Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Uscgc Hammer (Wlic 75302) USCG 68A Barge (68014) Drydock Repairs FY2027
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryOnly small businesses can bid. The U.S. Coast Guard (CG-SEA-C21) wants drydock repairs on the cutter HAMMER (WLIC 75302) and its barge (USCG 68A BARGE 68014): 99 listed work items for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), January 6, 2027 to March 17, 2027. The bidder must supply a waterfront drydock facility. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 26, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 20, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 26, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 4 attachments weren't read (Attachment 1_ScheduleOfServices_HAMMER_DD_FY27.xls). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only small businesses can bid. The U.S. Coast Guard (CG-SEA-C21) wants drydock repairs on the cutter HAMMER (WLIC 75302) and its barge (USCG 68A BARGE 68014): 99 listed work items for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), January 6, 2027 to March 17, 2027. The bidder must supply a waterfront drydock facility. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Small business set-aside (total): only small businesses can bid. NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing).
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the federal contractor database
- A waterfront facility reachable from a navigable waterway, with at least 11 feet of water depth and 35 feet of height clearance, where the ship can arrive under its own power and lie afloat at all tides
Things to watch (9)
- Serious: Small business set-aside. SAM.gov lists this as a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can send quotes.
- Serious: You must provide a drydock facility on a navigable waterway. The facility needs 11 feet of water and 35 feet of height clearance; a business without its own drydock or a teaming partner that has one cannot meet this.
- Worth checking: Evaluated price includes Coast Guard transit and travel costs. Costs for moving the vessel from Jacksonville, crew family separation pay, and Coast Guard staff travel are added to quotes from facilities outside 50 road miles of Jacksonville, which can hurt far-away bidders.
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- Worth checking: Funding depends on appropriations. The line item says funding is contingent on an appropriations act, so the award could depend on money not yet provided.
- Worth checking: Hazardous waste licenses and abatement work. The specification includes lead-based paint and asbestos spot abatement, and the contract requires hazardous substance licenses and permits within 5 days after award if you lack them.
- Worth checking: Independent NACE level 3 coating inspector required. You must hire an inspector who is not your employee or a paint maker's employee, and the inspector must stay on site during critical coating work.
- Worth checking: Extra work is not paid until a contract modification is signed. Change requests are paid at the flat labor rate you quote, but only after a written modification, so cash flow can lag the work.
- Minor: Poor recent past performance can knock a quote out. The Government reviews the last three years of work with the Coast Guard and other records; less than satisfactory performance may not be considered for award.
- Minor: Schedule documents due 3 working days after the vessel arrives. A production schedule, work package network, manning curves and subcontracting list are due after the vessel arrives, and any slip of more than 2 calendar days must be reported right away.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 1 of 4 not read. Show which files.
- 70ZU0127QPBPL0001_0_US.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3 - SOW Addendum.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2_SOW_HAMMER_DD_FY27.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1_ScheduleOfServices_HAMMER_DD_FY27.xls: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Drydock the cutter and the barge and complete the 99 work items in the specification: hull plating tests and steel renewal, hull and tank painting, propulsion shafts, seals, bearings, propellers, rudder, sea valves and strainers, zinc anodes, doors and barge spud wells and winches
- Provide a facility reachable from a navigable waterway where the ship can arrive under its own power and lie afloat at all tides, with at least 11 feet of water and 35 feet of height clearance
- Provide an independent coating inspector certified NACE level 3 (a coatings-industry credential) for all critical-coated surfaces, with the name given to the Government's technical representative (COR) at the arrival conference
- Provide tenting, temporary services (power, water, trash, office space), sea trial support, and lead-based paint and asbestos spot abatement
- Within 3 working days of the vessel's arrival, send a production schedule, work package network, manpower loading curve, trade manning curves and subcontracting list; update them at weekly progress meetings
- Report newly found conditions and price extra work as change requests (CRs) at a flat composite labor rate; extra work is paid only after a written contract modification
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP); request for quotations (RFQ) under commercial procedures
- Period of performance
- January 6, 2027 to March 17, 2027 (CLIN 0001, funding contingent on appropriation)
- Place of performance
- SAM.gov lists Jacksonville, FL. The documents say the work is done at the bidder's offered waterfront facility; the vessel's homeport is Jacksonville, FL.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff: technical capability and past performance together are significantly more important than price; award may go to a quote that is not the lowest price
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 20, 2026; amended since)
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability: understanding of the specification; experience with major repairs on Department of Defense and Coast Guard surface vessels; workforce capability and capacity; project planning document showing the critical path and order of work items; ability to meet the qualified technical representative requirements; overall quality control approach
- Past Performance: references and records such as CPARS (Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System) from the last three years; no relevant history gets a neutral rating
- Price: Total Evaluated Price (sum of all line items in the price schedule) checked for reasonableness, plus Coast Guard transit and travel costs added for evaluation only when the facility is outside 50 road miles of Jacksonville
What to include when you submit
- Show in the quote how you meet every Technical Capability requirement; a quote that does not address all of them may be rejected as unacceptable.
- Include a project planning document that shows the critical path and sequence of work items.
- Show how you meet the qualified technical representative requirement (an independent NACE level 3 coating inspector) and your quality control approach.
- Complete the price schedule of services (Attachment 1) with a U.S. dollar figure on every unit price; blank or non-dollar entries can get the quote rejected.
- Give a detailed breakdown supporting your change request (CR) composite labor rate, which covers direct labor, indirect costs and profit.
- Name your offered facility and its address, and give past performance references.
After award, you must have
- All licenses and permits for hazardous substance removal or disposal; a firm without them must get them within 5 days after award and show evidence before work starts From 70ZU0127QPBPL0001_0_US.pdf:
The Contractor shall have all licenses and permits required by Federal, state, and local laws to perform hazardous substance(s) removal or disposal services.
- Independent coating inspector certified NACE level 3, not employed by the contractor or a coating maker; name given at the arrival conference From Attachment 2_SOW_HAMMER_DD_FY27.pdf:
The Coating Inspector shall be Independent and certified NACE level 3.
- Insurance before work starts: ship repairer's liability $500,000 per occurrence, general liability $500,000 per occurrence, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation coverage, and state workers' compensation; the certificate must name the vessel and contract number From Attachment 3 - SOW Addendum.pdf:
Comprehensive General Liability - $500,000 per occurrence.
Not in the notice text
- Some documents were attached but not read: the quote submission instructions and the first part of the evaluation text sit in the middle of the main solicitation (70ZU0127QPBPL0001_0_US.pdf), most of the specification (Attachment 2) was left out, and the price schedule spreadsheet (Attachment 1) was not read. Check them on SAM.gov.
- How and where to send quotes (email or portal) is not stated in the readable text.
- Whether there is a site visit or a question deadline is not stated in the readable text.
- The vessel and barge dimensions and weights (Principal Characteristics) were not read, so drydock size requirements are unknown.
- Quantities, unit prices and any option line items are in the price schedule (Attachment 1) and were not read.
- The Government's estimate is not given.
- Which wage rules, if any, apply is not stated.
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 and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- CG-Sea-C21, Norfolk, VA
- 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 26, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 9, 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
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Class Deviation 25-21, Rev 1 subpart 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 70ZU0127QPBPL0001 is issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2026- 01 effective 13 March 2026; Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) effective 26 December 2024; Homeland Security Acquisition Manual (HSAM) 2026-04 effective 30 June 2026; Coast Guard Acquisition Procedures (CGAP) 2026-01 effective 25 March 2026.
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