SEC East Pt II_RFI_Clean_12.13.2019.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

BACKGROUND

This is a sources sought announcement in accordance with FAR 15.201, in anticipation of a future procurement to support the maintenance, repair and modernization of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). In an attempt to maximize competition across the spectrum of LCS sustainment efforts, the Navy intends to competitively award a series of Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (MAC-IDIQ) contracts in the Mayport, Florida homeport area, based on industry’s ability to meet the requirements of either Lot 1 or Lot 2 as outlined below. It is anticipated the MAC-IDIQ contract(s) will have one (1) base ordering period followed by four (4) consecutive optional ordering periods. Awardees will be provided a fair opportunity to be considered for each delivery order solicited under a MAC-IDIQ contract based on the specific work requirements. The anticipated MAC-IDIQ Contract(s) will be awarded based on an offeror’s ability to complete work categorized in either Lot 1 or Lot 2 as follows:

Lot 1: Non-Complex MAC-IDIQ (“Little MAC”) – Offerors must have the capability of performing all work for Planned Maintenance Availability (PMAV), Continuous Maintenance Availabilities (CMAV), Facilities Maintenance (FM), Corrosion Control (CC) in the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS), while meeting the requirements below:

a. PMAV while homeported in Mayport, FL, CONUS and/or OCONUS:

i. Establish and maintain a training and qualification program and provide validation that all

Contractor maintenance persons are fully trained and qualified IAW NAVEDTRA 43241-J to a minimum Personnel Qualification System (PQS) level of 301 or an equivalent level approved by the Government to ensure that only qualified and certified (prime and subcontractor) technicians perform PMAV actions at the level of qualification required by the Maintenance Requirements Cards (MRC).

ii. Knowledge regarding the 3M system including the ability to read, understand, and schedule the requirements of the Maintenance Index Pages (MIPs) and Maintenance Requirement Cards (MRCs) into PMAVs/CMAVs.

iii. Understanding of Planned Maintenance System (PMS) and how resources are scheduled, deconflicted, and managed.

iv. Ability to conduct PMAVs outside of the homeport area via Fly Away Teams in compliance with Title 10 USC Section 7310 for OCONUS work.

b. Corrosion Control (CC) while homeported in Mayport, FL, CONUS and/or OCONUS:

i. Experience purchasing, monitoring, receiving, inspecting, segregating, issuing, determining nonconformance and disposing of material based on NAVSEA S6480-A4-CAT-010.

ii. Experience with local and national laws and codes as it pertains HAZMAT.

iii. Full understanding of CC requirements, including: experience maintaining proper security clearances; ability to coordinate between different maintainers; control of non-skid application;

and handling HAZMAT material.

iv. Ability to conduct FM outside of the homeport area via Fly Away Teams in compliance with Title 10 USC Section 7310 for OCONUS work.

v. Knowledge of Naval Ships’ Technical Manual Chapter 631, Preservation of Ships in Service General S9086-VD-STM-010 (series).

c. FM while homeported in Mayport, FL, CONUS and/or OCONUS:

i. Experience purchasing, monitoring, receiving, inspecting, segregating, issuing, determining nonconformance, and disposing of material based on NAVSEA S6480-A4-CAT-010.

ii. Demonstrate knowledge as it pertains to COMLCSRONONEINST 4790.8 LCS Compartment Cleaning Plan

iii. Experience with local and national laws and codes as it pertains HAZMAT.

iv. Full understanding of the FM requirements, including: experience maintaining proper security clearances; ability to coordinate between different maintainers; and handling HAZMAT material.

Lot 2: Complex MAC-IDIQ (“BIG MAC”) – In order to qualify for an award under Lot 2, offerors must be a Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) holder, be able to perform all of the work outlined in Lot 1 in addition to the following:

a. Maintenance, Modernization and Repair while homeported in Mayport, FL and CONUS:

i. Offerors are expected to have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to complete multiple concurrent complex availabilities, including CNO, Emergent Maintenance (EM) and Corrective Maintenance (CM) availabilities.

ii. CNO Availabilities typically require a high degree of integration across critical and high growth systems. Offerors must be able to complete, control, integrate, schedule, and progress a diverse set of ship repair capabilities and provide engineering and design support to diagnose and evaluate technical problems.

iii. MSRA: The Government reserves the right to conduct a pre-award survey or to require other evidence of technical, production, managerial, financial, and similar abilities to perform prior to the award of any proposed contracts; regardless of whether the offeror has an existing MSRA.

iv. Delivery Orders for EM/CM availabilities will typically be performed at Government pier-spaces.

