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Request for Proposal

HSCG85-11-R-P45G2

Dockside Repairs, Main Diesel Engines Repairs, of CGC BOUTWELL (WHEC 719)

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B. To the extent requested by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall prepare and submit written proposals for proposed change orders which may be required to include:

(1) A complete breakdown of labor hours and costs by labor category and phase of work as identified by the Contracting Officer;

(2) A complete breakdown of material costs showing material required, source (with point of contact), part number, unit and extended cost and contractor's material handling charge/profit.

C. The contractor shall submit written proposals and breakdowns to the Contracting Officer via facsimile transmission.

OPTIONAL ITEMS

Optional Items O-04 and O-05 may be awarded if inspection reports reveal the necessity for activation, at the price quoted in the Contractor’s bid and without any other consideration whatsoever. However, after midnight on 23 June 2011. the Contractor shall have the right to refuse to accept the award of such Optional Items.

Such award refusals shall bar neither the Government nor the Contractor from subsequently negotiating with each other for performance of the work embodied in the refused Optional Item/s.

Optional items shall be awarded by written notice to the Contractor through issuance of a contract modification (SF-30). Transmission of the SF-30 notice of exercise to the contractor via FAX is authorized; for purposes of determining the exact time of FAX transmission, the time, date, and year of transmission automatically applied to the FAX and/or the FAX transmission record of transmission at the contracting office shall govern. Evaluation of the Optional items will not obligate the Government.

COMPOSITE LABOR HOUR RATE FOR CONTRACT CHANGES

A. The composite labor hour rate bid in Section B.2 shall be the sole labor hour rate used to price the prime contractor's direct labor hours for all contract changes, whether growth within scope or new work. The contractor shall not receive any compensation in addition to this rate for prime contractor's direct labor associated with changes under this contract.

B. The composite labor hour rate shall represent total compensation for the following: direct labor; any port or association fees, rents or other levies; all overhead and general and administrative costs; profit; and all direct and indirect costs and