18R3405_RFP.doc

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Subj:

RFP N32205-18-R-3405

Ref:

(a) SF1449

(b) MSC SPECIALTIME 2018 MSC Strategic Sealift Program Support Office, N103B, requests proposals for one vessel capable of meeting the transportation requirements described below. The paragraph numbers below apply to the box layout of references (a) and (b), which are incorporated herein by reference (available upon request), and shall be the charter form of any contract resulting from this solicitation. By submission of a proposal, the offeror confirms agreement with all terms and conditions of this solicitation and the charter form, unless otherwise identified therein.

NOTE:

1. DUE TO INCREASED E-MAIL SECURITY, IT MAY TAKE LONGER FOR E-MAILS TO BE RECEIVED IN THE APPROPRIATE IN-BOX, ESPECIALLY WHEN AN E-MAIL IS HOSTED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY; SOME E-MAILS ARE DELAYED IN EXCESS OF HOURS. OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT OFFERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

STANDARD FORM 1449 BOXES:

I. Standard Form 1449 Boxes

2. Contract No.: Will be provided upon award

5. Solicitation No.: N32205-18-R-3405

6. Solicitation Issue Date: 21 March 2018

7. For Solicitation Information: Nathan Haines at Nathan.d.Haines@navy.mil

8. Offer Due Date: 26 March 2018, at 0900 Eastern Time

9. Issued by: Military Sealift Command Norfolk, 471 East C Street, Bldg. SP 64, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 23511-2419 (Code: N32205)

10. This Acquisition is: Unrestricted NAICS Code: 483111

14. Method of Solicitation: RFP 18a. Payment will be made by: SEE PART VIII (4), WAWF Submit electronic invoices IAW WAWF contract clause, MSC Worldwide DC ANY (MAY 2013).

18b. Submit Invoices to: SEE PART VIII (5) MSC WIDE AREA WORKFLOW (WAWF)

INSTRUCTIONS (AUGUST 2012).

18c. Solicitation incorporates by reference FAR 52.212-1 and 52.212-4; 52.212-3 Alt I and 52.212-5 are incorporated by full text.

A. I. SPECIALTIME BOXES:

1. Vessel Required:

This requirement is for one Jones Act qualified, U.S. flag vessel to support Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group Two/Mobile Dive and Salvage (MDS) diving operations and training exercises in 2018. Vessels must be capable of supporting underway and local pier-side diving operations and training, surface-supplied diver training/operations, coxswain training, and support non-diving training evolutions as necessary on a continuous 24-hour basis in water depths between 40-1,000 feet. The vessel will operate out of the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia, throughout the western Atlantic Ocean and be required to pull into military and civilian ports as needed by specific evolutions.

2. Place / Range of Delivery:

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia

3. Place / Range of Redelivery:

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia

4. Charter Period:

Approximately 60 days.

5. Laydays:

Commencing and Cancelling: 09 April 2018

6. Terms/Conditions/Attachments added, deleted or modified:

The vessel shall be prepared to carry small boats and a certified hyperbaric chamber per US Coast Guard and US Navy requirements, provide hyperbaric chamber services for emergencies and routine decompression operations, replenishment/minor maintenance support, and personnel support. The vessel shall be prepared to store explosive materials in GFE certified Ready Storage Lockers (RSL) as required for EOD/MDS operations The vessel will also support loading, storage and discharge of Government materials and equipment, arranging for any shore-side equipment if required for load/discharge operations.

The vessel and crew shall be capable of providing 24 hours a day support to include (but not be limited to the following):

a. Launch and recovery of small boats and divers

b. Refueling small craft onboard

c. Logistical support (i.e. messing, berthing, and communications)

d. At sea transfer of personnel and cargo alongside or astern in up to sea state 3 The vendor shall permit US Government personnel to visit the ship no less than 15 days and no more than 45 days prior to the delivery date of each period to conduct a PDSS. The purpose of this PDSS shall be to, at a minimum, identify lay-down locations of GFE/CFE equipment, identify locations of electrical outlets, and conduct operations planning.

Government Equipment to be brought onboard :

a. One NAVSEA certified Standard Navy Double-Lock Recompression Chamber System (SNDLRCS) including an Air Supply Rack Assembly (ASRA): consists of a standard 20’x 8’x 8’ ISO shipping container (25,000 lbs. fully loaded).

b. FMGS (Fly-Away Mixed Gas System) consisting of:

i. One Mixed-Gas Control Console Assembly 80”x66”x38” (870lbs)

ii. One Air Rack Assembly (ASRA) 80”x64”x75” (3500lbs)

iii. Three Helium-Oxygen Supply Rack Assemble (HOSRA) 80”x64”x75” (3200lbs) each, 9600lbs total) iv.

