Industry Day QA 26Aug21.docx

Industry Day Questions & Answers

1. Question - Please confirm that the USS Chung-Hoon DMP is no longer included in a horizontal grouping with the USS Chafee and USS Momsen DMPs?

Answer – Yes, that is confirmed.

2. Question -Please confirm that out-of-port offerors can use out-of-port dry-docks when bidding for either the USS Mustin DMP or the USS Chafee & USS Momsen DMPs horizontal grouping?

Answer – Yes, out-of-port offerors may propose to use docks located outside the port of San Diego in proposals submitted in response to those solicitations.

3. Question -The briefer mentioned that offerors must be either a Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) holder or demonstrate MSRA equivalency. What is MSRA equivalency?

Answer – The option to demonstrate MSRA equivalency has been a long standing option in coast wide competitions. Offerors should follow the instructions provided in Section L & M of the solicitation if they would like to demonstrate MSRA equivalency instead of holding a Master Ship Repair agreement.

4. Question -Will the USS Mustin DMP or the USS Chafee & USS Momsen DMPs horizontal grouping be solicited on a nation-wide or coast-wide basis?

Answer – Coast-wide.

5. Question -Does allowing out-of-port offerors to use their own out-of-port facilities while offerors within San Diego are required to use the Naval Station Graving dock give out-of-port bidders and unfair advantage?

Answer – Private industry has a proven track record of completing non-docking CNO Availabilities at Naval Station piers with a superior level of productive efficiency.

6. Question –Do offerors need to provide NAVSEA certified pier facilities in their execution of either the USS Mustin DMP or the USS Chafee & USS Momsen DMPs horizontal grouping?

Answer – NAVSEA does not certify pier facilities in the same way NAVSEA certifies dry-docks. However, the Navy does not intend to provide Navy piers to complete either the USS Mustin DMP or the USS Chafee & USS Momsen DMPs horizontal grouping requirements. Offerors must propose private piers, capable of meeting all requirements of the individual availability work packages and NAVSEA standard items.

7. Question –Other than the inter-port differential, will the evaluation for the USS Mustin DMP or the USS Chafee & USS Momsen DMPs horizontal grouping include evaluation factors designed to favor in-port offerors or disfavor out-of-port offerors?

Answer – No, the solicitations will not include any such factor.

8. Question – Did the Navy consider alternative docking arrangements (schedules, durations, docks used) in their creation of their dry-dock forecast?

Answer – Yes, the Navy did consider alternative docking arrangements. However, it’s important to clarify the Navy’s intent. The Navy creates a dry-dock forecast to ensure that the Navy’s schedule is executable. It is not intended as a forecast of which contractors will win individual availabilities. The Navy recognizes that contractors may be awarded contracts that reasonably propose alternative dry-dock schedules, durations or docks.

9. Question – Did the Navy consider double docking alternatives in their creation of their dry-dock forecast?

Answer – Yes, the Navy did consider double docking alternatives in the creation of our dry-dock forecast. Possibilities for double docking arrangements have been created in the past, including for the Decatur / Stethem EDSRAs and the Mustin / Pinckney DMPs (before the USS Mustin DMP was rescheduled due to funding limitations).

10. Question – Is the Navy sure about the services forecast, including Electrical and Water usage, used in the Dry-Dock total evaluated price model?

Answer – In response to the concerns expressed during the industry day, the Navy reviewed the electrical usage information from actual pier side electrical use at the Mayport Naval Station and found that the 34,249 kwh / day usage may be overstated. The actual average pier side electrical use at the Mayport Naval Station during the completion of the USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) FY16 SRA and the USS ROOSEVELT (DDG 80) FY16 SRA was 9,708 kwh / day. The model will be revised accordingly. The other services, including Water, Sewage and Industrial Waste, are from class forecasts included in the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-150-02 Dockside Utilities for Ship Service instruction. If contractors believe these figures are incorrect or inappropriate, they are invited to submit their actual electricity, water, sewage and industrial waste usage from DDG-51 specific CNO availabilities to improve the Navy’s model for future solicitations.

11. Question – Will the Navy provide contractors using the Naval Station Graving Dock facilities or services other than electricity, power, sewage, industrial waste and the dock itself?

Answer – The Navy has reviewed the Naval Station Graving Dock to determine if any other facilities or services will be made available to contractors using the Navy’s facility. The Navy has determined that the only services provided are electricity, potable water, sewage and industrial waste disposal. The only facilities provided are approximately one acre of open air laydown space and the Graving Dock itself. The Navy does NOT provide any capital equipment (eg. cranes, man-lifts), office space or designated parking spaces.

