18R3410_RFP.doc

31 July 2018 This is the Military Sealift Command Norfolk, Strategic Sealift Program Support Office MARKET SURVEYS, RFPS, AMENDMENTS AND CONTRACT AWARDS WILL BE POSTED TO THE FEDBIZOPPS WEBSITE (ONLY) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

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Subj:

RFP N32205-18-R-3410

Ref:

(a) SF1449

(b) MSC SPECIALTIME 2018 MSC Strategic Sealift Program Support Office, N04103A2, 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-3410

6. Solicitation Issue Date: 31 July 2018

7. For Solicitation Information: and Lorrie.Leedy@navy.mil 757-443-2805 and Courtney Woodley at Courtney.Woodley@navy.mil

8. Offer Due Date: 06 August 2018, at 1100 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, COMSC, Norfolk, VA.

18b. Submit Invoices to: SEE PART VIII (6) WIDE AREA WORKFLOW (WAWF)

INSTRUCTIONS.

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 U.S. or foreign flag Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) to be used during the underway phase of Exercise SEACAT 2018, 27 August 2018 to on or about 10 September 2018. The vessels will serve as training platform to facilitate compliant boarding exercises in the Southeast Asia. On 27 August 2018, the vessel (OSV) shall be available in Manila, Philippines to support United States Coast Guard (USCG) boarding personnel. On 01 September 2018, USCG personnel will embark the vessel and travel IVO coast of Brunei, making stops along the way for boarding. Once boarding classes along the coast of Brunei are complete on 07 September 2018, the vessel will sail to Singapore arriving on 09-10 September to disembark the USCG crew by 10 September 2018.

The vessel must accommodate and provide messing/berthing for the USCG Training Team onboard consisting of five (5) U.S. personnel. The USCG Training Team will embark at port of delivery and disembark at port of redelivery. The ports of delivery and redelivery for the USCG Training Team are at anchor or pier side, either at Manila Bay, Philippines or a designated anchorage in vicinity of Manila and travel to Sembawang, Singapore or designated anchorage in the vicinity of Singapore.

Boarding by these partner nation Security forces will occur in operational areas off the coasts of Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia (Riau Islands), and both Eastern and peninsular Malaysia. Exact operation areas will be identified prior to the start of the exercise and may be adjusted to obtain improved sea states or less maritime traffic.

MINIMUM VESSEL REQUIREMENTS TABLE

2. Place / Range of Delivery:

Manila Bay or a designated anchorage in vicinity of Manila

3. Place / Range of Redelivery:

Sembawang, Singapore or a designated anchorage in the vicinity of Singapore

4. Charter Period:

27 August – 10 September 2018 (15 days)

5. Laydays:

Commencing and cancelling on 27 August 2018.

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

Delete and Replace Paragraph III (a) (1) Hire Rates to read:

(1) Hire Rates. Except as otherwise provided herein, the daily hire rate shall be considered payment in full for all services of the Vessel and Associated Equipment and all other requirements under this Charter Party contract, including, but not limited to penalty time, bonuses, payments, meals and hotel services, contractor equipment, and emoluments payable to Master, Officers and crew for services under this Charter, irrespective of the geographic scope of said service and the nominal carriage of ammunition and hazardous cargoes. The Daily Hire rate shall also be considered payment in full for all overtime. This Rate does not include port charges or the price that the Contractor pays for fuel.

Delete and Replace Paragraph IV (k) (1) Supercargo to read:

(1) Charterer’s Option: The Charterer shall have the right to assign supercargo (supercargo as used herein is both plural and singular) and other Government designated representatives aboard the Vessel for duty purposes to the extent that accommodations and United States Coast Guard certification (when applicable) allows, and in accordance with COMSC Instruction 3121.9 Series. The Charterer shall pay an amount of $30.00 per day, per person, for personnel other than the five (5) personnel who are included in the charter hire rate, who may be staying onboard for more than 24 hours. This amount covers all expenses including accommodations and victualling. The Owner shall victual U.S. Government designated representatives, pilots, and Customs Officers when authorized by the Charterer at $7.00 per meal. The Government particularly reserves the right to put a representative onboard the Vessel, with the pilot, at the approach to a discharge port (or otherwise as mutually agreeable) to inspect the Vessel and to monitor the unloading; reimbursement for accommodations and/or victualling is to be as described above.

Delete and Replace Paragraph IV (ar) Safety Managment System, Paragraph starting with “Accident” to read:

Accident (i.e.” Mishap”) Reports. Paragraph 9.1 of the ISM Code requires the Contractor’s SMS to include procedures for reporting mishaps. The Contractor shall submit initial notification of mishaps to the MSC Program Office and the Contracting Officer within 24 hours. Mishaps to crew and Government mission personnel include, but are not limited to death, dismemberment, loss-of-sight, broken bones, man overboard, collision, allision, property damage, and any events that impact the mission. Within 5 days submit notification of less serious accidents, i.e.… lacerations, illnesses, bumps, and bruises. If a USCG Form 2692 is required, the 2692 should be submitted within 5 days of the event. All blocks of the 2692 should be filled out completely to ensure thorough reporting to the Government. The Contractor may redact Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from these reports. Information required in all reporting includes: the Date of the Mishap, the Ship Name, and a Detailed Summary of the Mishap, the Position Title(s) of Personnel Involved, Corrective Action(s) Taken, and Lessons Learned. For mishaps involving damage to Government Owned Property (GOP), include the dollar amount and/or initial estimate for all damaged or lost GOP.

AMEND PART XI. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Part (e)(a) to read:

a.

The offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated based on the value of the charter hire rates offered for the entire charter period, cost of fuel, and any other costs set forth in the offer. For evaluation purposes the period of performance will consist of the number of days specified in the individual solicitation. Fuel calculations will be based upon (a) 10 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) 05 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.

· Proposals must contain a vessel specificaton sheet with picture and vessel characteristics.

· 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.

· Completed fuel calculation spread sheet that is attached.

· Proposed laydays

· Date of offer expiration

· Daily charter hire

· INMARSAT #

· Call sign

· IMO#

· Vessel year

· Vessel flag

· Vessel speed

· Vessel freeboard

· Vessel communications

· Vessel messing and berthing capacity

· 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 UEI number with your offer. This number is required to verify registration and in order to register in SAM.

The UEI 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.

SIGNED: LORRIE LEEDY, CONTRACTING OFFICER, MSC, N04103A2

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