One Oxygen Supply Rack Assembly (OSRA) 80”x64”x75” (3300lbs) v.

Two Booster Assemblies 48”x48”x36” (550lbs each, 1100lbs total)

c. One Recompression Chamber Life Support Skid (10’ x 8’; 14,000lbs)

d. Two MILVANs (20’ x 9’ x 8.5’; weighing up to 15,000lbs each) for storing and charging the MK 18 FOS Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUVs). These UUVs require 12’ feet clearance on one end to facilitate removal of the UUV.

e. One ESAMS (Expandable Small Air Mobile Shelter) (22’ x 9’x 8’; 10,000lbs).

f. Four Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRCs) (12’ x 6’ x 2.5’; 265lbs each ).

g. Two 11-meter Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) (36’x 12’; 13,000 lbs. each)

h. Two 9-meter RHIBs (30’ x 10’; 12,000lbs each)

i. Two 7-meter RHIBs (24’ x 11’; 9,000lbs each)

j. Two RHIB cradles (20’ x 8’; 1,500lbs each)

k. One Air Compressor for Chamber Support and Scuba Charging (6’x 4’, approximately 2,300lbs)

l. Three Explosive Ready Service Lockers (RSLs) (5’x 5’, 2,000lbs each)

All deck-stored equipment shall be griped or stowed to support open ocean transit in sea states equaling vessel’s sea state capability.

Contractor Equipment:

a. One 450-gallon gasoline storage tank

b. Two (2) FDA approved Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) unit stored in a location that is accessible to trained responders. One shall be located near the rear deck, and the other must be located near berthing spaces.

c. Sufficient certified and load tested rigging equipment to support sponsor operations. This includes chains to gripe equipment to the deck, and slings for lifting evolutions.

d. Drying rack to hang a minimum of 16 Diver wet suits, dive rigs, and fin sets.

e. Fresh water must be available within vicinity of diver drying rack station.

f. Bottle rack(s) to hold up to 20 standard K-Bottles of diver’s Oxygen, Helium and Standard Air.

g. Deck lighting to support nighttime launch and recovery.

h. Deck lighting to support on deck maintenance during transit without interfering with safe navigation and bridge observation.

CHARACTERISTIC

(To be filled out by Offeror)

CHARACTERISTIC

(To be filled out by Offeror)

09 April 2018

a. Be capable of lifting and supporting 30,000lbs per craft and included interface equipment.

b. Be manufactured in accordance with Navy standards or a recognized classification society standard (ABS Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities or equivalent standard).

c. Provide a safe means of controlling the motion of the craft during launch and recovery operations in order to prevent injury to personnel and damage to the craft.

d. Be responsible for assisting Government personnel with loading, securing and discharging mission equipment.

e. Provide 24-hour launch/recovery services in support of Government requirements. This shall be accomplished in sea state/weather conditions as delineated in the US Navy Diving Manual and GFE technical documentation to facilitate safe training operations.

The contractor shall be prepared to enact Emissions Control procedures as required by NAVSEA OP 4 at any time embarked personnel are conducting demolition buildup procedures.

· CALL-OUT: PART (IV) (an) CREW LIST

Amend to read as follows: Effective 01 OCT 2017, all communications regarding the transmission of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to the Navy must comply with the Navy requirements for encrypting PII before it is transmitted, this includes submitting crew lists for vetting. The Contractor shall submit the Full Name, Billet, SSN (as applicable), Date of Birth, Birth Country, City of Birth, State of Birth, Passport Number and Nationality for all crew members to the Government using the Government provided MSC/EPIC Force Protection Personnel/Crew list Submission Template to allow screening by U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) in order to meet the encryption requirement. The template must be filled out in its entirety by the Owners and submitted electronically in Microsoft Excel format to the Charterer, at the following via The U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMERDEC) Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) via the following address: https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe with required information NLT 24 hours of Vessel award. Submit crewmembers as they are identified to go to the ship(s). When a crewmember is replaced, only submit that crewmember instead of submitting the entire crew list again when the new crewmember is submitted. All new personnel must be screened at the beginning of the hiring process prior to being sent to the ship. All personnel shall be resubmitted and re-screened upon a change in contract or Contractor, upon transfer from one ship to another, and once in each 12-month period. A similar procedure shall be followed for all other Contractor personnel for whom unescorted access to the ships is required. MSC PM4 will notify the Contractor of any anomalous screening results requiring further action or investigation. E-mails containing the Microsoft Excel attachment shall be written as follows:

· Subject line format is as follows: FOUO - PRIVACY SENSITIVE - EPIC – PM4 - NAME of SHIP - CREW or NON-CREW

· Body of e-mail is to begin and end as follows: FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY PRIVACY SENSITIVE. ANY MISUSE OR UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE MAY RESULT IN BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES

· Submitter's name, company, address, and telephone number must be included in the e-mail. Scanned lists are unacceptable. Additionally, if there is a scheduled crew change or rotation of any percentage of such, the above information is to be provided 4 working days prior to the change.

