Design-Build FFT DCWT - Sources Sought Notice (OSBP Review) MG Resolved 2.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR DESIGN/BUILD OF FIREFIGHTING TRAINER (FFT) AND

DAMAGE CONTROL WET TRAINER (DCWT)

BACKGROUND: The 19F5 Recruit Firefighting Trainer (FFT) in Great Lakes, IL has been in-service for over 30 years. The Navy training requirements have evolved and a new facility with both FFT and Damage Control Wet Trainer (DCWT) training capabilities is needed to meet the student throughput demand. The Damage Control Wet Trainer (DCWT) is utilized to train and evaluate damage control team performance in the identification, reporting, and repair of flooding casualties resulting from piping ruptures and ship collisions.

SCOPE: The scope includes but is not limited to the following tasks:

1. Provide Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) all trainer design to support mechanical and electrical components for all Fire Fighting Trainer (FFT) and

Damage Control Wet Trainer (DCWT) equipment.

2. Provide a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) system trainer design that allows for local and remote control functions.

3. Incorporate a trainer system to include E-Stops, ventilation control, propane detection and temperature monitoring system.

4. Provide and maintain trainer documentation to support Government System Engineering

Technical Reviews (SETR) and logistics life cycle support documentation sets for the operation and maintenance of the trainer.

5. The Contractor shall not use proprietary information.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Work will be performed at Great Lakes, IL.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS): The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541330 (Engineering Services), Exception 1:

Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons, with a Small Business Size Standard of $47.0M. The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is 6910 (Training Aids).

*NOTE 01: The current SBA Table of Small Business Size Standards was updated 17 March

2023; since the beginning of 2022, the SBA has regularly updated the table to account for inflation. Businesses must update their SAM.gov profiles in order to have their small business status reflects the most current small business size standards. Until updated, the SAM profiles will continue to display the small business status under outdated size standards.

*NOTE 02: In accordance with 13 C.F.R. 121.104, the current calculation for dollar (monetary) value based NAICS codes is average total receipts over the last five (5) completed fiscal years.

*NOTE 03: In accordance with 13 C.F.R. 121.106, the current calculation for employee based

NAICS codes is average number of employees used for each pay period for the preceding completed 24 calendar months.

REQUESTED RESPONSE: Interested parties are requested to submit the following:

1. A brief synopsis of your firm’s interest in and demonstrated capability to perform the

Government’s intended work (no greater than 7 pages). Please include:

a. Information about your company (CAGE code and Unique Entity ID)

b. Identify if your company is considered small under the size standard associated with the chosen NAICS code.

c. Identify your company’s socio-economic status [i.e., WOSB, EDWOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, or 8(a)].

d. Please address if your company is interested in participating as a Prime or

Subcontractor. If interested in the Prime contractor role and plan on subcontracting to other companies in order to deliver technical capability, please provide details on exactly which tasks will be assigned to those Subcontractors; in addition, provide the names of those anticipated Subcontractors, and list the anticipated percentage of small business subcontracting.

e. Please provide 3 previous contracts within the last 5 years that demonstrate the firm’s past performance and technical ability to perform the anticipated tasks to include work experience on FFTs and DCWTs using PLC systems. NOTE: The

Government is seeking sources with experience designing and building firefighting trainers.

f. Please provide 3 previous contracts within the last 5 years that demonstrate the firm’s past performance and technical ability to perform the anticipated tasks to include work experience with pipe plumbing, control valves and water pumps.

NOTE: The Government is seeking sources with experience developing these specific services.

g. Please provide 3 previous contracts within the last 5 years that demonstrate the firm’s past performance and technical ability to perform the anticipated tasks which includes working with new and existing construction projects that include developing design of propane fed live-fire scenarios as a National Fire Protection

Association (NFPA) and National Electrical Code (NEC) certified company.

Responses and questions are requested to be sent via email to Alex Noriega at alex.t.noriega.civ@us.navy.mil. Provide responses no later than 5 PM Eastern, 09 October 2024.

The Government will use the responses to the Sources Sought to make an informed decision concerning the strategy it will pursue to meet its objectives and, if the Government elects to proceed with a procurement, to structure the solicitation to maximize commercial sector interest.

LIMITATION ON SUBCONTRACTING: If you are a small business interested in being the

Prime Contractor for this effort, please be advised that the FAR 52.219-14, “Limitations on

Subcontracting,” Class Deviation 2021-O0008, Revision 1, is now in effect which includes the mailto:%20alex.t.noriega.civ@us.navy.mil mailto:%20alex.t.noriega.civ@us.navy.mil definition of “Similarly Situated Entity” and provides a methodology for the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small business primes may count “first-tier subcontracted” work performed by Similarly Situated Entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of Class Deviation 2021-O0008, Revision 1 - Limitations on Subcontracting for

Small Business, dated 15 February 2023, at

[https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA000277-23-DPC.pdf].

To assist in our market research and determination for this effort, if you are a small business interested in priming this effort and plan to utilize “Similarly Situated Entities” to meet the

Limitations on Subcontracting, please identify the name, Unique Entity ID, and CAGE Code of the specific company(s) you intend to partner/subcontract with to meet the requirements as well as their small business size status under the NAICS Code that you as the prime would assign for their workshare. Information regarding any planned “Similarly Situated Entity” should be included in answering any questions outlined in the SSN in order to assist the Government’s capability determination.

DISCLAIMER: This Sources Sought is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for proposal. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary.