Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Drydock Repairs for the CGC Pamlico
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryTotal small business set-aside, solicitation 70Z08526QIBCT0068: the U.S. Coast Guard wants drydock repairs on the 160-foot construction tender USCGC Pamlico (WLIC-800), homeported in New Orleans, LA, done at the bidder's own shipyard. The Coast Guard will award a requirements contract, meaning it orders what it needs through task orders, for work planned on or about March 9, 2027 to May 18, 2027. Quotes are due by the response due date, November 16, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern, by email. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 5 attachments weren't read (ATTACHMENT 1 PAMLICO PRICING SHEET.xls). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Total small business set-aside, solicitation 70Z08526QIBCT0068: the U.S. Coast Guard wants drydock repairs on the 160-foot construction tender USCGC Pamlico (WLIC-800), homeported in New Orleans, LA, done at the bidder's own shipyard. The Coast Guard will award a requirements contract, meaning it orders what it needs through task orders, for work planned on or about March 9, 2027 to May 18, 2027. Quotes are due by the response due date, November 16, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern, by email.
Who can bid (7)
- Small business under NAICS 336611 (size standard 1,300 employees); this is a total small business set-aside
- A shipyard reachable from a navigable waterway, with at least 7 feet of water depth and 50 feet of vertical clearance, where the cutter can arrive under its own power
- A current certification for the drydock facility, provided before award, plus the pre-award docking calculations
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- Proof of insurance from your current insurance carrier, sent with the quote
- Welding certifications and qualifications required by the specification for the applicable work items, sent with the quote
- Joint Certification Program (JCP) certification and number from the Defense Logistics Information Service, needed to get export-controlled drawings and references
- A pre-award survey by the Coast Guard Quality Assurance Team may check your facilities, plans and capability before award
How to submit: Email to Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil and craig.j.lilly2@uscg.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (13)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses under the 1,300-employee size standard for NAICS 336611 can bid, and the limitations on subcontracting clause (FAR 52.219-14) is listed.
- Serious: Certified drydock facility required. The bidder must have a drydock on a navigable waterway with 7 feet of depth and 50 feet of clearance, plus a current facility certification before award; firms without a drydock cannot bid on their own.
- Worth checking: Question deadline: November 3 in the notice, October 26 on the question form. The notice and solicitation say questions are due November 3, 2026, 2:00 PM EST, but the Attachment 4 form says October 26, 2026, 2:00 PM ET; ask the contracting officer which governs.
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- Worth checking: Performance period dates differ. The solicitation says work runs on or about March 9, 2027 to May 18, 2027, but the requirements clause says February 2, 2027 to May 18, 2027.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Sep 14, 2026): Drawings request date and solicitation number look carried over. A clause says the last day to request drawings is September 14, 2026 and cites solicitation 70Z08526QIBCT0057 and FY26, while this notice is 70Z08526QIBCT0068; ask the contracting officer how to get drawings.
- Worth checking: Export-controlled references need JCP certification. Some specification references are limited access, and only firms with a Joint Certification Program number can get them, which may be needed to price the work.
- Worth checking: Shipyard location adds evaluated costs. The Coast Guard adds transit, crew allowance, travel, per diem and crew lodging costs to your price for evaluation, so a shipyard far from New Orleans scores worse.
- Worth checking: Award may be made on initial quotes. The Government may award without discussions, so the first quote needs to be the best price and complete.
- Worth checking: Large technical package is pass/fail. A quote missing any required item, such as the planning document, certifications, subcontractor list or execution plan, can be rated Unacceptable and lose eligibility.
- Minor: Fast turnaround on discovered work. The contractor must report conditions found within 24 hours and send a quote for added work within 72 hours of the request.
- Minor: Payment by stage of completion. A line item cannot be invoiced until it is 25 percent complete (the contracting officer may waive this for large line items), which affects cash flow.
- Minor: Contact email addresses differ. The notice lists one address ending in .mill and the question form lists a different spelling for the second contact; confirm addresses before sending quotes or questions.
- Minor: Site inspection strongly encouraged, not required. Quoters are urged to inspect the site, but missing it does not support a claim after award; the vessel contact is in New Orleans.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. 1 of 5 not read. Show which files.
