Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
CGC Barbara Mabrity
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryThe U.S. Coast Guard (Surface Forces Logistics Center, CG-SEA-C22) wants a small business shipyard to do drydock repairs on the cutter Barbara Mabrity, whose home port is Mobile, Alabama. Work is done at the contractor's own facility, with industrial start planned March 5, 2027 through June 4, 2027. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern, and award goes to the lowest evaluated price among acceptable quotes. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 6 attachments weren't read (ATTACHMENT BARBARA MABRITY PRICING SHEET.xls, ATTACHMENT 3 Past Performance Information Form-Barbara Mabrity DD FY27.docx and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Coast Guard (Surface Forces Logistics Center, CG-SEA-C22) wants a small business shipyard to do drydock repairs on the cutter Barbara Mabrity, whose home port is Mobile, Alabama. Work is done at the contractor's own facility, with industrial start planned March 5, 2027 through June 4, 2027. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern, and award goes to the lowest evaluated price among acceptable quotes.
Who can bid (5)
- Small business set-aside: only small businesses can be awarded this contract (NAICS 336611, size standard 1,300 employees)
- A shipyard or drydock reachable from a navigable waterway with at least 8.5 feet of water depth and 67 feet of vertical clearance, able to take the cutter at any state of the tide
- A current drydock certification for the facility, plus the pre-award docking calculations, sent with the quote
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- Joint Certification Program (JCP) certification as a U.S. or Canadian contractor, needed to get the drawings and export-controlled references
- Certifications, licenses and personnel qualifications required by the specification (including welding), plus proof of insurance, sent with the quote
How to submit: Email to Sandy Reed-Robinson (Sandy.m.reed-robinson@uscg.mil) and Sandra Martinez (Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can win this award.
- Serious: Must have your own certified drydock facility. You need a shipyard with a drydock that fits the cutter, with a current certification and docking calculations sent with the quote; most small businesses without a dock cannot meet this.
- Serious: Requests were due Oct 26, 2026. Check the amendments for what the agency sent or answered.
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- Serious: Shipyard location must be stated. Your shipyard's exact location drives the Coast Guard's added travel and transit costs, and a missing location means no award.
- Worth checking: Pass or fail experience and past performance. You need at least three similar drydock contracts in the last five years for the technical factor, and three relevant prime contracts in the last three years for past performance.
- Worth checking: Large detailed quote package. The quote needs a scheduling chart, a narrative limited to 10 pages, a subcontractor list and certifications, sent in separate emails, which takes real preparation time.
- Worth checking: Quantities are estimates; no guaranteed minimum. The Coast Guard is not obligated to order any set amount, and the schedule shows quantity 0 with no unit for the base line.
- Minor: Site visit urged but no date given. Quoters are expected to inspect the site, but no site visit date or time is stated; contact the site point of contact if you want one.
- Minor: Progress payments only after 25 percent complete. A line item cannot be invoiced until it is 25 percent complete (the contracting officer may waive this for large items), which affects cash flow.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 3 of 6 not read. Show which files.