12. Question – Will the Navy apply the Daily Dock Differential to the number of days the Government forecasts are required to dock the USS Mustin DMP, USS Chafee DMP & USS Momsen DMPs or to the dock days proposed by offerors for the USS Mustin DMP, USS Chafee DMP & USS Momsen DMP?

Answer – The Navy intends to apply the Daily Dock Differential to the Government’s forecasted dock days for the USS Mustin DMP, USS Chafee DMP & USS Momsen DMP.

13. Question – Will the Navy apply liquidated damages if the contractor requires additional days to complete dry-docking scope absent a Navy caused delay?

Answer – The Navy will consult with contracts and legal counsel to determine the appropriate application of liquidated damages in the case of contractor caused delays to dry-dock completion. However, at this time, the Navy does not intend to apply liquidated damages to contractor caused delays to dry-dock completion.

14. Question – Why doesn’t the Navy’s interport differential treat payments to DOD owned lodging as a Government expense?

Answer – Navy payments to DOD owned lodging services transfers funds between government accounts. The decrease in the Navy account is equivalent to the increase in the DOD lodging service account. At the federal government level, there is no change.

15. Question – Will the Navy provide the Navy’s interport differential model to offerors so they can understand the Navy’s inputs and calculations?

Answer – The Navy will consult with contracts and legal counsel to determine the most appropriate manner to share this information.

16. Question – Will the Navy consider allowing contractors to propose to provide the Facilities and Services itself instead of using the Navy’s Facilities and Services if the contractor believes it can provide the Facilities and Services more efficiently than the Governments estimate?

Answer – In response to the concerns expressed during the industry day, the Navy reviewed the feasibility of providing offerors this flexibility. The Navy has determined that it is uncertain whether it will be able to provide berthing and fueling related facilities and services to either in-port or out-of-port vendors. Therefore, the Navy intends to include option work items, to be priced by both in–port and out-of-port offerors, to provide berthing and fueling related scope if government berthing and fueling related facilities and services are provided and if government berthing and fueling related facilities & services are not provided. The Navy will pursue this approach in place of including government berthing and fueling related facilities and services adjustments in the interport differential.

17. Question – Do the Facilities and Services adjustments included in the interport differential reflect an estimate of the market value of the facilities and services or the cost of the facilities and services borne by the Government?

Answer – The adjustments included in the interport differential reflect an estimate of the market value of the facilities and services. However, as noted in question 16, the Navy intends to pursue an alternative approach to account for government berthing and fueling related facilities and services. The Navy does not intend to include these costs in the interport differential.

18. Question – Are contractors required to provide SIPR connectivity to Pier facilities?

Answer – Contractor requirements for pier-side connectivity will be specifically outlined in each availability’s work package.

19. Question – Does the Navy’s interport differential include costs associated with Alteration Installation Teams (AIT) contractors?

Answer – No, costs associated with Alteration Installation Teams (AIT) contractors are not included in the interport differential. Costs allocable to AIT contracts are not considered as foreseeable costs in the instant source selection because those AIT contract-related costs cannot be estimated with reasonable certainty in a timely manner for proper use in the instant source selection. Typically, the AIT contract/task order/delivery order has not been awarded at the time the ship repair solicitation is issued, the evaluation is started, or the source selection is completed. In those cases, the estimation of the AIT contract-related costs would be purely speculative because the identity, location, and resources of the AIT contractor are not known or knowable to the contracting officer in the instant source selection. Given Government Accountability Office guidance, the Navy is constrained to use estimates that can be made with reasonable certainty, rather than estimates based on mere speculation, when determining foreseeable costs for these purposes.

20. Question – Does the Navy’s interport differential include costs associated with logistics, shipping and warehousing of Government Furnished Material (GFM)?

Answer – No, costs associated with the logistics, shipping and warehousing of Government Furnished Material (GFM) are not included in the interport differential. As with AITs, the logistics contracts for GFM have not been awarded at the time the ship repair solicitation is issued, the evaluation is started, or the source selection is completed. In those cases, the estimation of the GFM contract-related costs would be purely speculative because the GFM logistics costs are market driven and are not known or knowable to the contracting officer in the instant source selection.

21. Question – Does the Navy’s interport differential include costs associated with travel and per diem budget from support organizations, assessment/inspection teams, and auxiliary commands (TYCOM, ISIC, ATG, RMC, PMS407, NAVSUP, INSURV, ERAT, SEA21 PMR Team)?

Answer – Yes, these costs are included in the interport differential.