Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Amendment 0002 issued to address questions from potential quoters. Amendment 0001 issued to provide reference documents. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), Norfolk, VA intends to award a firm f... Amendment 0002 issued to address questions from potential quoters. Amendment 0001 issued to provide reference documents. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), Norfolk, VA intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order for Potential Offeror/Contractor to provide all labor and materials necessary to accomplish a special survey of the main propulsion machinery to the satisfaction of the attending ABS surveyor onboard Training Ship KENNEDY located at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532, in accordance with the Statement of Work. The requested period of performance is on or about December 04, 2020 with completion by December 20, 2020. NOTE: Due to COVID-19, all personnel are required to provide their own personal protective equipment and practice social distancing whenever possible while performing their services. 52.237-1 Site Visit (APR 1984) A site visit will be conducted onboard the T.S. KENNEDY 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532. POC: Jeff Brown, Marine Surveyor, USDOT- Maritime Administration (MARAD), Division of Atlantic Operations-New England Office; phone (757) 694-5505; e-mail: Jeffrey.H.Brown@dot.gov. Due to COVID-19, this will be the ONLY site visit and all potential quoters are required to provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE) and practice social distancing during their visit. All potential quoters intending to submit an offer should plan to attend site visit. 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 via e-mail to the Contracting Officer, monique.leake@dot.gov no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, November 13, 2020 with the solicitation number 6933A221Q000003 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 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 is the ONLY site visit that will be conducted. Quoters are strongly encouraged to attend, as failure to attend does not relieve the quoter of accuracy of their proposal and the quoter's 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.