Fort Irwin Mobile Corrosion Service

The National Training Center (NTC) Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Fort Irwin, CA. is soliciting a requirement to provide Mobile Corrosion Rehabilitation Services for Government owned equipment in accordance with the manufacturer specifications and required publications. Corrosion rehabilitation equipment services include, but are not limited to Cleaning, Surface Preparation and Painting Undercarriage with Paint (as required). Services are to include Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC).

Obtaining and maintaining any and all certifications required for CARC applications is required for the duration of the contract. Prices must be guaranteed for the first twelve (12) months form time of award. Contractor shall provide non-personal services; The Contractor shall provide Mobile CARC Paint Facility (MCPF) support services on Government-owned equipment in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications and applicable Army Technical Manuals (TM’s) and Technical Bulletins (TB’s).

The Contractor shall provide all labor, training, management, supervision, tools, equipment, materials, and supplies necessary to perform corrosion rehabilitation and whole item painting of Government- owned vehicles, equipment, and components in accordance with the appropriate manufacturer specifications and the applicable publications listed in Part “6”.

This equipment includes but is not limited to all tactical, special purpose and support vehicles, tracked vehicles, mobile communication equipment, container systems, and related ground/air equipment. Although it is not an all-inclusive list, Technical Exhibit “A” lists the various types of vehicles, equipment, and components on which the Contractor is required to perform services.

Equipment corrosion rehabilitation services consists of inspection, cleaning, surface preparation, minor metal and fiberglass fabrication and repair, primer application, base coat and desert tan or two-tone camouflage pattern paint application and quality control. A primary intent of this work is to restore the exterior appearance of Government equipment to a new coating condition to selected vehicle areas.

As a field or intermediate application, the intent is to mitigate visible corrosion of the equipment, with minimal disassembly, via surface preparation and reapplication of appropriate primers and topcoat systems. The contractor is responsible for obtaining permits through the California Mojave Air Quality District for operating a MCPF within the boundaries of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin (NTC&FI) and providing a copy of the annual permit to the COR.

The Contractor shall provide and erect temporary shelters to perform the described work and protect the equipment from exposure to inclement weather during the corrosion repair. The Government shall provide a continuous work area of no less than 150-ft by 200- ft. (or equivalent continuous area), exclusive of any vehicle/asset parking areas. The Government shall be responsible for moving vehicles/assets to and from the site.

The Contractor shall interface with the Government to arrange for moving vehicles within the MCPF during repair. This effort will be for a base year and four (4) option years. Upon completion of the base year, and completion of any subsequent follow-on years, the Government will evaluate Contractor performance and determine whether to continue and exercise the next follow-on year or resolicit the requirement.