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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

Contractor Chartered Unmanned Sailing Vessels for Scientific Research

(I) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and 13.5 Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(II) This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). Submit written quotes on RFQ Number NRMAH000-16-00521.

(III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-88-1, June 15, 2016, available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm.

(IV) This solicitation is being issued as full and open completion with a NAICS code of 541712 Oceanographic R&D Laboratory or Services; the small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

(V) This combined solicitation/synopsis is for purchase of the following commercial services/equipment:

Contractor Chartered Unmanned Sailing Vessels for Scientific Research in accordance with Attachment 1, Performance Work Statement.

Year 1:

Item 1: Day Rate for Saildrone Data Missions* $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Day Rate for Saildrone R&D** $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: Altitude Heading Reference Sensor (AHRS) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price

Year 2:

Item 1: Day Rate for Saildrone Data Missions* $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Day Rate for Saildrone R&D** $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: Altitude Heading Reference Sensor (AHRS) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price

Year 3:

Item 1: Day Rate for Saildrone Data Missions* $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Day Rate for Saildrone R&D** $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: Altitude Heading Reference Sensor (AHRS) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm

Year 4:

Item 1: Day Rate for Saildrone Data Missions* $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Day Rate for Saildrone R&D** $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: Altitude Heading Reference Sensor (AHRS) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price

Year 5:

Item 1: Day Rate for Saildrone Data Missions* $ _____ Unit Price Item 2: Day Rate for Saildrone R&D** $ _____ Unit Price Item 3: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price Item 4: Altitude Heading Reference Sensor (AHRS) (Optional) $ _____ Unit Price

*ODCs including shipping, travel and data transmission charges will be negotiated on individual task orders. The daily rate should not include ODC charges. Rate includes support for vessel pilot during missions and a standard suite of instruments on the vessel.

**ODCs will be negotiated on individual task orders. Rate supports integration of instrumentation supplying power, integrating instruments with data systems, and testing functionality.

(VI) Description of requirements is as follows:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) makes critical observations and conducts groundbreaking research advancing knowledge of the global ocean and its interactions with the earth, atmosphere, ecosystems, and climate. Key research areas at PMEL include ocean acidification, tsunami detection and forecasting, hydrothermal vent systems, fisheries oceanography, and long term climate monitoring and analysis. Unmanned Sailing Vessels (USV) equipped for oceanographic research will be deployed for research missions. These services, summarized above, may include charter data missions and vessel research and development (R&D).

The vendor is required to have expertise with USVs equipped for oceanographic research. The USVs must be capable of surviving in the open ocean, with a demonstrated mission endurance of at least three months.

Please see Attachment 1, Performance Work Statement.

(VII) The period of performance/ordering period is estimated as August 15, 2016 to August 14, 2021. It will consist of five 1-year performance/ordering periods. Delivery dates and place of delivery will vary based on each task order. Delivery is FOB Destination, as applicable.

(VIII) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (OCT 2015), applies to this acquisition.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1:

By submitting the proposal the Offeror certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the prices offered for those items or services (whether or not separately identified) that are offered are no higher than the lowest price at which such items or services were offered or sold to its most favored customer under similar conditions of quantity and delivery during the most recent regular monthly, quarterly, or other period for which sale data are reasonably available, provided that in no event shall this period be less than one month in duration.

CAR 1352.215-70 Proposal Preparation (APR 2010)

Proposal preparation

(a) General Instructions. Proposals are expected to conform to solicitation provisions and be prepared in accordance with this section. To aid in evaluation, the proposal shall be clearly and concisely written, neatly presented, indexed (cross-indexed as appropriate), and logically assembled. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the name of the offeror, the date of the offer, and the solicitation number.

Each volume shall be clearly marked by volume number and title.

(b) Overall Arrangement of Proposal.

(1) VOLUME I - BUSINESS PROPOSAL

(i) Volume I, Business Proposal, consists of the actual offer to enter into a contract to perform the desired work. It also includes required representations, certifications, and acknowledgments, if applicable; and any other required administrative information.

(ii) Format and Content. Volume I, Business Proposal, shall include the following documents (in the order listed):

Price proposal for each year in the five year ordering period for the Contractor Chartered Unmanned Sailing Vessels for Scientific Research, which must include pricing for all years and optional equipment purchases (ADCP, AHRS).

(2) VOLUME II - TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

(i) General. (A) Volume II, technical proposal, consists of the offeror's proposal delineating its capabilities and how it intends to perform contract requirements. Offerors are instructed to provide a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. The technical description may contain descriptive literature and a capability statement describing qualifications to perform requirements listed in sections (V) and (VI). The Technical proposal will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria contained in (IX) FAR 52.212- 2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (OCT 2014). The technical proposal must contain technical specifications indicating the product’s ability to meet or exceed the requirements in the solicitation. Only proposals that address and meet all requirements set forth in this solicitation will be considered acceptable. (B) In order that the technical proposal may be evaluated strictly on the merit of the material submitted, no contractual price information is to be included in Volume II. (C) The technical proposal must be typed with one inch margins, on 8 ½” by 11” paper, not exceeding 20 pages, double-sided, exclusive of resumes and related corporate experience documentation. Any pages in excess of 20 will be disregarded, and will not be included in the proposal evaluation.

