Description
The Gwinnett County Government is soliciting bids for the purchase of a Swift Water Rescue Boat for the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. The boat should be 18-21 feet in length, have a minimum thickness of 0.190" for the aluminum bottom wings, and 0.125" for the aluminum sides. It should also have a jet intake tunnel, a heavy-duty stainless steel stomp grate, and a swim deck/jet guard. The boat should be able to draft in 4" of water on plane and have a maximum rated weight capacity. The vendor should provide a minimum of three references where such services are of a similar scope to those requested herein.
Some key features of the boat include:
• Rotax 1630 ACE engine or approved equivalent
• Stainless steel high skew impeller
• 800-900 gph dual bilge system
• Reverse gate extensions
• Sand trap on engine cooling water intake
• Wet exhaust system
• Fuel/water separator system
• Jet modification to increase pump output
• 30-gallon fuel tank
• Lighted instrument panel at helm with minimum of tachometer, voltmeter, engine temp, fuel gauge, and hour meter
• Push button start
• Dual marine battery system with Perko-type selector switch
• Marine-grade blower system in engine compartment
• LED marine navigation lights with anchor light
• LED cockpit lighting to illuminate all walking surfaces of interior
• Recessed forward LED light bar to illuminate forward, starboard, and port side
• Helm-mounted engine kill switch with lanyard
• Fuse panel with a minimum of four additional spots for future needs
• Chart Plotter, Lowrance HDS Live 12, or approved equivalent
• Spotlight, West Marine Waterproof 3000 Lumen rechargeable LED, or approved equivalent
• Wired for Motorola APX 6500 single band P25 mobile radio