Combined Synopsis and Solicitation Final.pdf

Military Sealift Command Combined Synopsis and Solicitation Notice Information

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products prepared in accordance with the format in

FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

2. Solicitation number is N3220525R2259 and is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP).

3. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through:

a. Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC), effective date 17 January 2025, is located on https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

b. DFARS Publication Notice, effective 17 January 2025 is located at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/

4. The associated NAICS code is 333618 (Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing), size standard is 1,500 and the associated PSC/FSC code is 2010 (Ship Boat Propulsion Components) for this procurement:

is not being set-aside for small businesses.

is being set-aside for small businesses. The small business size standard is.

NOTE: A Class Waiver is not applicable to a procurement unless the NAICS code, PSC/FSC, and NAICS

Code Descriptor currently in effect, match the item(s) being procured.

5. The table below lists the Description and part number, quantities and units of measure, inclusive of any applicable options:

PARTS

Part Number DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT OF

MEASURE

115735005 BLADE BOLTS 192 EA

115752001 HUB ASSEMBLY L.H. 3 EA

115752000 HUB ASSEMBLY R.H. 3 EA

6. The Government intends on awarding a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract to Rolls Royce Marine North America, Inc. on a sole source basis for the aforementioned parts. A properly approved Other Than Full and Open Competition Justification and Approval is included as Attachment I. It is expected that award will be made by no later than 1 September 2025.

7. The required Delivery Date is 465 days after delivery of contract and the delivery locations will be:

MSC W-143 Warehouse 1968 Gilbert Street DWY 10 Norfolk, Virginia 23511

MSC SSU BATS San Diego 9284 Balboa Ave.

San Diego, CA 92123

8. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial (Deviation 2018-O0018) applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. The provision is amended as follows:

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/

52.212-1 (ADDENDUM) ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERICAL PRODUCTS

AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES

Any inconsistency between FAR Provision 52.212-1 and the Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 shall be solved by giving precedence to the Addendum to FAR 52.212-1.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS OF OFFERORS:

The Government intends to solicit and award on a sole source basis to Rolls Royce Marine North America, Inc. In accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR 6.302-1; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The vendor’s initial proposal shall contain the vendor's best terms from a price standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct exchanges if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

All Offerors shall be an OEM, OEM authorized dealer, OEM authorized distributor and/or MSC DCA qualified non-OEM offeror/vendor for the proposed supplies. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement. Capability statements will only be reviewed if the responsible source has also provided an OEM verification letter, OEM authorization letter, and/or non-OEM offeror/vendor verification.

1) Responses to the solicitation are due 12 MAY 2025 no later than 12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

(EST) Norfolk, Virginia. Only electronic submissions shall be accepted. Proposals shall be e-mailed to Sheila Pusey at Sheila.l.pusey.civ@us.navy.mil and Brandy Hernandez at brandy.j.hernandez6.civ@us.navy.mil. To be considered timely, an E-mail proposal must be received in its entirety in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time for proposal submission. Proposals received after that time will be considered late and at the Government’s sole discretion. Price proposals must be held firm for a minimum of sixty (60) days.

2) Questions will be accepted no later than 8 MAY 2025 12:00 PM EST, 5 calendar days prior to the solicitation closing date. All questions shall be emailed to Sheila Pusey at Sheila.l.pusey.civ@us.navy.mil or Brandy Hernandez at brandy.j.hernandez6.civ@us.navy.mil. All answers to questions will be addressed in a synopsis/solicitation amendment and will NOT be responded to individually. No verbal questions will be accepted.

3) Submission of proposal will be considered affirmation that the offeror agrees to all terms and conditions as stated in the synopsis/solicitation.

4) Submission of Proposal in addition to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and

Commercial Services, the following information is provided. Proposals must include the completed solicitation documents as follows:

A. Price Proposal –

Price proposal shall identify for each Line Item listed in Table 1 above:

a. Contract Line Item Number(s) (CLIN)

b. Description of Part

c. Name of Manufacturer

d. Manufacturer Part Number

e. Unit of Measure

f. Price per Unit, Inclusive of Shipping

g. Any Extended Price per Unit (if applicable)

h. Total Quantity/Number of Units, as listed in Table 1 Above.

i. Total Price per Line Item

j. Estimated Lead Time for Delivery or Anticipated Delivery Date PER LINE ITEM mailto:Sheila.l.pusey.civ@us.navy.mil mailto:brandy.j.hernandez6.civ@us.navy.mil mailto:Sheila.l.pusey.civ@us.navy.mil

5. Price Reasonableness

The Offeror’s offer price will be evaluated on the basis of price reasonableness in accordance with FAR

15.402. Contract award will not be made unless the proposed pricing can be determined fair and reasonable. The evaluation may include, but is not limited to, a comparison with independent Government estimates.

The below information shall be provided at the Contracting Officer’s request to determine an offeror’s price/rates to be fair and reasonable:

All supplemental information/other than certified pricing data to support proposed price, to include but not limited to copies of previously paid invoices, sales history for the same or similar items, price list with effective date and / or copies of catalog pages along with any applicable discounts that provide proof that you have sold the proposed parts to non-government customers.

If a catalog or price list is provided, the list must be supported with sales data showing that you sold the proposed parts to non-government customers. If the offeror is not manufacturing the parts themselves, and is getting the part from another manufacturer or parent company as a non-manufacturer, the offeror must provide data on what the part is being sold for on the commercial market by the manufacturer or provide sales data as evidence of the price that they have sold to non-government customers for, the offeror shall provide their markup rate that will be applied to the price. If the offeror is unable to provide the sales data information requested, the offeror must provide a justification and substantiate why the price it wishes the Government to pay is fair and reasonable. Depending on the data provided, the Contracting Officer will make a determination if the price is fair and reasonable.

6. Unless completed in SAM, RFQ Section, Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Vendors, shall be completed by the offeror in accordance with FAR 52.204-8 and DFARS 252.204-7007 Alt. A.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Offerors shall respond to all requirements of the solicitation. Offerors are cautioned not to alter the solicitation requirements, terms and conditions and/or provisions and clauses. Doing so may render the Offerors proposal unacceptable and may be determined ineligible for award.

2. Proposals shall not contain any classified information. Any portion of an offer, which the Offeror considers business sensitive, should be clearly marked as such.

3. Offerors shall comply with the instructions for the format and content of the proposals contained herein;

proposals that do not comply may be considered unacceptable and may be determined ineligible for award.

4. In accordance with COMSCINST 4490.1C, Qualification Requirements for Items Critical to Safety on Vessels Assigned to Military Sealift Command, for ship critical safety items, MSC shall enter into contracts only with sources qualified to produce and/or service such items.

Requests for qualification or offers received from an unapproved source are referred to visit https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil/Business-Opportunities/Contracts/Qualification-for-Items-Critical-to-Shipboard- Safety-on-MSC-Vessels/ where the offeror or vendor can submit a request for qualification to the Design Control Activity (DCA). If an offeror or vendor is unable to obtain qualification standards before the date specified for award of the contract, then the offeror or vendor will not have met a term and condition under this proposed contract. It is a term and condition under this solicitation and resultant contract that offerors and future contractors are either an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), OEM authorized vendor, or MSC DCA qualified non-OEM offeror/vendor.

9. The provision at FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition. The provision is amended as follows:

52.212-2 (ADDENDUM) EVALUATION- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES

Any inconsistency between FAR Provision 52.212-2 and the Addendum to FAR 52.212-2 shall be solved by giving precedence to the Addendum to FAR 52.212-2.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

Due to the sole source nature of this procurement, and in accordance with FAR 15.002(a), the Request for Proposal for this requirement have been tailored to remove unnecessary information and requirements such as evaluation criteria and voluminous proposal preparation instructions. Because of the sole source nature of this requirement, there will not be an extensive evaluation of technical proposals. However, the proposal for this requirement will be evaluated for technical acceptability. Furthermore, Past Performance will not be evaluated, in accordance with FAR 15.304(c)(3)(iii).

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation that will be most advantageous to the Government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

FACTOR I – TECHNICAL ACCEPTANCE:

The Government will evaluate Factor I on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis using Table 2 - Ratings below.

Technical Acceptance shall include an evaluation to ensure each Offeror’s Line Items:

1. meet the requirements specified in the material list, i.e., correct Part Description/Part Number, etc.; and

2. can provide the total number of units required.

a. Offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified in Table 1 above.

3. A Small Business Subcontracting Plan (or waiver for subcontracting plan) must be submitted with the offer. The plan must be accepted and approved by the contracting officer prior to award and performance.

Table 2 – Ratings

Rating Description Acceptable Offeror clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation Unacceptable Offeror does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

FACTOR II – PRICE:

Due to the limited source nature of this procurement, the Offeror’s proposed price will be evaluated on the basis of price reasonableness in accordance with FAR 15.402. Contract award will not be made unless the proposed pricing can be determined fair and reasonable. The evaluation may include, but is not limited to, a comparison with independent Government estimates.

(b) The Government may evaluate any and all information submitted by the offeror to support the reasonableness of prices proposed. The method of evaluation used by the Contracting Officer is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Additionally, the government may request offeror to submit additional information/data to support price reasonableness such as copies of paid invoices for the same or similar items or uncertified cost and pricing data. Failure to submit the requested information may result in disqualification of the submitted proposal.

(c) The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), unless a written notice of withdrawal is received by the Contracting Officer before award.

(d) A written notice of award or acceptance of a proposal, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful Offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the proposal, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the proposal’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept a proposal (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

10. Unless completed in SAM, all Offerors’ must include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Products and Commercial Services with its offer. FAR 52.212-3 Alt I applies also.

11. Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

12. Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—

Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jun 2023), applies to this acquisition along with the following FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses cited in Attachment II – Provisions and Clauses.

13. Additional terms and conditions if applicable to this acquisition can be found cited in Attachment II –

Provisions and Clauses.

14. This solicitation does not have a Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS) rating.

15. The following attachments are included with this solicitation:

• Attachment I – Other than Full and Open Competition Justification and Approval-Redacted

• Attachment II –Provisions and Clauses

16. For additional information regarding this solicitation contact Sheila Pusey at Sheila.l.Pusey.civ@us.navy.mil or

Brandy Hernandez at brandy.j.hernandez6.civ@us.navy.mil.

mailto:Sheila.l.Pusey.civ@us.navy.mil