N6247018R2003_Pre-Sol_Synopsis_Final.pdf

This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to identify potential offerors.

This acquisition will result in the award of a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract and solicit offers from contractors to procure a heavy lift portal crane to be installed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The crane shall be a portal type with a rotating superstructure, luffing boom, main hoist and an auxiliary (aux) hoist designed to meet the dimensional and functional requirements of the specification. The crane shall be built to the design of a registered professional engineer. The contractor shall provide engineering services, labor, supervision, equipment, quality control, materials, supplies and construction services. The crane shall be designed, fabricated, assembled, shop tested, delivery, installed, inspected, field tested and made ready for use in accordance with the specification.

The best value source selection process to be used for this acquisition is the tradeoff analysis process as described in FAR 15. This acquisition will be solicited as full and open competition on an unrestricted basis.

Award will be made to the responsible offeror, whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is considered to be the most advantageous to the government, as a result of a best value evaluation. The government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals prior to award and also to negotiate with any or all offerors. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED

AN AWARD IS ANTICIPATED WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS OR ANY CONTACT

CONCERNING THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED. Offerors should not assume they will be contacted, or afforded the opportunity to qualify, discuss, or revise their proposals.

The planned period of performance will be approximately 31 months from award to completion.

The solicitation will require the evaluation of price and the following non-cost/price factors:

Factor 1 – Recent, Relevant Experience of the Firm Factor 2 – Small Business Utilization Factor 3 – Safety Factor 4 – Past Performance on Recent, Relevant Projects

Information concerning registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) may be obtained by visiting the website http://www.sam.gov /. Be advised that failure to register in SAM makes an offeror ineligible for award of a DoD contract.

This solicitation will be issued as N62470-18-R-2003. The estimated date that the solicitation will be available is April 26, 2018 and the estimated due date for proposals is May 25, 2018. This solicitation will be available in electronic format only. All documents will be in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. Contractors are strongly encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the NAVY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ONLINE (NECO): https://www.neco.navy.mil/. It is the contractor’s responsibility to check the Internet site listed above daily for any posted changes to the solicitation plans and specifications. The date for the pre-proposal conference will be published in the solicitation. Questions concerning this solicitation must be submitted in writing to Lisa Sumpter, Contract Specialist, at lisa.sumpter@navy.mil.