Failure of the offeror to comply with the page limitations, resulting in the excess pages not being evaluated, shall not constitute grounds for a protest.

(ii) Format and Content. Volume II, Technical Proposal, shall include the following contents:

(A) Table of Contents

(B) List of Tables and Figures

(C) Summary of Technical Proposal

(D) Technical Proposal

(E) Exceptions and Deviations. These major headings may be subdivided or supplemented by the offeror as appropriate.

(1) Summary. This section shall provide a summary that addresses each of the technical evaluation factors set out in (IX) FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (OCT 2014).

(2) Technical Proposal. The offeror shall clearly address each of the technical evaluation criteria in (IX) FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (OCT 2014).

i) Technical capability and corporate experience providing the service offered to meet the Government requirement;

ii) Price;

iii) Past Performance.

(3) Exceptions and Deviations. This section shall identify and explain any exceptions or deviations taken to any part of the solicitation or conditional assumptions made with respect to the technical requirements of the solicitation. Offerors should note that taking exceptions to the Government's requirements may indicate an unwillingness or inability to perform the contract, and the proposal may be evaluated as such.

(D) Past Performance. Include recent and relevant contracts (a minimum of three) for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers, and other relevant information); and

The offeror shall submit one original of Volume II, marked as such.

(End of Provision)

(IX) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items (OCT 2014), applies to this acquisition.

Paragraph (a) is hereby completed as follows: The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) technical capability and corporate experience providing the service offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price and (iii) past performance.

Technical and past performance, when combined, are equal to price.

(X) The offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (APR 2016), with its quote. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the SAM website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (q) of this provision.

(XI) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (MAY 2015), applies to this acquisition.

(XII) The clause at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items (JUN 2016) applies to this acquisition. The following clauses under subparagraph (b) apply: (1), (6), (7), (14), (16), (18), (19), (25), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), (34), (35), (54), (58). The following clauses under subparagraph (c) apply: None.

(XIII) The following clauses and provisions are also applicable to this acquisition:

FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) FAR 52.245-1 Government Property FAR 52.245-9 Use and Charges CAR 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-72 Restrictions Against Disclosure (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest (APR 2010) CAR 1352.216-74 Task Orders https://www.acquisition.gov/

FAR 52.203-99 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT

REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (FEB 2015)

[DEVIATION 2005-02]

(a) The Contractor shall not require employees or subcontractors seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The contractor shall notify employees that the prohibitions and restrictions of any internal confidentiality agreements covered by this clause are no longer in effect.

(c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(d)(1) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), use of funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act may be prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause.

(2) The Government may seek any available remedies in the event the Contractor fails to comply with the provisions of this clause.

(End of Clause)

FAR 52.216-18 - Ordering (OCT 1995)

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from August 1, 2016 through July 31, 2017, plus four one-year option periods.

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered “issued” when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule.

FAR 52.216-19 - Order Limitations (OCT 1995)

(a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than$10,000.00, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract.

(b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor -

(1) Any order for a single item in excess of $350,000.00;

(2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $2,500,000.00; or

(3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 60 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section.

(c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216- 21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 10 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor’s intent not to ship the item (or items) called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the supplies or services from another source.

FAR 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (APR 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

CAR 1352.216-75 Minimum and Maximum Contract Amounts (APR 2010)

During the term of the contract, the Government shall place orders totaling a minimum of $10,000.00 over the life of the contract. The amount of all orders shall not exceed $2,500,000.00.

CAR 1352.216-76 Placement of Orders (APR 2010)

(a) The contractor shall provide goods and/or services under this contract only as directed in task orders issued by authorized individuals. In accordance with FAR 16.505, each order will include:

(1) Date of order;

(2) Contract number and order number;

(3) Item number and description, quantity, and unit price or estimated cost or fee;

(4) Delivery or performance date;

(5) Place of delivery or performance (including consignee);

(6) Packaging, packing, and shipping instructions, if any;

(7) Accounting and appropriation data;

(8) Method of payment and payment office, if not specified in the contract;

(9) Any other pertinent information.

(b) In accordance with FAR 52.216-18, Ordering, the following individuals (or activities) are authorized to place orders against this contract:

Any NOAA authorized Contracting Officer.

CAR 1352.233-70 Agency Protests (APR 2010)

(a) An agency protest may be filed with either: (1) the contracting officer, or (2) at a level above the contracting officer, with the appropriate agency Protest Decision Authority. See 64 Fed. Reg. 16,651 (April 6, 1999).

(b) Agency protests filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address:

Mark E. Caban, Contracting Officer Western Acquisition Division – SOU6 325 Broadway Boulder, Colorado 80305-3328 Phone Number: (303) 497-6875 mark.caban@noaa.gov mailto:mark.caban@noaa.gov

(c) Agency protests filed with the agency Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address:

Barry Berkowitz, Senior Procurement Director and Director, Office of Acquisition Management U.S. Department of Commerce Room 6422 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230

FAX: (202) 482-1711

(d) A complete copy of all agency protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing a protest with either the Contracting Officer or the Protest Decision Authority.

