USNS Grumman T-AO 195 ROH/DD FY24   4

Military Sealift Command (MSC) Contracting Office is seeking eligible businesses for the Regular Overhaul Dry-Docking (ROH) on the USNS GRUMMAN (T-AO 195) commencing on or about 22 January 2024 for a period of one hundred and one (101) calendar days. The USNS GRUMMAN has an overall length of 678 FT, a breadth of 98 FT, and a draft of 36 FT. Work is to be performed at the Contractor's facility on or about the above mentioned dates. Area of consideration is East/Gulf Coast. The estimated issue date of the solicitation is on or about 17 June 2023.

Major work items associated with this availability include: General Services for Ship, Cleaning and Gas Freeing of Tanks, Super Structure Preservation Port and STBD Side, Non-Skid Replacement, Misc. Piping Replacement, Misc. Steel Replacement, Flight Deck Preservation, Flight Deck Frame Preservation, Blasting and Painting Ballast Tank No 1 Deep, Blasting and Painting Cargo Tank 10 S, Steel Repair Pump Room Tank Top (Tank 5-33/39-0_, No 3 SSDG 10K Overhaul, No 4 SSDG 10K Overhaul, Annual Lifeboat and Rescue Boat Davit Inspection, Drydocking and Undocking Vessel, Propeller Maintenance, Stern Tube Maintenance, Underwater Hull Cleaning and Preservation, and Freeboard Preservation.

The decision to solicit as a Small Business Set Aside was based on Market Research. MSC received interest from three (3) small business concerns under NAICS 336611, which has a size standard of 1,250 employees. The MSC Small Business representative and Small Business Administration Procurement Center Representative concurs with decision to solicit as a small business set aside.