- BARBARA MABRITY DDFY26 SOLICITATION 70Z08526QIBCT0069.pdf (read)
- ATTACHMENT 2 Specification- Barbara Mabrity DD FY27.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5 - USCG Ombudsman Notice.pdf (read)
- ATTACHMENT BARBARA MABRITY PRICING SHEET.xls: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- ATTACHMENT 3 Past Performance Information Form-Barbara Mabrity DD FY27.docx: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- ATTACHMENT 4 Request for Clarification Form -Barbara Mabrity DD FY27.docx: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Drydock repairs on the cutter for fiscal year 2027, split into about 80 numbered work items in the specification (Attachment 2)
- Hull work: underwater body and freeboard painting, steel plate renewal, weld repairs, ultrasonic thickness testing and leak tests
- Tank work: clean, inspect and repaint fuel, ballast, potable water, lube oil, sewage, grey water and dirty oil tanks
- Machinery work: main diesel engine mount renewal and alignment, Z-drive (steerable propulsion unit) overhaul, thrusters, heat exchangers and circuit breakers
- Sea valves, sea strainers, anchor chain and windlass, ground tackle, fathometer and speed log transducer work, and zinc anode renewal
- Drydock services, temporary services for the cutter and fire prevention during the work
- A graphical schedule (Gantt chart or similar) with critical inspection report dates, critical path and Coast Guard Inspector events
- A lay day rate and a composite hourly labor rate that will price any extra work ordered later
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery requirements contract (IDR): the Coast Guard places task orders as needs arise, and the quantities in the pricing sheet are estimates only
- Period of performance
- Anticipated award on or by December 7, 2026; industrial start March 5, 2027 through June 4, 2027
- Place of performance
- The contractor's facility; the cutter's home port is 1500 15th St., Mobile, AL 36615
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest evaluated price among quotes rated Acceptable on technical capability and past performance (both pass or fail); evaluated price adds foreseeable Coast Guard costs tied to the shipyard's location
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Sandy Reed-Robinson (Sandy.m.reed-robinson@uscg.mil) and Sandra Martinez (Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil)
- Page limits
- Technical narrative: no more than 10 pages; each email no more than 10 MB
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability (pass or fail): understanding of the work, meeting every specification requirement, and documented corporate experience
- Past Performance (pass or fail): at least three relevant contracts completed in the last three years as prime contractor; no recent or relevant record is rated Neutral and acceptable
- Total Evaluated Price: price for the work items plus foreseeable costs (vessel transit at $233.00 per nautical mile, crew separation allowance, homeport travel, and Coast Guard representative travel and per diem), plus the lay day and hourly composite rates checked for fairness
What to include when you submit
- Send price, technical capability and past performance content in separate emails, each no larger than 10 MB
- Price: fill in Attachment 1 (the pricing sheet) with unit and extended prices, unrounded; send a signed PDF and the spreadsheet
- Name and give the exact location of the shipyard on the pricing sheet; a quote without it can be disqualified
- Technical: list at least three previous or ongoing drydock ship repair contracts from the last five years of similar size, scope and complexity, with contract number, dollar value, period of performance and a short description
- Technical: include a graphical planning document (Gantt chart or similar) showing each work item's start and stop dates, critical inspection report due dates, Coast Guard Inspector events, work needing technical representatives or subcontractors, critical path and float
- Technical: include a narrative covering performance risks, weather and humidity at the dock, limiting disruption to cutter services (sewage, grey water, potable water, air conditioning, refrigeration, power), quality assurance, surge capacity and the firm's best commercial warranty
- Technical: include all certifications, licenses and personnel qualifications the specification requires, welding certifications, proof of insurance, and a current drydock certification with the pre-award docking calculations
- Technical: list every planned subcontractor with name, address, contact, work item, percent of work, and written confirmation that required technical representatives meet the requirement
- Past performance: identify at least three relevant contracts completed in the last three years as prime contractor, each on Attachment 3 (Past Performance Information Form)
- Number every page, label it with the cutter name and solicitation number, use 8.5 x 11 paper with one-inch margins, and keep the quote valid for 120 days
Current contractor
No incumbent is named, and the documents do not call this a follow-on or recompete.
Not in the notice text
- The pricing sheet (Attachment 1) was attached but not read, so the list of priced work items, their quantities and the total size of the buy are unknown.
- The Past Performance Information Form (Attachment 3) and the Request for Clarification Form (Attachment 4) couldn't be opened; check them on SAM.gov.
- Most of the specification (Attachment 2, which lists 81 work items) and part of the solicitation were not read; check the full documents on SAM.gov for technical requirements, certifications and insurance amounts.
- A deadline for questions is not stated; Attachment 4 is the request for clarification form.
- No site visit date or time is given; the site point of contact is Edward Sheppard at the cutter's home port.
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 Sandy Reed-Robinson (Sandy.m.reed-robinson@uscg.mil) and Sandra Martinez (Sandra.a.martinez@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 19, 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 BARBARA MABRITY - See attached documents PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The place of performance shall be at the Contractors Facility. CUTTER's Home Port: 1500 15th St. Mobile, AL 36615 QUOTATION DUE DATE: Your quotation must arrive no later than November 06, 2026 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time; Quotations should be sent via electronic mail (e-mail) to Sandy.m.reed robinson@uscg.mil and Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil. Quotes must be valid for 120 days.
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