairs, Dock and Sea Trials and Additional Item Requirements (as needed). The work shall be accomplished in accordance with the statement of work. These proposed line items and the attached draft statement of work are for informational purposes only and are subject to change in the final solicitation. The proposed contract is anticipated to be 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code for this procurement is 336611 and the size standard is 1,000 employees. Any resulting contract will be awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis. Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or about May 26, 2015 at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [Add to Watch List] and [Add Me to Interested Vendors] features which provide notification of when the solicitation becomes available for download and all additional information associated with this solicitation, thereafter. Interested parties are responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The estimated response due date is May 28, 2015; however, the actual response date will be stated within the solicitation document. All questions regarding this procurement shall to be addressed to the Contract Specialist, Levis Knox at [email protected]. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to the award of a contract. Vendors may register with SAM online at https://www.sam.gov. In order to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, offerors must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html. This procurement also requires bidders to complete and file veteran employment reports at http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets-100.html.