Sources Sought Announcement
USS ZEPHYR (PC 8), USS SHAMAL (PC 13), USS TORNADO (PC 14), Decommissioning Maintenance Availability (CMAV)
Anticipated Solicitation Number: N40027-20-R-PCDEC
Agency: Department of the Navy
Office: Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC)
Location: Naval Station Mayport, FL
This is a sources sought announcement in accordance with FAR 15.201 and in anticipation of a potential future procurement program. Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) is conducting market research to determine industry capability and interest in performing the FY21 Continuous Maintenance Availability (CMAV) on three PC class ships, PC 8 ZEPHYR, PC 13 USS SHAMAL, and PC 14 TORNADO, on the East Coast or Gulf Coast. Southeast Regional Maintenance Center is especially interested in determining small business capability and interest. The Government is seeking responses from sources that can perform pier-side maintenance, repair, and alterations anticipated to begin in December 2020.
The Government has provided an outline of some of the work anticipated to be completed under the expected CMAV as an enclosure to this sources sought document (see Enclosure (1)). The anticipated contract type will be firm-fixed price.
What/Where to Submit: Interested companies should submit, on company letterhead, a notice of interest including the name, telephone number, mailing address, and e-mail address of one point of contact to SERMC, Attn: Robert Guy, Contract Specialist. Please scan your letter of interest and email it to the Contracting Officer, Harold Melton, at harold.melton@navy.mil and the Contract Specialist, Robert Guy, at robert.t.guy4@navy.mil with "PC DECOMISSIONING Sources Sought Response" in the subject field. The notice of interest should include a brief description of your company and its capabilities as they relate to the requirements set forth in Enclosure (1), and answers to the following specific questions. Please limit your response to no more than 5 pages.
1. Is your company a small or large business as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under NAICS code 336611 (a small business must have 1,250 or less employees)?
2. How many employees does your company have?
3. Does your company have a website? If so, what is your company's website address?
4. Does your company have access to a pier capable of berthing PC size ships? See Enclosure (1) (A. General; c. Ship Particulars) for specifications.
5. Does your company have a satisfactory performance record for the type of work required? Please provide examples of relevant and recent (within three years) past performance.
6. Does your company have the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills, or the ability to obtain them (including, as appropriate, such elements as production control procedures, property control systems, quality assurance measures, and safety programs applicable to materials to be produced or services to be performed by the prospective contractor and subcontractors)? In addition to the previous question, please answer the following sub-questions:
a. Is your company a NAVSEA certified Master Ship Repair Contractor (MSRA)?
b. Is your company a NAVSEA certified Boat Repair Contractor (ABR)?
7. Given the complexity of the work described in this announcement, including Enclosure (1), please describe your company's historical experience completing work on similar systems at a similar complexity on the critical systems outlined in Enclosure (1), or briefly describe how your company would be capable of meeting these requirements as of contract award.
8. Given the complexity and size of the work described in this announcement (Enclosure (1)), does your company plan to submit a proposal in response to the anticipated solicitation for the FY20 PC DECOMISSIONING CMAV.
Information provided shall be treated as Business Sensitive or Confidential to the responder, exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act. All information shall be provided free of charge to the Government. SERMC may request further information regarding the capabilities of respondents to meet the requirements set forth in the announcement. This sources sought announcement is released in accordance with FAR 15.201. This sources sought announcement is not a request for proposal. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to gather information from the market place. Information provided in response to this sources sought announcement will not be considered an offer by the responding contractor and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.
No telephone inquiries will be accepted and requests for solicitation packages will not be granted, as a solicitation has not been prepared at this time.
When to Submit: Responses are requested no later than 2PM local time, Mayport Florida on 25 June 2020.
Notice Regarding Sources Sought: Please note that this sources sought is for information purposes and to identify potential sources. This notice does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government of any kind.
Other: The Government will not pay for any effort expended or any material provided in response to this announcement or any follow up information requests, nor will the Government return any data provided.
Future information, if any, will be posted at the website for beta.sam.gov.
Contracting Officer Address:
Southeast Regional Maintenance Center, Building 1488 Naval Station Mayport, Florida 32228
Point of Contact:
Harold Melton, Code 410 Contracting Officer, harold.melton@navy.mil
Robert Guy, Code 410 Contract Specialist, robert.t.guy4@navy.mil
Enclosure (1): Outline of some of the work anticipated to be completed under the expected CMAV
A. General
a. Competition Area: Naval Station Mayport
b. Rough Estimate Man-Days (including scope for Temporary Services):
i. Maintenance Ship Yard ~ 30,000 Man Hours
ii. Maintenance (Alteration Installation Team (AIT), Government & Other 3rd Party Contractors) ~ 400 Man Hours
iii. Modernization Ship Yard ~ 0
iv. Modernization (AIT, Government & Other 3rd Party Contractors): ~ 0
c. Ship Particulars:
i. Length: 179 ft
ii. Beam: 25 ft
iii. Draft: 9 ft
iv. Displacement: 335 tons
v. Mean Navigable Water depth draft: >7.5 ft
vi. Air Draft: 58 ft
B. The Availability's scope will largely be the Rigging, Mechanical, Electrical and Piping Repairs. Boat Repair Contractor (ABR) will execute the structural/Industrial work. Further direction will be provided in the work specifications to define the work split.
