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N32205-15-R-1009

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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from David Foster,david.g.foster@navy.mil, n104-1, 471 East C Street. Bldg SP-64, Norfolk, Va., 23511.

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

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L –2 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The offeror shall submit a technical and a price proposal that shall include, at a minimum:

(a) General: Separate sealed volumes must be submitted with your offer: (1) Price/Past Performance and the Solicitation/Offeror, signed and completed, and (2) Technical. Submit original and four (4) copies each of the Technical Proposal. Submit original and one (1) copy each of the Price Proposal and the Past performance submittal. Offeror shall submit one (1) original, marked “Original” and one (1) copy, each in a separate three ring binder with the following:

Additionally, offerors shall submit one (1) copy of the Technical Proposal and one (1) copy of the Price Proposal and Past Performance submittal on CD-ROM disc. Offerors shall ensure that proposal disks are virus free, and free of password protection. If access to proposal data is prohibited due to viruses, passwords, wrong format, the offer may be considered unacceptable.

(b) Offerors shall submit complete Representations and Certifications, including those incorporated by reference.

(c) Facsimile proposals will not be accepted.

(d) All questions concerning the solicitation shall be addressed to the Contracting Specialist identified below via email:

(e) Offerors shall submit their proposals to the following address:

Volume I: Price / Past Performance / and Subcontracting (as applicable)

Offerors shall submit prices in the format specified on the Contractor Price Breakdown forms of this solicitation, Attachment J-2 and J-3. Each specification Item Number must be either priced or marked “Not Separately Priced (NSP)”.

Overall Price. Unit prices and extended prices must be submitted as indicated, except “Not Separately Priced” items.

Offerors shall include any costs associated with third party access to the contractor’s facility, including costs for badges, safety orientation instruction, and/or parking, in the price proposal under the Shipboard Access and Security Item. For estimating purposes, offerors shall assume that (1) the Government will require access, to include safety orientation instruction and parking at the shipyard facility, for thirty individuals for the entire duration of the performance period; and (2) 20% of the badges issued to the government and third party personnel will be lost/misplaced and will require replacement.

Offerors shall include the Hazardous Waste Handling Fee rate per SWI 0023 Hazardous Waste Disposal at a Contractor’s Facility; and the unit price per Kilowatt Hour for electrical power, the unit price per gallon potable water, and the unit price per gallon of distilled water per work item 011 on the Section B part of the solicitation.

The contractor agrees that its manhour rate for the 10,000 manhours of the “Additional Government Requirements” includes the complete and full compensation to which it is entitled, including, but not limited to, compensation for all the direct labor costs, (e.g. straight time, overtime, premium time, shift differential, holiday time, standby time, etc.) for performing the Additional government Requirements, as well as compensation for acceleration, delay and disruption and other impact, if any, to the aforementioned work items, to work performed under any other Government contract and to any work in progress for the Government. The contractor further agrees that it is not entitled to a time extension to the delivery date of any ship under a Government contract by reason or as of a result of the ordering of the 10,000 manhours of “Additional Government Requirements”.

“Additional Government Requirements” does not include work performed pursuant to the clause of this contract entitled “Inspection of and Manner of doing work”, “Guarantees”, or other contract provision relating to the correction of defects.

Past Performance Offerors are requested to provide information up to three (3) previous Government contacts whose effort is/was recent and relevant to the effort required by this solicitation.

a. “Recent” is defined as a contract in-progress or completed within the last three (3) years. If the offeror has not had three (3) Government contracts within the last three (3) years, information on recent and relevant subcontracts and/or commercial contracts may be submitted.

ii. Magnitude: The measure of the similarity of the volume, dollar value and/or duration of the work actually performed under the offeror’s submitted contracts to the PWS.

iii. Complexity: The measure of the similarity of technical difficulty, managerial intricacy and/or required coordination of efforts and disciplines performed by the effors in its submitted contracts to the PWS. For complexity, not only will the tasks performed by the offeror be considered, but also the offeror’s ability to coordinate tasks (e.g., concurrent performance requirements).

