Repair and maintenance services of ships

Description

This contest is for a procurement of boat yard services for docking and carrying out maintenance, repair and improvement work on the research vessel ‘Dr Fridtjof Nansen’, as specified in the tender documentation and Annexes. The background for this procurement is that ‘Dr Fridtjof Nansen’ has been taken out of ordinary service in Africa/Asia for the EAF-Nansen Programme, which is a research and assistance cooperation between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (HI), and the ‘Food and Agriculture Organization’ in the UN (FAO), and is currently in Norway due to the corona/Covid-19 pandemic. We would, thus, like to procure boat yard services for docking/slipping and carrying out maintenance, repair and improvement work on the vessel in the period 16 November 2020 to 15 January 2021. The procurement concerns boat yard services for docking/slipping ‘Dr Fridtjof Nansen’ and carrying out maintenance, repairs and improvement work on the vessel in the period from 16 November to 15 January 2021, more specifically: — docking the vessel; — sand blowing and painting five (5) fresh water tanks onboard the vessel; — washing, complete painting and bottom oiling the vessel's hull for the 3-year interval, from the water line to the keel; — cleaning the seawater cooling tank; — cleaning and polishing the vessel's propellers; — replacing fresh water pipes in fresh water tanks; — replacing fresh water sanitation pipes; — delivery and installation of two (2) new bottom valves in the sea chest on the starboard and port sides respectively; — installation of the Cathelco anti-fouling system; — installation of new pipelines for distilled water from inverted osmosis and fresh water generators to fresh water storage tanks; — disassemble and inspect all valves in the fuel valve manifold for damages; — overhaul of the seawater pumps; — washing and painting the craft's sides in accordance with the attached boat yard specifications; — disassemble and inspect bottom valves and over board values; — replace hydraulic hoses in the false keel; As detailed and specified in the tender documentation and Annexes.