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CPA issues ultimatum to drydock project bidder
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Posted on Feb 18 2005
The Commonwealth Ports Authority is giving the sole bidder for the Saipan drydock project a 30-day ultimatum to submit all required documents regarding its company background.
The ports authority will re-issue a new request for proposals for the project if the bidder fails to comply with the deadline, said CPA executive director Carlos Salas.
Guam Industrial Services Inc., doing business as Guam Shipyard, was initially given until this week to submit all the documents requested by CPA. The proposal was scheduled to be discussed at yesterday’s meeting of the CPA board of directors.
Due to the absence of the needed documents, the board decided for the second time to defer action on the proposal.
Salas said the 30-day deadline will begin as soon as he issues the letter to the bidder.
Guam Shipyard, the only bidder for the project, seeks to design, build, and operate a floating drydock capable of providing repair and maintenance for vessels up to 250 feet long.
“We at Guam Industrial Services is enthusiastic about developing a small shipyard and manufacturing facility at the Port of Saipan by investing the capital, marine assets, and ship repair and manufacturing know-how,” the company said in its proposal. “We believe we are the best capable and qualified company to undertake this project.”
Guam Shipyard has been providing repair, maintenance, overhaul and drydocking services mainly to military vessels since 1997.
According to GlobalSecurity.org, a U.S.-based independent research organization, Guam Shipyard has state-of-the-art facilities and capabilities that include a foundry, the largest motor rewind facility, a special building for environmentally controlled sandblasting and painting, micro-miniature circuit board repair, corrosion control and an industrial laboratory.
The shipyard is the only facility in the Western Pacific certified by the US Department of Transportation to perform re-certification requirements on breathing air and high pressure air cylinders. It also provides authorized repair to Jones Act commercial ships such as Matson Navigation and Sealand Services and shore support services to GovGuam agencies, the research group said.
