The Virginia Department of Transportation (herein referred to as “VDOT”) is soliciting bids from qualified firms to fabricate and install four (4) rescue tender chocks and install them on the four motor vessels of VDOT’s Jamestown-Scotland Ferry, to include the Surry, Williamsburg, Pocahontas and Powhatan. Specifications include, but are not limited to: B. All work is to be completed at the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry dock in Surry, VA. C. All welding work will shall be completed by an AWS or ABS certified welder. Certification shall be submitted with bid or within two days of request from VDOT. D. The Contractor shall remove the existing rescue tender cradles from each vessel and ensure the removed cradle material is cut flush to the vessel deck. E. The Contractor shall weld eight (8) 316 stainless steel threaded studs to the deck of each vessel to provide securing of the chocks to the vessel deck. F. The Contractor shall fabricate each rescue tender’s chocks according to the schematics in VDOT: Jamestown-Scotland Ferry Reference Drawings 1-4 (1.01.2.1.). The rescue tender must be properly seated on the cradle when vertically lowered by the davit. G. The Contractor shall fully install these cradles onboard each vessel in a way to ensure proper clearances to allow for the rescue boat to properly deploy without contact to surrounding structures during the lifting evolution (fencing, deck boxes, davit and other surrounding objects). See reference pictures: 1.01.3.1, 1.01.3.2, 1.01.3.3, 1.01.3.4. H. The Contractor shall weld three (3) stainless steel pad eyes to each vessel to allow for strapping the rescue tender to the deck while placed on the cradle. The pad eye locations will be one in front of the tender and two in the aft corners of the rescue tender. I. The Contractor shall prepare and coat (paint) the vessel’s disturbed structure upon completion of the installation of the cradles.
