Sources Sought_EOD Diving Support Services.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) / Sources Sought Notice

Pursuant to FAR clause 52.215-3 entitled “Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning

Purposes,” this announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Notice for information and planning purposes for qualified and experienced sources to provide Diving MaintenanceTechnicians Support Services in support of Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC), as defined in the attached draft

Performance Work Statement (PWS). This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. It is not to be construed in any way as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than to gain the information requested, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. Interested parties are encouraged to respond to this RFI/Sources Sought Notice.

Scope

EODGRU TWO requires diving maintenance technicians support services that provides skilled and qualified personnel necessary to support the objective of this contract. Contractor personnel will provide SME and perform logistic support services. All support will be performed in accordance with U.S. Navy approved technical manuals, procedures, policies, and established logistic requirements and procedures.

A DRAFT performance work statement is provided containing further details (see Attachment I).

Any potential contract(s) resulting from this RFI/Sources Sought Notice is anticipated to be a firm-fixed-price (FFP) type contract.

NAICS Code

The NAICS Code for this requirement is anticipated to be 541611, Administrative Management and

General Management Consulting Services, with a size standard of $24.5M. If solicited through Seaport, the applicable NAICS for this requirement is 541330 – Engineering Services and the applicable size standard is $47 million. The product service code (PSC) is R425, Support- Professional:

Engineering/Technical.

Required Delivery Date

Performance is estimated to commence on or around 15 September 2024. The period of performance is anticipated to consist of one (1) 12-month base period and four (4) 12-month option periods and may include FAR clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, to provide for an additional six (6) months of performance.

Capabilities Statement

This is a market research tool. The input provided will help the Navy ascertain the interest, capability, and capacity of potential businesses. If you are an interested business, NAVSUP FLC Norfolk appreciates your assistance in providing a capabilities statement addressing all the items below. Please limit your responses to the information being requested only. Standard company brochures will not be reviewed.

Any technical questions and inquiries may be submitted within the response.

1. Full business name, address, point of contact, telephone number, and e-mail address

2. Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) code and Unique Entity ID (UEI)

3. Size of business: Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, Woman-owned, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, or other category

4. If the items can be obtained from an existing Government contract vehicle, to include GSA or SeaPort-

NxG, provide the applicable contract number.

5. Indicate if your company can be a prime contractor for this effort or, if not, whether your company can be a subcontractor. If subcontractors are to be used, provide the anticipated percentage of effort to be subcontracted and if a small or large business subcontractor will be used.

6. The Government is determining the acquisition strategy for this potential acquisition. If any potential acquisition will be a small business set-aside, then FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, applies. Note that if there is sufficient demonstrated interest and capability among small businesses, a key factor in determining if an acquisition will be a small business set-aside is that two (2) or more potential small business prime contractors must be capable of performing at least 50% of the effort, as defined in

FAR clause 52.219-14. If the Government determines that a small business set-aside is appropriate and your company anticipates submitting a proposal as the prime contractor for a small business set-aside, please provide specific details and rationale as to how compliance with FAR clause 52.219-14 will be achieved, including specific details regarding teaming arrangements, and if subcontracts are to be used, provide the anticipated percentage of the effort to be subcontracted and whether small or large business subcontractors will be used. Teaming and/or subcontracting arrangements should be clearly delineated and previous experience in teaming must be provided.

7. Please address the following in your response. Documentation of qualifications must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary capabilities contained in this notice.

a. Contractor’s ability to provide the required services referenced in the attached Performance Work

Statement.

b. Estimated time required to submit a proposal involving the following evaluation factors: technical, past performance and price.

Submission

Responses should be limited to no more than 10 standard typewritten pages in no less than 12 font size.

Reponses should reference “EOD Diving Support Services” and shall be submitted by e-mail to Stephanie

Lent at Stephanie.r.lent.civ@us.navy.mil and Sherell Brown at sherell.g.brown.civ@us.navy.mil by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 18 June 2024.

Again, this is not a request for proposals. Respondents will not be notified of any results. Please note that the information within this RFI/Sources Sought Notice may be updated and/or may change prior to an official solicitation, if any, is issued.

Attachments:

Attachment I – Draft Performance Work Statement

NOTE: Proprietary information should be clearly marked. The requested information is for planning and market research purposes only and will not be publicly released. Again, this is not a request for a proposal. Please note the information within this Sources Sought Request for Information will be updated and/or may change prior to an official synopsis/solicitation, if any.

mailto:Stephanie.r.lent.civ@us.navy.mil mailto:sherell.g.brown.civ@us.navy.mil