N00024-18-R-4334_Enclosure_B-RFI_Sources_Sought.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

SUBMISSION DETAILS: Submissions shall be in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat and shall be sent electronically to: Mercedes Thurston, Contracting Officer, at mercedes.thurston@navy.mil and Jane Thompson, Contract Specialist, at jane.thompson1@navy.mil. An email acknowledging receipt will be sent to each individual submission. The deadline to submit responses is 1400 (EST) on 16 Feb 2018.

Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper in Microsoft Word for Office 2010-compatible format. Please limit responses to 25 pages or less (including cover and administrative pages); 1-inch margins; and 12 point font (or larger).

Contractor submission should provide the following information and answer ALL the questions listed below:

COVER LETTER:

a) Business name, address, CAGE code and DUNS number; and Point of Contact including name, phone number and email address responsible for submission;

b) Company Website

c) Company size (Small or Large), in accordance with the North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) code 488390, size standard is $38.5M;

d) If a Small Business, specify if your company is any of the following: (a) Service-Disabled Veteran

Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (b) HUB Zone Small Business; (c) 8(a) Small Business concern; (d) Woman-Owned Small Business; or (e) Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business.

SOURCES SOUGHT WHITE PAPER:

1. Please identify any obstacles to competition in the areas of providing services for underwater maintenance on ship hulls and structures on a worldwide basis, engineering processes, facilities, or scope of work that would hinder or restrict your company's involvement in a future competitive procurement. In addition, the company should recommend solutions or mitigation paths for the Navy to overcome the obstacles

2. Is your company a small or large business as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA)?

3. How many employees does your company have?

4. Does your company have a website? If so, what is your company’s website address?

5. Does your company have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them? As part of your answer to this question, please answer the following sub-questions.

a. Please describe the financial requirements you expect that your company would have as you stand up the necessary workforce and production materials to complete the contract, and how you'll meet the contract’s correspondent cash flow requirements.

b. Please provide a cash flow statement that will show the sources and uses of funds necessary to complete this contract, in concert with all of your company’s other financial commitments. As part of this cash flow statement, please identify the expected maximum amount of sales outstanding that your company expects you would need to be able to finance prior to reimbursement by the Government.

c. Please explain where the sources of cash flow will come from (be it from Government invoice payments, internal cash reserves, or external financing such as issuing new debt or selling equity). Please demonstrate the extent of your company's current access to credit and your company’s capacity for future credit in terms of unencumbered physical assets. Please tell us the amount of cash and other liquid assets your company has on hand to use as working capital to meet the contract’s cash flow requirements. Please describe how your sources of cash and credit will sufficiently meet your cash flow requirements in concert with other sources.

d. Please explain all the assumptions underlying this cash flow statement.

e. Please discuss your current and future expected financial obligations (in terms of outstanding and future expected liabilities) and your company’s ability to meet them. Please discuss any risks that might inhibit your company’s ability to meet these requirements and how your company is working to mitigate those risks.

f. Please provide a quantitative cash flow statement that sufficiently demonstrates that your company has the necessary funds to meet financial obligations of performing the contract. A contractor will need a sufficient amount of cash on hand to cover obligations during the period between when the contractor would incur costs and when those costs are reimbursed by the Government through a paid invoice.

6. Identify contracts within the last three (3) years with similar scope and provide brief overview of company responsibilities

The Navy is conducting market research to identify qualified and responsible sources that may be interested in the requirements described in this notice. This RFI is issued for informational and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or a Request for Quote (RFQ).

This RFI is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. As such, the Government will not reimburse any costs associated with responding to this notice. Information submitted in response to this RFI will become the property of the United States Government. Submitters should properly mark their responses with the appropriate restrictive markings. Information that is proprietary