EBC_INDUSTRY_DAY_BIDDERS_QUESTIONS.pdf

GENERAL DYNAMICS

Electric Boat

REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION

Name of Offeror: Electric Boat Corporation Date: January 9, 2015

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 1

Ship(s): SSN 765 IDD and 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: Yes

Section Letter: Schedule B, Note D, Note I Page No.: 11, 16

AWP Related Yes

SWLIN No.: VARIOUS Title: RFP

Section/Paragraph No.:

Question:

The RFP for both SSN765 IDD and SSN762 EOH state the following regarding supplemental and emergent work:

“It is understood that all emergent work and material (i.e. including growth from execution of emergent repair actions to successfully restore each system and component to full readiness) related to CLIN 0004 (and CLIN 0010 for SSN 762), as defined in Section C, is authorized as basic work, and is to be performed by the contractor under the provisions of the Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Level-of- Effort (LOE) ceiling amount” {68,000 man-days (MDs) for CLIN 0004, and 92,700 man-days (MDs) for CLIN 0010 respectively}.

Is the intent of the above statement to mean that “all emergent work and material” includes, but is not limited to, troubleshooting efforts to determine corrective actions required, development of technical work documents (TWDs), material procurement and receipt inspection efforts, repair efforts, testing, inspection, etc.?

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Answer:

The Contractor is directed to EBC bidder’s questions 112.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 2

Ship(s): SSN 765 IDD and 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: Yes

Section Letter: Page No.:

AWP Related Yes

SWLIN No.: VARIOUS Title: RFP

Section/Paragraph No.:

Question:

In the event that additional Level Of Effort mandays are required beyond the ceiling amounts (for CLINs 0004, 0005, 0006, 0010, 0011 or 0012), will a corresponding authorized change be issued to the FFP CLINs 0003 and 0009?

The Contractor is directed to EBC bidder’s questions 113.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 3

Ship(s): SSN 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: N/A

Section Letter: Page No.:

AWP Related Yes

SWLIN No.: Title: SCHEDULE

Section/Paragraph No.:

Question:

The Period of Performance for the SSN 762 EOH is specified as 25 January 2017 through 12 September 2018, a duration of 19.6 months. Current EOHs (that do not all include DMDs; and no PS-1 replacements within the duration) that are currently in progress or have been recently completed at Naval Shipyards range in duration from 21.0 months to 28.3 months. It does not seem reasonable to expect first time execution of an EOH at a Private Shipyard to complete in essentially record time, with more work in the package than is typically accomplished. Please discuss the Government's perspective on how the Shipyards are to execute the specified work package within the prescribed period of performance.

Naval Ship Yards are resource constrained to a well-established manpower budget level and are experiencing a significant work overload along with competing priorities; which has resulted in extending attack submarine availabilities. In order to reduce the schedule impact on future availabilities, the government has turned to the private sector, and seeks them to utilize their increased flexibility in obtaining resources to execute several CNO availabilities. The government estimates with the right amount of resources the EOH duration identified in the RFP, while challenging, is reasonably achievable.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 4

Ship(s): SSN 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: N/A

Section Letter: Page No.:

AWP Related Yes

SWLIN No.: 201A02 Title: REDUCTION GEAR

(SOUND

ISOLATION

COUPLING

ASSEMBLY)

Section/Paragraph No.: 28.0180.410A

Question:

Is it the Government’s intention to clear DFS 762-1010-2010 by replacing the sound isolation fwd & aft hubs and the matching fwd and aft sound isolation coupling sleeves along with associated hardware? Replacement will require a hull cut, as defined in the DFS. If replacement is required the work will likely increase the 19.6 month availability duration.

The Contractor is directed to EBC bidder’s questions 116.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 5

Ship(s): SSN 765 IDD and 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: N/A

Section Letter: Page No.:

AWP Related Yes

SWLIN No.: 828B01 Title: PS-1

REPLACEMENT

Section/Paragraph No.:

Question:

Electric Boat is aware that NAVSEA is establishing a Tiger Team in the Public Shipyards to perform this task. Based on discussions with NAVSEA 08, this Tiger Team is expected to conduct replacement of PS-1 on all ships requiring this action and the LMA would be tasked to provide services to the team. As the team is still in the formative stages and planning efforts have not been completed, it is not clear as to the extent of work to be performed by the team and the services required of the LMA. Based on this, will the SWLIN be modified to reflect performance by a government designated AIT (Tiger Team) with the shipyard being tasked to provide Host Yard services to be defined under CLIN 0005 and 0011 for SSN 765 and SSN 762 respectively?

