amendment_1_Advance_Notice_Industry_Day_Z17-RF__Circuit_Design.pdf

ADVANCE NOTICE—INDUSTRY DAY

Z17-RF and Circuit Design

Summary of Requirement:

The Asymmetric Systems Department (Z Department), Naval Surface

Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division actively supports Naval, Joint, and national needs by providing design and fabrication, rapid prototyping, special acquisition, and technology integration related to circuit board design and Radio Frequency

(RF) distribution assemblies, synthetic rope assemblies, mechanical fabrication, and fabric assemblies.

Work Locations and Full Time Equivalent (FTE):

For the RF Systems program, contractor on-site support is required at NSWCDD, Dahlgren, VA; and Patuxent River, MD.

Contract Labor Category

Key Personnel Estimate for Base Year

Contract Program Manager

Senior Engineer 1

Engineer 1

The Offeror must clearly demonstrate the ability to staff and manage personnel at all locations shown above.

Contract Type & Period of Performance: The Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price IDIQ with CPFF Delivery

Task Orders for Labor CLINs. The resultant contract will have a

Period of Performance of 60 months for a total of five (5) years from April 2016 through April 2021.

Competition Approach: A set-a-side decision has not been made at this time.

Incumbent: This work is currently being performed under contract

N00178-10-D-3016 by Colonial Assembly, Inc., 3361 Shannon

Airport Cir Fredericksburg, VA. 22408-2337.

Mandatory

Source Selection Procedures: Best Value source selection procedures will be employed.

Mandatory Requirements: Offerors must meet, or have an acceptable plan to meet by award, all mandatory requirements at time of proposal submission. An offeror not meeting all of these requirements (or does not have an acceptable plan to meet the requirements by start date of contract performance) will not be eligible for award. In addition, all mandatory requirements must be maintained through the life of the order. The mandatory requirements are as follows:

Requirement 1: Facility location:

The Offeror’s primary facility providing technical support to this contract must be located within 60 miles of Dahlgren, VA.

Requirement 2: Quality Assurance Requirements:

The Offeror must meet the Quality Assurance Requirements (QAR) as stated in Section C of the Statement of Work, which includes being ISO9001-2008 certified.

Capability Statements:

A set-aside determination has not yet been made for this requirement. In an effort to determine a small business set-aside; interested small businesses are invited to submit capability statements by the date indicated in this announcement. Capability statements shall not exceed 10 pages, not including resume summaries and shall include the following items:

(1) A complete description of the offeror’s capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these factors that clearly relate to the

Government’s specific needs for this requirement as identified in or as specified in the SOW;

(2) A description of the specific qualifications and capabilities, via resume summaries, of key labor personnel who would be made available for this effort. Of primary interest is a team of individuals that clearly possesses in-depth experience required by this effort. Identify whether individuals are current employees of the Offeror or are planned team members and provide a one-page summary of the individual’s qualifications;

(3) Specific past performance information that shows the company’s relevant experience to this effort, including contract number(s) and current Government points of contact (Agency, individual’s name and telephone); and

(4) Specific information to show that the potential offeror will maintain compliance with the provisions of FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, for each contract period.

General statements, not supported by the specific information requested above, will not be considered responsive.

Questions or clarifications: All questions are to be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist: Bernita Courtney bernita.courtney@navy.mil & Contracting Officer: Aninze Awanna aninze.awanna@navy.mil, with email title to include: “Capability

Statement Z17 RF N00178-15-R-2027” in subject line.

Capability Statements shall be provided by e-mail to Bernita

Courtney (Bernita.courtney@navy.mil) and Kristal Hall

(kristal.hall@navy.mil)no later than 1000 EST on 15 July 2015.

Capability Statements received after that time may not be considered for purposes of a set-aside decision.

Electronic responses must be in Microsoft Word® or Adobe

Acrobat® formats and the font size shall not be smaller than 10 point.

NOTE: This announcement is issued for the purpose of determining market interest, feasibility, and capability of sources and does not constitute an Invitation For Bids (IFB), a Request For

Proposals (RFP), a Request For Quotes (RFQ) or an indication that the Government will contract for any of the items and/or services contained in this notice. The Government is only seeking possible capable sources to make a small business set aside determination. No solicitation document exists at this time. However, respondents to this Request for Information will not be excluded from consideration for contract participation in any potential follow-on requirement. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced under a separate Federal Business

Industry Day

An Industry Day will be held on Wednesday July 15, 2015 at

University of Mary Washington - Dahlgren Campus 4224 University

Drive King George, VA 22485, (540) 663-4030. Registration will begin at 7:30 AM, in the University Hall (auditorium).

In the event of inclement weather, please check to make sure

UMW-Dahlgren is open. If UMW-Dahlgren is closed, the industry day is cancelled. The intent is to reschedule the industry day as soon as possible. Notification of a rescheduled industry day will be released via FedBizOps as soon as possible.