Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer (vpl), USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command -- Atlantic, 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA, 23510-9102

43 -- CENTRIFUGAL PUMP UNITS SOL DTCG80-00-Q-3FA965 POC Douglas Landau, Contracting Officer, Phone (757) 628-4638, Fax (757) 628-4676, Email dlandau@mlca.uscg.mil -- Marion Veber, Supervisory Contract Specialist, Phone 757-628-4633, Fax 757-628-4676, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTCG80-00-Q-3 FA965&LocID=497. E-MAIL: Douglas Landau, dlandau@mlca.uscg.mil. Block 17 The MLC Atlantic intends to issue a purchase order for commercial _off-the-shelf_ Centrifugal Pump Units for the 270_ WMEC Class Coast Guard Cutters. The MLC intends to conduct this procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The simplified acquisition will be issued as a best value Request for Quote (RFQ), on or about 8 February 2000. The RFQ will be issued via the Electronic Posting System (EPS) at www.eps.gov. Hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the EPS system for RFQ release and all subsequent amendments. This procurement is unrestricted. The standard industrial classification code is 3561 _ Pumps and Pumping Equipment, and the small business size standard is 500. The RFQ will be issued as an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) purchase order with a base year and four one-year option periods. A minimum guaranteed amount will apply in the base year. Subsequent option years will not have a guaranteed minimum. The number of units purchased will not exceed 30 units over the life of the purchase order. The item to be procured is a Pump Unit, Centrifugal, size 4_x3_x9-1/2_, vertical, close couples rated for 500 gpm of seawater at 280 feet total discharge head. All bronze construction with 150 # ANSI flange connection (4_suction and 3_ discharge), a mechanical split seal with an abrasive separator made of 316 SS in the seal water line, with 316 SS seal flush line, and a 75 horsepower continuous duty, 3500RPM, 440 VAC 3-phase, totally enclosed fan cooled marine duty motor. The motor shall be a NEMA C-face JPV shaft motor for use with vertical in line pumps. The motor shall be in accordance with IEEE 45 and 46 CFR 111.25. The motor shall be provided with grease lubricated bearings, a drip cover, lifting eyebolts or lugs and a 120 VAC single phase anti-condensation strip heater of at least 139 watts. The impeller shall be keyed to the shaft and held securely in place by a 316 SS impeller screw and washer. The pump shall be equipped with a 316 SS shaft sleeve. The pump must be compatible with existing piping system without making modifications to the existing system. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE). 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 $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the Contracting Officials listed above. Please forward all inquiries to Mr. Doug Landau at Dlandau@mlca.uscg.mil or call (757) 628-4638. Posted 02/02/00 (D-SN421117). (0033)

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