Delivery Orders for Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) and Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) will typically be performed at Government pier-spaces and private industry drydock facilities.

v. Offerors must have access to a drydock to compete for DSRA Delivery Orders.

vi. Provide established management organization geared toward ship repair at all levels of size, value and complexity, with clear lines of authority, delegation of responsibility and mid-level managerial positions, capable of managing production, quality assurance, material procurement/control and subcontractor control and developing and integrating planning, estimating and scheduling functions.

vii. Procure and control material, including purchasing, monitoring, receiving, inspecting, segregating, issuing, determining nonconformance, and disposing of material. This also includes providing an inventory system for both Government Furnished Material and Contractor Furnished Material, including ordering, tagging and warehousing of material. All materials selected for installation must meet the specified standard military performance specifications, Federal performance standards, and may require to be listed on a Qualified Products List (QPL) for shipboard installations to ensure meeting the designated/engineered requirements for boundary locations, fire insulating/fire retardant properties, durability requirements, and for the reduction of toxic compounds produced/released should the material be ignited or installed in a confined space.

viii. Manage subcontractors, including selecting, scheduling, managing, monitoring and controlling of subcontractors.

ix. Perform Non-Destructive Testing.

x. Provide Qualified Welding.

xi. Manage all Safety/Security, including performing safety training, provide required first aid/medical services, performing fire protection/procedures, and providing physical yard security.

xii. Control Hazardous Material/Waste. Satisfy all legal requirements for removal, storage and disposal of hazardous waste. This includes providing segregated storage of Hazardous Material, obtaining all required State/Federal agency issued hazardous waste generator numbers and disposal documentation.

xiii. Provide a quality control organization meeting ISO 9000 series standards.

xiv. The number and size (in man-days) of typical availabilities expected to be issued under Lot 1

b. Maintenance and Repair (OCONUS):

i. Offerors are expected to have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to complete multiple concurrent availabilities, including both EM/CM on LCS while OCONUS.

ii. The number and size (in man-days) of the typical availabilities expected to be included in Lot 1

iii. Demonstrate technical experience to conduct CM/EM outside of the homeport area via Fly Away

Teams in compliance with Title 10 USC Section 7310 for OCONUS work.

iv. MSRA: The Government reserves the right to conduct a pre-award survey or to require other evidence of technical, production, managerial, financial, and similar abilities to perform prior to the award of any proposed contracts; regardless of whether the offeror has an existing MSRA.

Please email questions concerning the MAC-IDIQ solicitation directly to the Contracting Officer, Erica Fetter, at erica.fetter@navy.mil or the Contract Specialist, Jacqueline Black, at jacqueline.black@navy.mil.

The solicitation will be issued electronically via the System for Award Management website, beta.sam.gov, and interested parties must comply with the terms of the announcements. Interested offerors should monitor the SAM page for the release of the solicitation, and any applicable amendments.

Offerors must be registered in SAM in order to participate in this procurement at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. SAM is the single point of entry for posting of the synopsis and solicitations to the internet.

SUBMISSION DETAILS: Interested companies should submit, on company letterhead, a notice of interest, including the name, telephone number, mailing address and email address of one (1) point of contact electronically to: Erica Fetter, Contracting Officer, at e r i c a . f e t t e r @ n a v y . m i l and Jacqueline Black, Contract Specialist, at jacqueline.black@navy.mil. An email acknowledging receipt will be sent within 1 business day to each individual submission. The electronic submission should be digitally signed and the email transmittal should have the subject line “SEC East MAC-IDIQ Sources Sought Response” in the subject field. The notice should also include a brief description of your company and its capabilities as they relate to either Lot 1 or Lot 2, as well as answer the questions below. Please limit responses to no more than 10 pages.

1. Does your company plan to submit a proposal in response to Lot 1 or Lot 2?

2. Is your company a small or large business as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under NAICS code 336611 (small business must have 1,250 or less employees)?

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 a performance record for work similar to work sought here? If so, please provide examples of recent performance within the past three years.

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)?

a. If you plan to compete for Lot 2:

i. Does your company currently own and operate a fully functioning dry dock (certified IAW MIL-STB- 1625) with the capabilities to perform LCS ship maintenance and sustainment requirements? If your company does not own a dry dock, can they gain access to a drydock via Teaming or Resource Sharing Agreement?

ii. Is your company a MSRA holder?

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. NAVSEA 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.

When to Submit: RFI Responses are requested by 6 FEB 2019 at 1200 HRS EST.

Notice Regarding Sources Sought: Please note that this sources sought is for informational 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.