The Contractor is directed to EBC bidder’s questions 121.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 6

Ship(s): SSN 765 IDD and 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: N/A

Section Letter: Page No.:

AWP Related Yes

SWLIN No.: VARIOUS Title: CPFF/FFP

DISCREPANCIES

Section/Paragraph No.: VARIOUS

Question:

In Section C of the RFP, there are numerous differences in the SSN 765 IDD and the SSN 762 EOH contract type designation for SWLINs. Electric Boat requests that the RFP be modified for consistency as recommended in the table below:

SWLIN Description

SWLIN.TYPE

SWLIN.TYPE Recommendation 014B01 Reactor Plant - PATs FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF

032A01 Ship Handling and Worksite Prep - Weight Control CPFF FFP/CPFF Delete FFP Designation from

SSN 762

037A01 Ship Handling and Worksite Prep - Temp Access

CPFF FFP Change SSN 762 to CPFF 040B02 Temp Utilities and Services - Ships Force Training Not Listed CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 066A01 Inspection and Quality Control - AERP Comp. Test FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 083A01 Trials and Cert - Sea Trials CPFF FFP Change SSN 762 to CPFF

087B02 Reactor Plant - Maintenance CPFF FFP/CPFF Delete FFP Designation from

SSN 762

087L01 Reactor Plant - General Req'ts Not Listed FFP Change SSN 765 and SSN 762 to

CPFF

509A01 Potable Water CPFF FFP Change SSN 762 to CPFF 558A01 Aux Fresh Wtr Cooling FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 612P25 Furnishings - SA 4762KP CPFF Not Listed Change SSN 762 to CPFF 837B01 Primary Shield Wtr CPFF FFP Change SSN 762 to CPFF 848E12 St Gen Wtr Level Controls - SA4702 FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 854B01 Radiation Shielding - Primary CPFF FFP Change SSN 762 to CPFF 860L01 Reactor Plant - Engr Common Serv FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 860L02 Reactor Plant - QA Common Serv FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 860L09 Reactor Plant – Services FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 861L01 Reactor Plant - Supv Engr Serv FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 861L02 Reactor Plant - Supv QA Serv FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 861L03 Reactor Plant - Supv Rad Control Serv FFP CPFF Change SSN 765 to CPFF 903I01 Gen Req'ts - Engr and Planning Serv FFP FFP/CPFF Delete CPFF Designation from

SSN 762

The Contractor is directed to EBC bidder’s questions 90.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 7

Ship(s): SSN 765 IDD and 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: Yes

Section Letter: Page No.: 32

AWP Related Yes

SWLIN No.: 853E11 Title: NUCLEONICS

ROOM

Section/Paragraph No.:

Question:

ShipAlt 4709F Automated Chemistry Analysis, assigned to Ship Yard in SWLIN 853E11 is a first time install on a SSN688 class. This ShipAlt requires relocation of the Nucleonics room off hull during the time modifications are being made.

This SWLIN is designated as FFP under CLIN 0003 and CLIN 0009.

Electric Boat requests that this SWLIN be reassigned to CLIN 0004 and CLIN 0010 because of no history of performance.

The Contractor is directed to EBC bidder’s questions 125.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 8

Ship(s): SSN 765 IDD and 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: Yes

Section Letter: Page No.:

AWP Related N/A

SWLIN No.: Title:

Section/Paragraph No.:

Question:

Is it the Government’s intention to answer all Requests for Clarification submitted on or before 01/16/15 by 01/23/15 to support the 02/19/15 proposal submission deadline?

The Government’s intention is to answer the bidder’s questions as quickly as possible while providing the best and most appropriate answer.

NAVSEA Contract No.: N00024-15-R-4300 Question No.: ID 9

Ship(s): SSN 765 IDD and 762 EOH

Solicitation Related: Yes

Section Letter: Page No.:

AWP Related

SWLIN No.: Title:

Section/Paragraph No.:

Question:

What percentage of growth has the government included in establishing the LOE for CLINs 0004 and 0010 for the SSN 765 IDD and SSN 762 EOH respectively?

The LOE values are based on return man-day costs from similar work in public shipyards. These have been adjusted for differences in charging practices and an additional 15-20% has been included for growth.