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This is an Invitation for Bid or IFB: Please submit all bids before 1330 on March 28th, 2025 (This IFB has been extended twice). The purpose of this amendment is: 1. To align the bid opening with the ... This is an Invitation for Bid or IFB: Please submit all bids before 1330 on March 28th, 2025 (This IFB has been extended twice). The purpose of this amendment is: 1. To align the bid opening with the DOT wide contract action pause mandated by DOGE and EO and; 2. ADDING Special Disclaimer: Award shall not be made pursuant to this solicitation if MARAD does not receive an approval for this procurement from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. 3. Post Answers to the Questions recieved in the Q&A. Q&A Document has been uploaded in attachments. Bids may be recieved in mail, US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration MAR 380 1200 New Jersey Ave SE Mail Stop 5/ W26-449 Washington, DC 20590-0001 or by email at: henry.puppe@dot.gov Below is the MS Teams invite Link. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjhmNDY0ODctZDE3Yi00ZjQ0LTlhNDUtNjBmOGNkMmI3OWNk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22c4cd245b-44f0-4395-a1aa-3848d258f78b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22db5728dc-5af0-4a71-8552-846dafd3d43f%22%7d Dial in by phone +1 509-931-1572,,391590357# United States, Spokane Phone conference ID: 391 590 357# The Maritime Administration (MARAD), which is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation, intends to procure layberthing services for an exclusive use long-term safe layberth for up to three Ro/Ro vessels. The geographic area of consideration for this solicitation for the three vessels is on the East, Gulf and/or West Coast. Potential layberth locations are inclusive of navigable waterways that can support the safe berthing and navigation of the size vessel identified. For potential sources located on inland waterways the distance to open waters must not exceed 150 miles. The primary bid for the solicitation will be one base year and 4 option years with an alternative bid for a base year and nine option years. See attachments for details

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This is a PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS; it is not a solicitation announcement; thus, this synopsis neither solicits for proposals nor bids and no contract will be awarded based on this synopsis. The purp... This is a PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS; it is not a solicitation announcement; thus, this synopsis neither solicits for proposals nor bids and no contract will be awarded based on this synopsis. The purpose of this synopsis is to alert the public that the Maritime Administration (MARAD), which is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation, intends to procure layberthing services for an exclusive use long-term safe layberth for three Ro/Ro vessels. The geographic area of consideration for this solicitation is for the three vessels is on the East, Gulf and/or West Coast. Potential layberth locations are inclusive of navigable waterways that can support the safe berthing and navigation of the size vessel identified. For potential sources located on inland waterways the distance to open waters must not exceed 150 miles. The primary bid for the solicitation will be one base year and 4 option years with an alternative bid for a base year and nine option years. The solicitation, which will be used for this procurement will be an Invitation for Bids (IFB) and will be issued by December 2024; the IFB number will be: 693JF725B000001. The bid-opening date will be specified in the IFB. In addition, MARAD will utilize a Firm Fixed Price Contract for the above-mentioned procurement. Award will be based on lowest price and date of facility availability. The period of performance of the ensuing contract will be: one 12-month Base Period and four 12-month Option Periods or one 12-month Base Period and nine 12-month Option Periods. The appropriate NAICS code for this procurement is 488390. Please be strongly advised that Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation; SAM’s website is as follows: http://www.sam.gov. In order to locate the solicitation, Contractors can go to https://sam.gov and search for the IFB number at the website. It is the Bidder's responsibility to check the website (https://sam.gov/) as often as necessary for any posted changes to this synopsis and all amendments. Please feel free to contact Henry Puppe Henry.Puppe@dot.gov for any question or clarification. The Contracting Office Address is: Department of Transportation/ MARAD 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, 20590 Washington, DC 20590