21R4168 A0005.pdf

06 AUGUST 2021

THIS IS THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND NORFOLK, STRATEGIC SEALIFT

PROGRAM SUPPORT OFFICE, N103A

TO: ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS

SUBJECT: RFP N3220521R4168; AMENDMENT 0005

REF: (A) MSC RFP N3220521R4168, DATED 29 MARCH 2021, AS AMENDED

1. REF (A) IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

A. AMEND DRYVOY PART 1, BOX 5, ‘DISCHARGING PORT(S)/ PLACE(S)’

THIRD BULLET TO READ:

“BERTH 11C SAFE WORKING LOAD AS IDENTIFIED PER ‘PNS BERTH 11C

CAPACITY AND REFERENCE DRAWINGS – AUG 2021,’ ALSO AVAILABLE

UPON REQUEST. ANY PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED PNS PIER 11C

DRAWINGS ARE NOT APPLICABLE.”

B. AMEND DRYVOY PART 1, BOX 6, ‘LAYDAYS’ TO READ:

“FIVE-DAY WINDOW MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, TO BE PROPOSED BY

THE OFFERORS CONSISTENT WITH THE ALD IN BOX 3, AND THE EAD

AND LCD IN BOX 5.”

C. AMEND DRYVOY PART I, BOX 7 ‘TERMS/CONDITIONS/ATTACHMENTS

ADDED, DELETED, OR MODIFIED’ PER FOLLOWING:

AMEND B.9 ‘SAFETY AND HEALTH’ TO READ:

“ OWNER SHALL PROVIDE THE MSC AREA COMMANDER WITH ANY

REPORT REQUIRED UNDER U.S. COAST GUARD MARINE SAFETY

INFORMATION BULLETIN 02-20 (CHANGE 3) (REQUIRING

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BE REPORTED), PRIOR TO ENTERING THE

PORT.

HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN: OWNER SHALL PROVIDE IN ITS

PROPOSAL ITS COMPANY’S HEALTH AND SAFETY PLANS FOR ITS

CREW RELATED TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS FOR THIS

MISSION. THIS PLAN WILL BECOME PART OF THE CONTRACT.

WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT (ROM)

PROCEDURES/COVID TESTING PROVISIONS, THIS PORTION OF THE

PLAN WILL BE EVALUATED TO ENSURE IT MEETS OR EXCEEDS MSC

QMS REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS AS RELATES TO ROUTINE

CREW ROTATIONS; THE MSC QMS IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

AN UNACCEPTABLE PLAN AS RELATES TO ROUTINE CREW

ROTATIONS WILL RENDER AN OFFER INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD.

ALTERNATIVELY, IN LIEU OF HAVING THEIR ROM PROCEDURES/

COVID TESTING PROVISIONS EVALUATED AS PART OF CONTRACT

AWARD, OR MEETING MSC QMS REQUIREMENTS, AN OFFEROR MAY

WARRANT THAT THEY WILL NOT CONDUCT ANY ROUTINE CREW

CHANGES DURING THE COURSE OF THE CHARTER.

ANY AND ALL COSTS RELATED TO ALL CREW CHANGES/ROTATIONS

SHALL BE FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNT OF THE OWNER,

WHO SHALL NOTIFY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER NOT LATER THAN

TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE CREW CHANGE/ROTATION.

OWNER IS ADVISED THAT DUE TO THE TIME-SENSITIVE AND

CRITICAL NATURE OF THE MISSION, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL

FACTORS, THE EXCUSABLE DELAY PROVISION SHALL NOT APPLY IF

DELAY WAS CAUSED BY A BREACH OF OWNER’S HEALTH AND

SAFETY PLAN CITED ABOVE, OR WAS OTHERWISE REASONABLY

PREVENTABLE BY FOLLOWING U.S. COAST GUARD OR CENTER FOR

DISEASE CONTROL COVID-19 GUIDELINES IN PUBLICATION AT THE

TIME OF BREACH.

THE SHIP-OWNER AGREES THAT CREW AND OTHER EMBARKED

PERSONNEL MAY BE ORDERED BY THE CHARTERER TO STAY

ABOARD THE VESSEL DURING PORT VISITS UNDER THIS CHARTER

AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CHARTERER OR LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. FURTHER, THE SHIP-OWNER AGREES

THAT THE CHARTERER MAY LIMIT ACCESS TO THE VESSEL BY ANY

SHORE-SIDE PERSONNEL UPON THE VESSEL’S PORT CALLS DURING

THIS CHARTER.”

AMEND B.2.C TO READ: “FOR JACK AND ROLL EQUIPMENT:

SUPPORTING ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS SUPPORTING

SPREADING OF THE LOAD/REDUCTION OF THE BEARING STRESS ON

ALL AREAS OF THE LOADING/OFFLOADING ZONE TO ACHIEVE A

DISTRIBUTED LOAD LESS THAN 900 PSF FOR PUGET SOUND

SHIPYARD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITATIONS

INDICATED IN THE PNS BERTH 11C CAPACITY AND REFERENCE

DRAWINGS REFERENCED IN BOX 5.”

ADD B.10 ‘CLASSIFIED REQUIREMENT’ TO READ:

“10. CLASSIFIED REQUIREMENT:

A. THERE IS A CLASSIFIED REQUIREMENT IN THIS SOLICITATION.

OWNERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, WITH APPROPRIATE

SECURITY CLEARANCES IN PLACE, MUST SUBMIT TO THE

CONTRACTING OFFICER A REQUEST TO REVIEW THE CLASSIFIED

REQUIREMENT WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY OF THE ISSUANCE OF

THIS SOLICITATION AND THEN MUST THEN MAKE THE NECESSARY

ARRANGEMENTS AT THEIR EXPENSE TO VIEW THE CLASSIFIED

REQUIREMENT AT APPOINTED PLACE AND TIME PROVIDED, WHICH

MUST BE PRIOR TO THE SOLICITATION RESPONSE DATE AND TIME.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CLASSIFIED REQUIREMENT

WILL BE LOST IF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER DOES NOT RECEIVE A

REQUEST ON TIME OR IF THE OFFEROR MISSES THE APPOINTMENT.

B. OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED AGAINST THIS REQUIREMENT

BEFORE ANY OTHER EVALUATION. AN OFFER FOUND NOT

ACCEPTABLE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE FURTHER

EVALUATED. OWNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THEIR OFFERS WERE

EXCLUDED BECAUSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT.”

ADD B.11 ‘POST AWARD CONFERENCE’ TO READ:

“11. POST AWARD CONFERENCE: THE GOVERNMENT WILL HOLD A

POST AWARD CONFERENCE BETWEEN 27 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2021.

THE CONFERENCE WILL NOT LAST MORE THAN ½ DAY AND DETAILS

WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER AWARD. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE

REQUIRED TO ATTEND, EITHER IN-PERSON OR VITUALLY, SAID

CONFERENCE.”

2. ALL OTHER ITEMS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

SIGNED: KENNETH D. ALLEN, CONTRACTING OFFICER, N103A