SAM #70Z02326QSHIPHULL

US Coast Guard Solicits Engineering Support for Parametric Ship Hull Modeling Tool in Rhinoceros

This opportunity is issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, part of the Department of Homeland Security, with involvement from both the Salvage Engineering Response Team (SERT) and the Maritime Safety Center (MSC). - The Coast Guard seeks engineering and technical support services to develop a parametric ship hull modeling tool using Rhinoceros software. - The tool must generate commercial ship hull models with accurate hydrostatic properties from limited data, supporting salvage naval architects during marine casualties. - Key deliverables include: training, methodology development, tool implementation, model validation, and a technical paper. - Required expertise includes naval architecture and Python programming, with all contractor personnel required to be U.S. citizens. - No specific OEMs or commercial vendors are named; the primary software platform is Rhinoceros (by Robert McNeel & Associates). - The contract is a small business set-aside under NAICS 541330 Exception 3 (Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture). - The contract is structured as time and materials/labor-hour, with a base period and one 12-month option period, and possible six-month extension. - No physical products are being procured; the focus is on technical and engineering services related to software tool development and ship hull modeling.

Description

This acquisition is 100% small business set-aside and is being issued under NAICS 541330 Exception 3 (Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture). The primary place of performance will be designated by the contractor. Subject to space availability and the COR’s approval, place of performance may be at the Department of Homeland Security at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, Washington, D.C. 20593-7430. 

The Government contemplates award of one (1) time and materials labor-hour contract with fixed hourly rates; however, the Government reserves the right to make no award at all.

The period of performance (POP) includes a base period and one (1) 12-month option period. The estimated period of performance will be from 09/01/2026 to 08/30/2028.

The objective of this Task Order is to obtain Technical and Engineering support  services to develop, test, and document a Rhinoceros model creation tool that can generate a commercial ship hull model with accurate hydrostatic properties using only limited information available to salvage naval architects during marine casualties.

See attached RFQ documents for more information.

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