- 70Z08526QIBCT0068 Pamlico DD 1020.docx (read)
- ATTACHMENT 2 - Work Specification PAMLICO2 10-20.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4- Request for Clarifications PAMLICO 1.docx (read)
- Attach 3 - Past Performance Information Form BLANK.docx (read)
- ATTACHMENT 1 PAMLICO PRICING SHEET.xls: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Drydock repairs to USCGC Pamlico at the contractor's own shipyard, following a specification of 67 work items (hull inspection, preservation, shafting, propellers, rudders, tanks, and more)
- Own or arrange a drydock facility that is certified and reachable from a navigable waterway, and submit docking calculations with the quote
- Provide temporary services, tenting, sea trial support, and lodging and meals for the 14-person crew during the repair period
- Report conditions found within 24 hours and quote any added work within 72 hours of the Coast Guard's request
- Price each work item on the pricing sheet (Attachment 1) plus a lay day rate and a composite labor rate for added work
- Support Coast Guard inspections and critical inspection reports, and perform dock and sea trials
- Contract type
- Indefinite-delivery requirements contract (IDR) under FAR Part 12 (commercial products and services); task orders are expected to be firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing)
- Period of performance
- On or about March 9, 2027 to on or about May 18, 2027 (the requirements clause instead says February 2, 2027 to May 18, 2027)
- Place of performance
- The contractor's facility (a commercial shipyard); the cutter's home port is 1790 Saturn Street, New Orleans, LA 70129. SAM.gov leaves the place of performance blank.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Pass/fail technical capability and past performance, then award to the responsible quoter with the lowest total evaluated price among acceptable quotes
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil and craig.j.lilly2@uscg.mil
- Page limits
- Technical narrative: no more than 10 pages. Each email: no more than 10 MB. Table of contents pages are not counted.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability (pass/fail): understanding of the work, corporate experience (3 contracts within 5 years), a graphical planning document, a narrative of no more than 10 pages, certifications, insurance, subcontractor list, drydock certification, lodging and messing plan
- Past Performance (pass/fail): at least 3 relevant contracts completed within the last 3 years as prime; a rating of Satisfactory or higher passes; no relevant history is rated Neutral and is acceptable
- Total Evaluated Price: total of the work items plus foreseeable Coast Guard costs that vary with shipyard location (transit, family separation allowance, travel, per diem, crew lodging and meals), lay day rate and composite labor rate
What to include when you submit
- Send price, technical capability and past performance in separate emails
- Quotes must be valid for 120 days
- Fill in Attachment 1 (Pricing Sheet) with unit and extended prices for every work item, plus the lay day rate and hourly composite rate; send it as an electronically signed PDF and as a spreadsheet
- Give the exact name and location of the shipyard where the work will be done; leaving it out may make the quote nonresponsive
- Technical: describe at least 3 previous or ongoing drydock ship repair contracts within the last 5 years, with contract number, dollar value, period of performance and a brief description
- Technical: include a graphical planning document (such as a Gantt chart) showing each work item's start and stop dates, inspection report dates, Coast Guard inspector events, critical path and float
- Technical: include a narrative of no more than 10 pages covering schedule risks, weather and humidity at the dock, limiting disruption to cutter services, quality control, surge capacity and warranty terms
- Technical: include all certifications, licenses and personnel qualifications the specification requires, proof of insurance, and the welding certifications for applicable work items
- Technical: list every subcontractor with name, address, contact, work item and percentage of work, and confirm in writing that subcontractors supplying technical representatives meet the stated requirement
- Technical: include the current drydock facility certification and the pre-award docking calculations from SFLC Standard Specification 8634
- Technical: include an Execution Plan naming the commercial hotels and food options for lodging and messing, and how the crew will be kept together
- Past performance: identify at least 3 relevant contracts completed within the last 3 years as prime contractor, each on Attachment 3 (Past Performance Information Form)
- Number all pages, label them "USCG Pamlico Dry dock Repairs" with the RFQ number, and use 8 1/2 x 11 paper with one-inch margins
- Send questions on Attachment 4 (Request for Clarification), one question per form, naming your firm
Not in the notice text
- Pricing sheet (Attachment 1, a spreadsheet) was attached but not read; the middle of the solicitation document and most of the work specification (work items 1 to 64, government-furnished property and critical inspection lists) were also not read, so line items, quantities and some requirements are missing here
- The Government's estimate or total value is not stated; the order limits of $500,000 for a single item and $3,000,000 for a combination of items are limits per order, not the contract value
- Which question deadline applies (November 3, 2026 in the notice or October 26, 2026 on the Attachment 4 form)
- Which performance start date applies (March 9, 2027 or February 2, 2027)
- How a firm gets drawings given the September 14, 2026 request date in a clause and the earlier solicitation number it cites
- Which wage rules, if any, apply to the shipyard labor are not stated in the text read
- Whether the lay day rate and composite labor rate are priced on the sheet as separate line items is not visible without the pricing sheet
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 336611
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil and craig.j.lilly2@uscg.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- CG-Sea-C22, Alameda, CA
- Product/service code
- J998 · Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (EAST)
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336611)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
CGC PAMLICO DRYDOCK REPAIRS: SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The place of performance shall be at the Contractors Facility. CUTTER’s Home Port: 1790 Saturn Street, New Orleans, LA 70129 QUESTIONS: It is strongly encouraged to submit questions regarding this solicitation by 03 November 2026 at 2:00 PM EST to allow adequate time for response. After this date further requests may not be accepted due to time constraints. Submit questions to Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mill and to craig.j.lilly2@uscg.mil using Attachment 4 - Request for Clarification. QUOTATION DUE DATE: Your quotation must arrive no later than 16 November 2026, at 2:00 pm Eastern Time; Quotations should be sent via electronic mail (e-mail) to Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil and craig.j.lilly2@uscg.mil. SUBJECT TO AVAILABITY OF FUNDS
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