A Past Performance Data Sheet (Attachment J-12) is requested to be submitted for each contract to be considered as past performance. Offerors shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the similarity of the contracts to the requirements of this solicitation; a detailed description of the work performed for the contract; and the role performed, including whether the offeror acted as a prime contractor or a subcontractor. Offerors are responsible for the accuracy of all data provided. Past performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience and subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement may be provided as past performance submissions.

For each of the contracts the offeror describes in a Performance Data Sheet (Attachment J-12), the offeror is request to provide a Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment J-13) to a reference at the organization that awarded the contractor. It is requested that the reference, not the offeror, email the completed past performance Questionnaire BEFORE THE DUE DATE FOR PROPOSALS directly to Ian Keller, Mark Draluck, and David Foster, Military Sealift Command Norfolk, Bldg SP-64 471 C Street, Naval Station Norfolk, VA 23511-2419, email to ian.keller@navy.mil, mark.draluck@navy.mil, and david.g.foster@navy.mil fax submittals will not be considered. The offeror, NOT THE GOVERNMENT, is responsible for ensuring the Government receives a sufficient number of questionnaires.

Volume II: Technical Proposal

The technical proposal will be the basis for assessing the offeror’s ability to understand and perform the tasks in the solicitation. Section M of the solicitation outlines the evaluation factors and defines the source selection evaluation criteria for evaluating the technical proposal. The technical proposal is limited to fifty (50) pages excluding appendices. A legible, neat, orderly and comprehensive proposal is required. Data should be presented in Evaluation Factor sequence (1.0-3.0) and paragraph numbering in the proposal submitted should coincide with the numbering system set forth in Section M. Failure to respond to any one of the evaluation factors may result in disqualification of the proposal.

The technical proposal must demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to meet all of the requirements covered in the specification. The proposal should be sufficiently complete to demonstrate how the offeror will comply with government directions and requirements throughout the performance period. Data previously submitted, or presumed to be known, i.e., descriptions of previous projects performed for the government, cannot be considered as a part of the proposal unless physically incorporated in the proposal.

All information must be presented in sufficient depth for the government to make a comprehensive evaluation of the offeror’s understanding of the work package and of the offeror’s capability to successfully perform the work package.

The proposal should demonstrate this understanding and capability in a concise, logical manner and should not contain superfluous material not directly related to the solicitation.

L-4 NOTICE TO OFFERORS (FEB 2000)

(a) Sealed proposals will be received at the Contracting Office and will be opened at the hour and at the date specified in the solicitation for the performance of the work specified in the solicitation and in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreement for Repair and Alteration of Vessels, as amended through the date of this Solicitation.

(b) Any drawings and specifications referenced in this solicitation are an integral part of the solicitation.

(c) The work shall be completed on or before close of business on the completion date of the period indicated in Section F.

(d) Liquidated damages as specified in Section F shall be payable by the Contractor to the Government in accordance with FAR Clause 52.211-11.

(e) In submitting a solicitation response for Ship Repair, a vendor must cite the above solicitation number and each amendment thereto, if any, and must respond to each certification in this solicitation.

(f) The Government cannot guarantee that an application for a security clearance (if required) can be processed in the time between the closing and the time of award.

L-5 INSPECTION OF VESSEL / PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE -

Inspection for the USNS RAPPAHANNOCK (T-AO 204) will take place on the USNS HENRY J. KAISER (T-AO 187) which is one of the sister ships in the T-AO Class at San Diego, Naval Base Coronado on or about 19 June 2015 at 9:00AM Pacific Time. Inspection is not mandatory and shall be at the offeror’s expense.

