Notice of Intent_final.pdf

Presolicitation Notice: N00014-21-R-SS06

Description: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) intends to issue a Cost Plus Fixed Fee award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency

Requirements,” on or about 01 March 2021 to Oceaneering International, Incorporated (OII) to construct and demonstrate at sea, a developmental prototype At-Sea Material Transfer System developed under the

Compensated Lift and Advanced Mooring System (CLAMS) special project.

The CLAMS prototype system developed under a previous initiative is a system of systems. The technical feasibility of CLAMS was planned for demonstration through the testing of the individual subsystems using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations prior to a follow-on effort to integrate these sub-systems for shipboard demonstration under a government-led integration and testing effort. The performer will integrate the prototype macro crane, micro crane, advanced motion controller (AMC) and the advance mooring system (AMS) into a fully integrated CLAMS. This integration will be performed on a contractor provided barge suitable for testing at sea. The performer will conduct land based testing and tuning to demonstrate to the government that CLAMS is ready for at-sea testing and will then support government led at-sea tests. The performer will also support disposition of CLAMS at the conclusion of testing.

This effort seeks to integrate the individual CLAMS subsystems into the larger At-Sea Precision Lift (ASPL) system of systems prototype for testing and demonstration. As part of the overarching ASPL system, the CLAMS sub-systems will be operated in a series of demonstrations in 2022 to validate its technical feasibility in a relevant operating environment. Work is expected to be completed by 30 Sept 2022.

Oceaneering Engineering Inc. developed the crane and advanced mooring system technologies under previous

Future Naval Capability (FNC) Science and Technology (S&T) programs under competitively awarded contracts, N00014-05-D-0521 and N00014-11-D-0327 respectively. As individual subsystem prototypes, they do not achieve the capability the Navy ultimately seeks under the CLAMS project, namely a system for the precise transfer of materials underway. That capability can be fully developed only through physical integration of all of the subsystems to test their interoperability.

As the subsystem developer for CLAMS, OII is the only responsible source in a position to effectively and efficiently perform that integration. ONR has invested an estimated $33.3M into the CLAMS subsystems to date.

Issuing a competitive solicitation for the integration of these subsystems is estimated to more than double the estimated cost associated with awarding the work to OII. This is due to the significant amount of re-work, knowledge transfer, technology development, and respective time needed for another performer to become current with this effort. Therefore, award to another source for these highly specialized services is likely to result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541715 “Research and

Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences” with the size standard of 1,000 employees.

This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes; however, all responsible sources may submit a quotation and technical capabilities, which, if received within fifteen calendar days of publication of this notice, shall be considered by ONR as required by FAR 6.302-1(d)(2).

Interested parties shall furnish the following information:

1. Name of the Organization

2. Address of the Organization

3. CAGE Code and DUNS Number for the Organization

4. If a Small Business, indicate Small Business Type(s) (e.g., Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a) Certified, HUBZone Certified, Veteran Owned Small Business, and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business)

5. Telephone/Fax Number, Address, and Email address for the primary point of contact for Capabilities Statement

6. A description of your organization’s capability to meet the requirements stated above

7. A summary of your organization’s history relative to similar requirements

8. A list of current contracts held of similar requirements to the information listed above, include:

Contract Number

Agency

Total dollar value

Period of performance

Contract type (FFP, CPFF, CPAF, T&M etc…)

9. Contract Vehicles/Schedules held by your organization (ex. GSA/GWAC/NITAAC).

As much as possible, it is preferred that capability statements be nonproprietary. However, capability statements with company-sensitive data and concepts will be accepted, and the Government will respect restricted data markings. Responders are expected to appropriately mark their submissions that contain proprietary information.

Receipt of classified materials is not anticipated. Capability statements shall not exceed five (5) pages in length

(excluding a cover page)

All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the email address shown below. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Contracting Office Address:

Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR), Code – ONR 251, 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA 22203-1995.

Government Point of Contact: Joshua Lenfest, Joshua.d.lenfest@navy.mil.