NOTICE DATE: JANUARY 3, 2014

Notice Type: Pre-solicitation

NAICS: 336611 - SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING

Contracting Office: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Regional Acquisition, 200 Granby Street, Suite 815, Norfolk, VA 23510

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Regional Acquisition, Norfolk, VA on behalf of Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) is soliciting a requirement to provide labor, material, and equipment to modify the galley gray system piping aboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, Pascagoula, MS.

This RFQ is 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336611, which has a corresponding size standard of 1,000 employees.

Solicitation EA133M-14-RQ-0094 will be issued January 3, 2014 and will close January 9, 2014.

The total period of performance for all work specified in the Statement of Work is January 13, 2014 through January 24, 2014.

A Ship Check will be held at 151 Watts Ave., Pascagoula, MS on January 6, 2014. For schedule information, please call Brian Kelly at 228-769-1155.

Evaluation factors for Award

The Government will issue a firm fixed price purchase order to the responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the solicitation results in the best value to the Government, considering both price and nonprice factors as specified in the solicitation. The following factors will be used to evaluate quotations:

Past Experience: Vendors shall provide a minimum of three jobs of similar scope and size within the past three years.

Price: Vendors will be evaluated on the basis of low price in conjunction with past experience.

All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated award date is on or about January 10, 2013. Contractors are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service as well as the Interested Vendors List for this acquisition (see applicable tab within FedBizOpps where this synopsis/solicitation is posted). Potential offerors may direct all inquiries pertaining to the solicitation in writing to [email protected] . Telephonic requests will not be honored.

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