Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Drydock Repairs for the CGC Anvil
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryThe U.S. Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security) wants quotes to put the cutter ANVIL and its barge in drydock and repair them at the contractor's own shipyard. The response due date is November 13, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern, by email, and only small businesses can quote. Work is planned from May 12, 2027, under an indefinite delivery requirements contract, where the Coast Guard orders work as needed through task orders. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 2 of 5 attachments weren't read (Attachment 1 - ANVIL (WLIC 75A) DD Blank Pricing Sheet.xlsx, Attachment 3 - Past Performance Information Form.docx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security) wants quotes to put the cutter ANVIL and its barge in drydock and repair them at the contractor's own shipyard. The response due date is November 13, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern, by email, and only small businesses can quote. Work is planned from May 12, 2027, under an indefinite delivery requirements contract, where the Coast Guard orders work as needed through task orders.
Who can bid (7)
- Small business under the total small business set-aside (size standard 1,300 employees). The limitations on subcontracting clause (FAR 52.219-14) is in the solicitation.
- A shipyard with a drydock reachable from a navigable waterway, with enough water depth and overhead clearance for the cutter to arrive under its own power
- A current certification of the drydock facility and pre-award docking calculations, sent with the quote
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- At least three drydock ship repair contracts from the last five years, and at least three recent relevant prime contracts as past performance references
- All certifications, licenses and personnel qualifications required by the statement of work, including welding certifications, sent with the quote
- Proof of insurance from your current insurance carrier
- Certification by the Joint Certification Program (JCP) to obtain export-controlled drawings and references
How to submit: Email to Contracting Officer Sandra Martinez (Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil) and Del Shelton (Delarue.s.shelton@uscg.mil). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (15)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Certified drydock shipyard required. You must offer your own or a partner's shipyard with a certified drydock, deep and tall enough access, and docking calculations submitted with the quote.
- Serious: Shipyard location must be named or the quote is out. A quote that does not give the exact shipyard location can be disqualified.
- Serious: Pass/fail experience and past performance. You need three drydock contracts from the last five years plus three recent prime references; an Unacceptable rating on either factor ends the quote.
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- Serious: Drawings need Joint Certification Program (JCP) status; request deadline November 3, 2026. Some referenced drawings are export-controlled and only firms certified by the Joint Certification Program (a Defense Department list of approved U.S. and Canadian contractors) can get them.
- Worth checking: Shipyard location adds to your evaluated price. Coast Guard costs for moving the cutter, crew allowances, and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) travel are added to your price for ranking if your yard is more than 50 road miles from Charleston.
- Worth checking: Two different work end dates. The solicitation text gives July 20, 2027 as the end of industrial work, while the schedule lists May 12, 2027 to June 23, 2027; ask the contracting officer which governs.
- Worth checking: Large quote package. Price, technical and past performance go in separate emails, with a Gantt-style plan, a ten-page narrative, subcontractor list and certifications; pages over the limit are removed.
- Worth checking: No invoicing until 25 percent complete. You carry the cost of each contract line item number (CLIN: one priced line of the order) until it is 25 percent done, unless the contracting officer waives it for large CLINs.
- Worth checking: Limits on subcontracting. The clause limiting how much work a small business prime may pass to subcontractors is included; check its percentage before planning subcontracted trades.
- Worth checking: Lead paint and asbestos abatement certifications. The spec includes partial lead-based paint and asbestos abatement, and prime and subcontractors doing abatement must hold local, state and federal certifications.
- Worth checking: Orders are estimates with no guaranteed minimum. Task orders are expected to be firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), and the Coast Guard does not promise to order the estimated amount.
- Minor: 72-hour window to quote additional work. After the Coast Guard requests added work, you must quote within 72 hours, so you need estimating staff ready during the repair period.
- Minor: Site visit strongly encouraged, no date given. Quoters are urged to inspect the site; a Coast Guard contact is listed, but the text sets no site visit date and does not call it mandatory.
- Minor: Award may use initial quotes only. The Coast Guard may award without negotiating, so the first quote should be your best price.
- Minor: Pre-award survey possible. The Coast Guard may inspect your quality plans, staffing, facility and accounting systems before awarding.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 2 of 5 not read. Show which files.
- USCGC ANVIL DD RFQ 70Z08527QIBCT0001.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - ANVIL DD (WLIC 75A) SPEC 141026.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 -Request for Clarification Form.docx (read)
- Attachment 1 - ANVIL (WLIC 75A) DD Blank Pricing Sheet.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 3 - Past Performance Information Form.docx: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Drydock the cutter ANVIL (WLIC 75301) and its barge (68013) at a certified contractor shipyard
- Inspect and ultrasonic-test the underwater hull, and renew damaged steel plating
- Prepare and repaint the underwater body, superstructure and freeboard (the hull above the waterline) to Coast Guard coating specifications
- Remove, inspect and reinstall propulsion shafts, seals, bearings, stern tubes, propellers and rudders
- Overhaul or renew sea valves, sea strainers, keel coolers, depth-sounder (fathometer) transducers and zinc anodes (sacrificial metal that fights corrosion)
- Other repairs: decks, ceiling, ventilation, deck drains, bilge piping, handrail and bulwark, shower pan, watertight doors
- Partial lead paint and asbestos abatement, an independent NACE (corrosion) inspector, tenting, and temporary services such as power and water
- Support sea trials, file Condition Found Reports on problems found, and quote any additional work the Coast Guard orders
- Contract type
- Indefinite delivery requirements contract (IDR) with task orders; task orders are expected to be firm-fixed-price (FFP)
- Period of performance
- Anticipated award on or by December 27, 2026. Industrial start May 12, 2027, ending July 20, 2027 in the solicitation text; the schedule shows May 12, 2027 to June 23, 2027. The length of the ordering period is not stated.