(e) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows:

Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division U.S. Department of Commerce Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230

FAX: (202) 482–5858

CAR 1352.233-71 GAO and Court of Claims Protests (APR 2010)

Full text of CAR clauses is available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfcara.htm.

CAR 1352.237-74 Progress Reports (APR 2010)

The contractor shall submit, to the Government, a progress report every 1 month after the effective date of the contract, and every 1 month thereafter during the period of performance.

The contractor shall deliver progress reports that summarize the work completed during the performance period, the work forecast for the following period, and state the names, titles and number of hours expended for each of the contractor's professional personnel assigned to the contract, including officials of the contractor. The report shall also include any additional information - including findings and recommendations - that may assist the Government in http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfcara.htm evaluating progress under this contract. The first report shall include a detailed work outline of the project and the contractor's planned phasing of work by reporting period.

CAR 1352.245-70 Government Furnished Property (APR 2010)

The Government will provide the following item(s) of Government property to the contractor.

The contractor shall be accountable for, and have stewardship of, the property in the performance of this contract. This property shall be used and maintained by the contractor in accordance with provisions of the “Government Property” clause included in this contract.

Items to be specified in individual task orders.

CPARS REGISTRATION

The value of this procurement requires that the winning vendor be registered in the Contractor Performance Assessment and Reporting System (CPARS) at http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/cparsmain.htm. Registration within 30 days of contract award is required.

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FAR 52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements—Representation (DEVIATION 2015-02)

Insert the following provision in all solicitations that will use Federal funds, including solicitations for the acquisition of commercial items under FAR part 12.

(a) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it does not require employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/cparsmain.htm employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

FAR 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions (APR 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)

(a) Contractor performance will be evaluated and reported in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) pursuant to the following thresholds:

• Contracts/Task/Delivery Orders totaling $150,000 and above

• Construction Contracts/Task Orders totaling $650,000 and above

• Architect/Engineer Contracts/Task Orders totaling $30,000 and above.

(b) The report will be compiled by the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative. For IDIQ contracts, the contractor will be rated on the base contract and all task order/delivery orders meeting the above thresholds.

(c) The contractor will be provided an electronic copy of the performance report and will have 30 days to enter comments directly into CPARS and, if desired, appeal the rating. If the contractor fails to respond within 30 calendar days, the Assessing Official has the option to close the assessment. In the event the contractor chooses to appeal the Assessing Official's rating, the Contracting Officer will refer the matter to the Reviewing Official. This “level above” review is the sole appeal process for negative performance reports. The decision of the Reviewing Official will be final and conclusive.

(d) The contractor is requested designate a Contractor Representative responsible for reviewing the Government's assessment:

Contractor Representative Name: ____________________________________________ Contractor Representative Email Address: _____________________________________

(e) Once a contract is registered by the Focal Point, a system generated email will be sent to the Contractor Representative with their User ID. New users will obtain a temporary password by using the 'Forgot Password' function on the CPARS login page. In the event it is necessary to replace the above Contractor Representative, it is the responsibility of the contractor to notify the Government's CPARS Focal Point via e-mail at: mark.caban@noaa.gov.

POST-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS

By submission of an offer in response to a NOAA solicitation or acceptance of a contract, the contractor acknowledges the restrictions of current NOAA employees regarding contact with offerors regarding prospective employment and the corresponding obligations for contractors who engage them. The contractor further acknowledges that it has provided notice to former NOAA employees who will provide service to NOAA under the contract of post-Government employment restrictions that apply to them. Such restrictions include, but are not limited to, those set forth in:

(a) 41 U.S.C. 2103 regarding contacts between a federal employee working on a procurement and an offeror about prospective employment;

(b) 18 U.S.C. 207 regarding the restrictions on former federal employees having contact with a federal agency on behalf of another person or entity concerning a specific party matter which the former employee was involved as a federal employee or for which the former federal employee had official responsibility;

(c) 18 U.S.C. 207 regarding the restrictions on former senior employees and senior political employees from having contact with his former federal agency on behalf of another person or entity concerning any official matter; and

(d) 41 U.S.C. 2104 regarding the restriction on a former federal employee involved in an acquisition over $10,000,000 from accepting compensation from a contractor.

(XIV) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) do not apply.

(XV) The Government intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm Fixed Price task orders.

(XVI) Quotes are due in the contracting office no later than COB on July 26, 2016. All quotes must be emailed to the attention of Julia Hamilton at julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov.

(XVII) For information concerning this solicitation contact Julia Hamilton at julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov or Mark Caban at mark.caban@noaa.gov. All questions must be received three business days after the release of the solicitation.

mailto:mark.caban@noaa.gov mailto:julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov mailto:julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov mailto:mark.caban@noaa.gov