Sources Sought
Uscgc Tern Drydock Repairs
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryThis is a Sources Sought notice (market research, not a solicitation) from the U.S. Coast Guard (CG-SEA-C21, for the Surface Forces Logistics Center in Norfolk, VA) to find companies that can do drydock repairs on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) TERN (WPB-87343). The cutter is home ported in San Francisco, CA, and the work is done at the contractor's facility with no geographic restriction. Responses are due by email by the response due date of November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern; the anticipated work period is June 8, 2027 to September 28, 2027. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells U.S. Coast Guard who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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This is a Sources Sought notice (market research, not a solicitation) from the U.S. Coast Guard (CG-SEA-C21, for the Surface Forces Logistics Center in Norfolk, VA) to find companies that can do drydock repairs on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) TERN (WPB-87343). The cutter is home ported in San Francisco, CA, and the work is done at the contractor's facility with no geographic restriction. Responses are due by email by the response due date of November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern; the anticipated work period is June 8, 2027 to September 28, 2027.
Who can bid
- Register in the System for Award Management (SAM) at sam.gov
How to submit: Email to Torrie.m.jones@uscg.mil and Jaime.r.smith@uscg.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Worth checking: Responding does not enter you in a later bid. This is only market research; if a solicitation follows, you must send a separate offer, and a response here is not an adequate one.
- Worth checking: Thin responses may cost you a set-aside slot. The Government uses the responses to decide whether to set the work aside for small business, so a response with too little detail may leave you out of that decision.
- Worth checking: Length of work does not match the dates. The notice gives 63 calendar days but a start date of June 8, 2027 and an end date of September 28, 2027, which span 112 days; ask the contracting office what window the 63 days sits in.
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- Minor: Must commit to bid as a prime contractor. Your response has to say your company will submit a proposal as the prime contractor if a solicitation comes out, so it does not suit firms planning only to subcontract.
- Minor: Requirements may change. The specification and work items are subject to change at the Government's discretion, so the final solicitation may differ.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- SSN TERN DD FY27.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Drydock repairs to USCGC TERN, with all facilities, materials, equipment and personnel supplied by the contractor (38 work items; the list is not limited to these)
- Hull checks and paint: ultrasonic testing and thickness measurements of hull plating, and 100 percent preservation (paint and coatings) of the underwater body, freeboard, main deck and superstructure
- Clean and inspect the dirty oil, oily water, main propulsion fuel service, grey water and sewage tanks, and clean and flush the grey water and sewage piping
- Propulsion: main diesel engine maintenance, realign the main engine and reduction gear, renew propulsion shafts, shaft bearings, bearing carriers, propellers and rudder assemblies
- Renew the fathometer transducer (depth sounder) and zinc anodes, repair the speed log skin valve, and remove, inspect and reinstall the stern launch door
- Clean ventilation fans, heating and cooling ducting, and maintain the sea water system; do a thermographic (heat camera) inspection of the electrical power distribution system
- Provide the drydock, temporary services to the cutter, and sea trial support
- Period of performance
- Anticipated 63 calendar days, with a start date of June 8, 2027 and an end date of September 28, 2027. Both are subject to change at the Government's discretion.
- Place of performance
- At the contractor's facility; there is no geographic restriction. The cutter is home ported in San Francisco, CA, and SAM.gov lists San Francisco, CA.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not an evaluation. The notice is market research, and the Government may use the responses in deciding whether and how to set aside a later solicitation.
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Torrie.m.jones@uscg.mil and Jaime.r.smith@uscg.mil
What to include when you submit
- Give your company name, address and Unique Identifier Number (the unique entity identifier you get when you register in SAM.gov)
- Give a point of contact and phone number
- State your business size under NAICS code 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing): 8(a) small business, HUBZone small business, service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, economically disadvantaged woman-owned, woman-owned, small business, or large business
- Send documentation that backs up each size or program claim, such as your SBA 8(a) or HUBZone certificate, or ownership, control and disability proof for veteran-owned claims, and proof that you are small under NAICS 336611
- Include a statement of how your company will do the work and that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued
- Send past performance on similar work: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and points of contact with phone numbers
- If two companies plan to bid as a joint venture or similar teaming arrangement, send past performance for projects they did together, if available; separate past work by each firm may be considered less relevant
- Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information
Not in the notice text
- Whether the Coast Guard will issue a solicitation, when, and whether it will be set aside for a small business program; SAM.gov states no set-aside.
- The contract type, evaluation method, and the Government's estimate are not stated.
- Quantities and measurements behind each of the 38 work items (for example how many propellers, bearings or tank volumes) are not given; the cutter's size is not stated.
- Why the notice gives 63 calendar days when the start and end dates are June 8, 2027 and September 28, 2027.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- CG-Sea-C21, Norfolk, VA
- Product/service code
- J999 · Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (WEST)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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