RampOn.BOA.AttachmentA.pdf

GLOBAL VESSEL SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE

NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER (NDBC)

OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM OF STYEMS (NOOSS)

“RAMP-ON” OPPORTUNITY FOR GLOBAL CLASS VESSEL

The Global Class Vessel Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) solicitation was originally solicited under solicitation number EA-133W-15-RQ-0621 as a “Full and Open Competition”. BOA Master Contracts were awarded to four (4) small businesses and one (1) large business for a ten (10) year ordering period.

The purpose of re-soliciting the Global vessel requirement is to conduct an open season "on-ramp" to provide vessel companies an opportunity to participate in this competitive Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) for Global Vessel Class vessel services in accordance with original synopsis, posted on FBO.gov, June 10, 2015.

The Government anticipates issuing an “on-ramp” solicitation for additional Global BOA holders on an annual basis. These “on- ramp” procedures will promote competition and allow for newly interested and qualified vendors to receive a BOA contract.

The Government reserves the right to “off-ramp” BOA holders at any time should they fail to adequately perform under any orders issued against the BOAs or fail to maintain a qualified vessel meeting NDBC's specifications.

An “on-ramp” solicitation is a result of the provisions established in the original solicitation and is issued as a supplemental solicitation to the original solicitation. The terms and conditions of the original solicitation require that the award decision under the open season “on-ramp” solicitation is based upon substantially the same evaluation factors/sub-factors as the original solicitation. (See Section A, Paragraph 6, of the solicitation, titled, BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT SOLICITATION FOR THE NATIONAL DATA

BUOY CENTER’S MARINE SERVICES REQUIREMENT).

Additionally, the terms and conditions of the original solicitation require that the terms and conditions of any resulting awards are materially identical to the existing version of solicitation EA-133W-15-RQ-0621.

Accordingly, while the Government will entertain questions and industry input regarding the “on- ramp” solicitation, the Government anticipates very little change as a result from this input, especially as it regards to any potential changes to the evaluation factors or resulting terms and conditions.

The “On-Ramp” solicitation is for the Global Class Vessel in accordance with the Statement of Work, dated June 16, 2015. Global Class Vessel Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) solicitation number EA-133W-15- RQ- 0621 was issued as a “Full and Open Competition”

The North American Industry Classification Code System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 483111 with a size standard of 500 employees. For information concerning this opportunity, contact the following personnel via e-mail to:

Jackie Shewmaker, Contract Specialist, at jackie.a.shewmaker@noaa.gov;

Nicholas DeGuire, Contracting Officer, at nicholas.j.deguire@noaa.gov

The original solicitation for the Global Vessel Class is located at:

https://beta.sam.gov/opp/0363b855b7414ab187a9a6b5e32a0d14/view