- Place of performance
- The contractor's facility (shipyard). The cutter's home port is 196 Tradd St, Charleston, SC.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Technical capability and past performance are each pass/fail; among acceptable quotes, award goes to the lowest total evaluated price, which includes foreseeable Coast Guard costs tied to the shipyard's location
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern Time
- How to submit
- Email to Contracting Officer Sandra Martinez (Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil) and Del Shelton (Delarue.s.shelton@uscg.mil)
- Page limits
- Written technical narrative: no more than ten (10) pages (table of contents pages are not counted). Each email: no more than 10mb.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability (pass/fail): understanding of the work, meeting all specification requirements, and documentation of capability and corporate experience (planning document, narrative, drydock certification, subcontractor list)
- Past Performance (pass/fail): recent (completed within the last three years) and relevant work rated Satisfactory or higher; firms with no recent or relevant history are rated Neutral and stay eligible
- Total Evaluated Price: price of all work items plus foreseeable costs (transit, crew family separation allowance and travel, Contracting Officer's Representative travel and per diem, crew lodging and meals), plus review of the lay day rate and hourly composite labor rate
What to include when you submit
- Send price, technical capability and past performance information in separate emails, each no more than 10mb
- Number every page and label it with the quote name USCGC ANVIL, Drydock Repairs FY27, RFQ 70Z08527QIBCT0001, and the submission date; include a table of contents
- Price: fill out Attachment 1 (pricing sheet) with unit and extended prices for every work item, and the lay day rate and hourly composite rate; send an electronically signed PDF and a spreadsheet copy; do not round prices
- State the exact name and location of the shipyard you will use; a quote without it may be disqualified
- Technical: describe at least three (3) previous or ongoing contracts from the last five (5) years for drydock ship repair of similar size, scope and complexity, with contract number, dollar value, period of performance and a short description
- Technical: include a graphical planning document (such as a Gantt chart) showing each work item's period, inspection report due dates, Coast Guard inspector events, tasks needing technical representatives or subcontractors, the critical path, float, and task dependencies
- Technical: write a narrative (ten pages maximum) on schedule risks, weather (precipitation and humidity at the dock), limiting disruption to cutter sewage, grey water, potable water, air conditioning, refrigeration and power, quality assurance and quality control, surge capacity, and your best commercial warranty terms
- Send all certifications, licenses and personnel qualifications the statement of work requires, welding certifications under Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC, the Coast Guard's maintenance command) Standard Specification 0740, and proof of insurance (a statement of coverage from your current carrier)
- List all subcontractors with name, address, contact, phone, the work item and percentage of work; confirm in writing that any subcontractor acting as a Certified Coating Inspector, Certified Non-Destructive Test Inspector, Weld Examination Inspector or Marine Chemist meets the requirement
- Send your current drydock facility certification and the pre-award docking calculations from Appendix B of SFLC Standard Specification 8634
- Past performance: identify at least three (3) relevant, recent (completed within the last three years) contracts you performed as prime contractor, each on Attachment 3 (Past Performance Information Form)
- Leave all price references out of the technical quote; quote must stay valid for 120 days
- Send questions on the Request for Clarification form, one question per form, by email only
After award, you must have
- After award, provide the Preservation Plan, Ambient Conditions Control Plan, Heavy Weather Plan and docking and undocking calculations From USCGC ANVIL DD RFQ 70Z08527QIBCT0001.pdf:
Subsequent to contract award, the Government will require the Quoters to provide the Preservation Plan and Ambient Conditions Control Plan…
Not in the notice text
- Attached but not read: Attachment 1 (the pricing sheet spreadsheet, with each work item's quantities) and Attachment 3 (the Past Performance Information Form). Most of the 70-item specification (Attachment 2) and part of the RFQ's middle pages were also not read.
- The Government's estimate or total value is not stated in the pages read
- The site visit date is not given; only a point of contact is listed
- The length of the ordering period for the indefinite delivery requirements contract is not stated
- The cutter's and barge's size and drydocking details are in the specification's principal characteristics pages, which were not read
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 Contracting Officer Sandra Martinez (Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil) and Del Shelton (Delarue.s.shelton@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)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 13, 2026
- 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 ANVIL - See attached documents CUTTER's Home Port: 196 Tradd St Street, Charleston, SC QUOTATION DUE DATE: Your quotation must arrive no later than November 13, 2026 at 10:00 am Eastern Time; Quotations should be sent via electronic mail (e-mail) to delarue.s.shelton@uscg.mil and Sandra.a.martinez@uscg.mil. Quotes must be valid for 120 days.
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