All offerors who plan to inspect the vessel must be registered with MSC Norfolk NLT 18 June 2015. Participants shall be required to fax the following information on company letterhead prior to the deadline: Name of each individual who will be attending, Social Security Number, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Citizenship and clearance level (if any) showing the granting agency and date of clearance. Offerors must provide a list of specific attendees only. DO NOT SUBMIT “BLANKET” LISTS. The request should state that the individual will be attending a shipcheck on board the USNS HENRY J. KAISER (T-AO 187) for USNS RAPPAHANNOCK (T-AO 204). The information must be provided to Andrew Jeffries (757) 443-0926, E-mail andrew.jeffries1@navy.mil Principle Port Engineer and/or Derek Chatterpaul (757) 443-0891, E-mail arjune.chatterpaul@navy.mil Supervisory Principle Port Engineer. Personnel who fail to pre-register will, at best, experience protracted delays in accessing the vessel. A second inspection will NOT be scheduled.

L-6 SHIP & BASE ACCESS (APR 2013)

Vendors are responsible for correctly submitting forms/applications. Vendors are encouraged to monitor email using “Request a Read Receipt” function and to confirm receipt of facsimile transmissions.

Due to enhanced security measures, ship and base access is required for pre-award ship visits (e.g. ship-check) and for contract performance. Specifically the following permissions are required:

1. El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) personnel screening requirement

2. Base/Repair Facility Access Request

3. Vehicle Access Request

4. Ship Access List (vendor-provided)

All forms are available for download on the MSC contracts webpage at http://www.msc.navy.mil. Click on “Contracts” in the upper right corner. Click on “Online Library of Common Documents” for all forms.

EPIC: Required for access to MSC vessels. Complete EPIC form strictly adhering to format requirements. For CONUS East and Gulf Coast repairs, forward request to msc.norfolk.epic@navy.mil and for CONUS West Coast and HI repairs, forward to MSC.SSUSD.EPIC@navy.mil EPIC personnel screening requests are desired seven calendar days prior to performance start date. Requests will be managed as expeditiously as circumstances permit. Vendor will be notified by MSC of personnel who are denied access to the vessel.

Base/Repair Facility Access: Permit is required to access Navy facilities. Base/Repair Facility Access Request is desired seven days prior to ship check or performance start date. Submit forms per the document instruction and to the Principle Port Engineer or Supervisory Principle Port Engineer. A courtesy copy (CONUS West Coast performance locations only) to Ermanno Magliulo, Engineering Director, at ermanno.magliulo@navy.mil will be appreciated.

RAPIDGate® is being implemented for access to DoD facilities in CONUS, HI, Guam and Puerto Rico. Vendor is responsible to acquire RAPIDGate® status and destination base individual access badge(s) activation prior to performance start date. Delays that may result from inadequate planning are contractor responsibility. Vendor instructions and program information is available at http://www.RAPIDGate.com or tel. 877.727.4342. RAPIDGate® access requires (in succession) (1) Individual Base Commander approval for vendor to access base, (2) Successful vendor RAPIDGate® company annual enrollment, (3) Company employee individual enrollment and possession of RAPIDGate® identification badge for single base or multiple base (enterprise) access. Vendor is responsible to confirm that each employee held annual RAPIDGate® badge is active for the specific facility and performance period in accordance with RAPIDGate® User Agreement (http://www.RAPIDGate.com).

Enclave Access request may be selected on the “Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) Access Request Form.”

Vehicle Access: Required for vehicle access to Navy facilities. Follow supplemental instructions on Base Access forms or base-specific vehicle access forms.

Ship Access List (Vendor-Provided): On company letterhead attachment via email, the vendor is required to provide the ship master (courtesy copy the Principle Port Engineer and/or Supervisory Principle Port Engineer) with an accurate, current list of performing personnel prior to being admitted aboard the vessel. Under no circumstances will a hand-delivered list be accepted.

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L-7 CONTRACTOR ACCESS TO MSC SHIPS

1. El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) clearance is required to gain gangway access to all USNS vessels. EPIC clearance is separate from base access.

2. If required for a ship check, or upon receipt of a contract award, the contractor must request an EPIC form from James Phillips via email at: james.b.phillips2@navy.mil. The completed form shall be returned via email.

3. When the EPIC clearance is received, MSC Norfolk Command Security will promulgate a letter for base access for cleared personnel and forward it to base security.

4. EPIC requests typically require five business days for clearance.

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