Afloat Maintenance for NEPO Systems

This amendment posts responses to industry questions and changes Sections B, C, and I.

This amendment posts the solicitation and attachments, and provides a response date of 3 September 2013 (9AM).

The NAVFAC Expeditionary Programs Office requires maintenance and repairs of systems staged onboard the Maritime Prepositioned Force (MPF). The systems are the Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS), Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS), Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM-8s), and Maritime Prepositioning Force Utility Boat (MPFUBs). The contractor will perform the maintenance, repair, limited technical inspection, and custody management of INLS, ABLTS, LCM-8s, and MPFUBs.



The MPF consists of two Maritime Prepositioned Ship (MPS) Squadrons: MPS Squadron Two, located at Diego Garcia; and MPS Squadron Three, in the Guam/Saipan area. The MPF squadrons consist of ten prepositioned ships with the subject systems stored on the weather decks.





MPF ships operate in three-year deployment cycles that include a return to CONUS (Continental United States) for major maintenance and supply refreshment. This cycle is called the MPF Maintenance Cycle (MC) which includes an availability held every three years at Blount Island Command (BIC).



The INLS is a system of steel modules that are interconnected by rigid and flexible connections. The individual non-powered modules are nominally 80’ long, 24’ wide, and 8’ deep.



The ABLTS is a reel-laid buoyant hose system for fuel or water transfer. The system has a total of three hose reels. Two of the reels are capable of deploying 5,000 feet of 6-inch fuel hose; the third hose reel has 10,000 feet of 4-inch potable water hose.





LCM-8s transport cargo, troops and vehicles between ships and shore, and also perform lighter and utility work in harbors. Its hydraulically operated bow ramp allows RORO operations with wheeled and tracked vehicles. LCM-8s are 73’7†long, 21’1†wide, have a draft of 4’7†and weigh approximately 75 LT.



MPFUBs were designed to transfer personnel and equipment and provide protection and security in the area of operations. MPFUBs are 41’1†long, 14’6†wide, have a draft of 2’6†and weigh approximately 11 LT.