Scope
Opportunity description
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is issuing Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 70Z02326R93280004 for the Homeland Security Cutter - Light Icebreaker (HSC-L) acquisition. The Government intends to award an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the design, production, testing, delivery, and related supplies and services for HSC-L vessels in accordance with the solicitation.
This solicitation uses a two-phase advisory down-select process. Phase 1 proposals are due by the date and time stated in this notice and the solicitation. Following Phase 1 evaluations, the Government intends to issue advisory down-select notices to offerors in accordance with Section L of the solicitation.
Phase 2 proposal due dates will be included in a subsequent solicitation amendment. Offerors shall review and comply with all requirements, instructions, terms, conditions, provisions, clauses, and attachments included in the solicitation.
The complete solicitation, including the SF-33, Sections B through M, and all applicable attachments, is provided below under the Attachments/Links section of this notice. All questions and proposal submissions shall be made in accordance with the instructions provided in the solicitation. -------------------------------- Amendment A00001 -------------------------------- Amendment A00001 is issued to extend the Phase 1 proposal submission deadline, provide the Government’s responses to solicitation questions, revise Sections L and M to clarify that the General Arrangement Drawing will be provided as part of Phase 2 with the Contract Design package and is not provided with the Phase 1 Design Placemat, revise Attachment J-2, Design and Readiness Review Requirements and Criteria, and revise Section I, FAR 52.211-11, Liquidated Damages-Supplies, Services, or Research and Development.
Phase 1 proposals are now due no later than 12:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time on July 20, 2026. Except as expressly modified by Amendment A00001, all other terms and conditions remain unchanged. Offerors are responsible for reviewing Amendment A00001 and all associated attachments in their entirety and shall acknowledge receipt of the amendment in accordance with the solicitation instructions. -------------------------------- Amendment A00002 -------------------------------- Amendment A00002 is issued to provide the Government’s responses to additional solicitation questions; revise Section C.2.3(e) to correct the typographical error “foreign contactors” to read “foreign contractors”; revise Section M.2.1 and the applicable Factor 1 confidence rating definitions to clarify the evaluation of in-house and subcontracted or teaming-partner design and engineering resources; provide clarification regarding the meaning of concurrent production; revise Sections L.11 and M.2.2 to update the Phase 1 due-date references used for determining recent past performance from July 14, 2026, to July 20, 2026, consistent with Amendment A00001; and issue a conformed solicitation incorporating Amendments A00001 and A00002.
The clarification regarding concurrent production is provided through the Government’s response to the applicable solicitation question. Sections L and M are not revised in connection with that clarification.
The Phase 1 proposal submission deadline remains unchanged. Phase 1 proposals are due no later than 12:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time on July 20, 2026. Except as expressly modified by Amendment A00002, all other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
Offerors are responsible for reviewing Amendment A00002 and all associated attachments in their entirety and shall acknowledge receipt of the amendment in accordance with the solicitation instructions.