RFP_19R3401.docx

20 November 2018

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Subj: RFP N32205-19-R-3401

MSC Strategic Sealift Program Support Office, N103, 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 MSC web site at http://www.msc.navy/mil, 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:

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.: N32205-19-R-3401

6. Solicitation Issue Date: 20 November 2018

7. For Solicitation Information: Lorrie Leedy at lorrie.leedy@navy.mil and 757-443-2805; Manoushka Thompson at manoushka.thompson@navy.mil or 757-443-3640

8. Offer Due Date: 23 November 2018, at 1000 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 (6), WAWF Submit electronic invoices IAW WAWF contract clause, MSC Worldwide DC ANY (MAY 2013).

18b. Submit Invoices to: SEE PART VIII (7) MSC WIDE AREA WORKFLOW (WAWF)

INSTRUCTIONS (AUGUST 2012).

27a. 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. PART I. SPECIALTIME BOXES:

1. Vessel Required:

a. U.S. flag, Jones Act Qualified vessels capable of providing support while underway and local pier-side operations and training, surface-supplied diver training/operations, and support training evolutions as necessary on a continuous 24-hour basis. The vessels shall be prepared to carry a small boat, Government MILVANS and auxiliary equipment, provide replenishment/minor maintenance support, and personnel support. The vessels shall be prepared to store explosive materials in vessel provided, certified Ready Storage Locker/s (RSL) as required for operations. The vessels will also support loading, storage and discharge of Government materials and equipment, arranging for any shore-side equipment if required for load/discharge operations. Operation shall be conducted in Southern California (SOCAL), Camp Pendleton area and/or within fifteen (15) NM of Imperial Beach, CA.

b. MINIMUM VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS/CAPABILITIES:

PASSENGER VESSEL:

VESSEL REQUIREMENTS TABLE

2) Near water deck (NTE 5’awl) for small craft to load/unload gear and personnel.

3) Capability of refueling small craft, generators, and compressors with approx. 60 gallons of gasoline.

Vessel to supply three (3) hot meals per person per day.

2) Lay down for 25’l x 12’w x 8’h MILVAN (22,000 lbs.)

3) Lay down for 16’ x 8’ x 8’ MILVAN (9,000 lbs.)

4) Lay down for 16’ x 9’ x 8’ MILVAN (4,000 lbs.)

5) Lay down for 6’ x 6’ auxiliary equipment

6) Fresh water wash-down via garden hose.

2) Deck space available to store explosives.

3) Coordinate with appropriate authorities to certify on load of said explosives.

**The offeror is responsible for coordinating on-load and offload of deck equipment with mission sponsor. Sponsor will provide a pier and crane at 32nd St. Naval Station (with operators) or transport deck equipment to a contractor proposed pier within 50 miles of naval base Point Loma, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command. Contractor provided crane services will be reimbursed per the contract.

TUG AND BARGE:

VESSEL REQUIREMENTS TABLE

2) Barge with ramp

2) Minimum 850 LT capacity

2. Place / Range of Delivery: Naval Base Point Loma, CA

3. Place / Range of Redelivery: Naval Base Point Loma, CA

4. Charter Period: 5 Days, 03-07 December 2018

5. Laydays: Commence and Cancel on 03 December 2018

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

AMEND: PART III Special Time Terms and Conditions Para (A) Charter Hire, (1) Hire rates to read as follows:

(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.

AMEND: PART IV Para (k) Supercargo and Government Designated Representatives, (1) Charterer’s Option to read as follows:

(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 10 personnel who are included in the charter hire rate, who are 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.

ADD TO PART X(a)(1)(b)(18) - In accordance with DFARS 252.247-7026(c), "the Offeror shall provide the following information with its offer, addressing all covered vessels for which overhaul, repair, and maintenance work has been performed during the period covering the current calendar year, up to the date of proposal submission, and the preceding four calendar years:

(a) Name of vessel.

(b) Description of qualifying shipyard work performed.

(c) Name of shipyard that performed the work.

(d) Inclusive dates of work performed.

Cost of work performed. "The offeror shall also submit a statement of the percent of the cost of covered work that was performed in shipyards in the United States or Guam. If no covered work has been performed during the current calendar year and four preceding calendar years, the offeror shall provide a statement that no covered work was done on the vessel".

AMEND Part X(b) paragraph f, first sentence to read: Potential Offerors requesting additional information or clarifications relating to this solicitation shall submit their request in writing by email to Lorrie Leedy at lorrie.leedy@navy.mil. Questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted no later than 10:00am local time, 22 November 2018; otherwise questions may not be answered prior to the solicitation closing.

AMEND PART X(n) first sentence in paragraph to read: This procurement is a FAR Part 12 acquisition being conducted under FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items.

AMEND Part X(b) paragraph t, first sentence to read: Protests, as defined in FAR 33.101, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the General Accounting Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from Lorrie Leedy.

AMEND PART XI(a), replace first sentence in paragraph (a) to read as follows:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror (See Note (1) below), if at all, whose technically acceptable proposal with acceptable past performance represents the lowest price to the Government.

NOTE (1): It is emphasized that as an integral part of the award selection a responsibility determination of the offeror will be made in accordance with FAR Part 9.104. Within this determination, the Government will only consider an offeror responsible if it presents a viable, continued capacity to fully provide the contracted services in accordance with the charter, regardless of operating conditions (e.g., conflict or contingency operations). This will be determined using the factors shown in FAR Part 9.104, to include: 1) experience, 2) operational controls, 3) technical skills, 4) satisfactory performance record, and 5) ability to comply with required delivery schedule.

Award preferences for U.S. Flag vessels, for vessels enrolled in the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Program (VISA, at 77 FEDERAL REGISTER 53963-53965, 04 September 2012, or most current reference), for VISA Participants (see sec. VI.A.2. of VISA), and for domestic shipyard usage (see DFARS 252.247-7026) will be applied to the Government's evaluation of offers. Award will be made, if at all, to an offeror in the highest priority (among those offers received) set forth in sec.

III.A.3. of VISA, in accordance with the award criteria set forth below. If two or more offers exist in the same VISA priority as set forth in sec. III.A.3. of VISA, award will be made to the lowest price, technically acceptable offeror that has category 1 domestic shipyard usage.

If 15% or more of the cost of overhaul, repair, and maintenance work of an offeror’s covered vessels (see DFARS 252.247-7026(a)) has been conducted within a U.S. shipyard (during the period covering the current calendar year, up to the date of proposal submission, and the preceding four calendar years), the offeror is in “category 1.” All other offerors are in “category 2.”

Amend Part XI. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation part (e) a third sentence 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 (5 days). Fuel calculations will be based upon (a) 1-day underway transit in the individual solicitation (SPECIALTIME boxes 66, 68, and 70); (b) 4 days’ underway mission/on station in the individual solicitation (SPECIALTIME boxes 67, 69, and 70); and (c) 0 days in port idle (SPECIALTIME box 71). This will represent the overall cost to the government.

AMEND PART XI(e) b with the following:

AMEND PART XI(d) first sentence to read as follows:

Past Performance. The government will search PPIRS for each offeror’s three most recent and relevant government contracts for the ocean transportation of cargo.

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.

· Completed Fuel Consumption Spreadsheet (Attached).

· Proposed laydays

· Date of offer expiration

· Daily charter hire

· 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 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, N103