· The Microsoft Excel attachment shall be sent by the Owners to the AMRDEC SAFE application, which can be accessed via https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe.

· Proceed as Guest - Select this option if you do not have a CAC.

· After selecting one of the options above, the page will be redirected to the package upload form. Fill in all the required input fields:

· Your Name - Your name;

· Your Email address - Your email address;

· Confirm Your Email Address - Re-enter your email address;

· Description of File(s) - Enter a description for the package;

· Any delay resulting from Owner's failure to provide the information in paragraph (1), above, within the prescribed periods shall result in a corresponding increase in the time afforded to Charterer to accept delivery of the Vessel. Additionally, if there is a scheduled crew change or rotation of any percentage of such, the above information is to be provided at least 96 hours prior to the change.

ADD: Offerors shall identify those ports in which they have any active arrest warrants or similar actions pending that would either delay the vessel from performing, or otherwise prevent the vessel from free entry/departure.

AMEND: Part I, Boxes 13-15 – revised in their entirety to read as follows:

FOS

Base Period: 60 days

Full text of clauses may be accessed electronically through this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://farsite.hill.af.mil http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html AMEND PART XI(e) Last sentence to read, “Fuel calculations will be based upon (a) 45 days underway laden at the speed specified in the individual solicitation (SPECIALTIME Boxes 66, 68, and 70); (b) 0 days underway ballast at the speed specified in the individual solicitation (SPECIALTIME Boxes 67, 69, and 70); and (c) 15 days in port idle (SPECIALTIME Box 71). This will represent the overall cost to the Government.”

CALLOUT PART X. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

Offerors shall use the guidelines set forth in Part X(b) for submission of offers; however, at a minimum, offers must contain the following:

· Proposals must be submitted via e-mail in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, and must be compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later version.

· Proposals must contain either a verifiable electronic signature (e.g. PKI enable certificate), or a scanned image of the handwritten signature of the Offeror or Offeror's agent.

· Offerors are advised that delays in the receipt of e-mail do occur, and the Offeror is solely responsible for timely receipt of offers by the Government regardless of any problems or delays related to computer hardware or software systems including, but not limited to, servers and firewalls. An E-mail proposal that resides on a Government server, but has not appeared in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time for proposal submission will be considered late.

· Offerors are advised that the Government may be unable to receive other types of electronic files (e.g., .zip files) or files in excess of 20 megabytes.

· Completed FAR 52.212-3 and Alternate I Representations and Certifications (Jan 2017).

· Completed FAR 52.209-7 – Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013).

· Completed FAR 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction Under any Federal Law (Feb 2016).

· Acknowledgement of all terms and conditions of MSC SPECIALTIME 2018 and the RFP.

· Owner’s full style email address and point of contact to be used in conjunction with the Government’s web-based post-contract performance information system, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). Instructions to be provided post-award.

· Offeror’s or authorized agent’s signature. Note: Unsigned offers will not be considered for award.

· Proposed laydays

· Date of offer expiration

· Daily charter hire, fuel consumption (in metric tons) and an explanation of any bonuses

· proposed.

· INMARSAT #

· Call sign

· IMO#

· Vessel year

· Vessel flag

· Information required in Part I boxes and Parts XII and XIII Representations and Certifications

· Evidence of International Safety Management (ISM) and International Shipboard Port Security (ISPS) compliance.

· Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management Registration (SAM) in order to be considered for award. To comply, provide a DUNS number with your offer. This number is required to verify registration and in order to register in SAM.

The DUNS number can be obtained by calling 1-800-333-0505. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through https;//www.acquisition.gov or by calling 866-606-8220, or

334-206-7828 for international calls.

Note: Failure to submit all required information as requested could result in your offer not being considered for award. The successful offeror must provide electronic funds payment information to the office identified in Part VI.

SIGNED: LORRIE LEEDY, CONTRACTING OFFICER, MSC, N04103B1

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