Corrosion Testing

Added: Oct 19, 2015 9:41 am The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) located in Bethesda, MD has a requirement for 4 Navy standard Peck and Hale type XVIII fitting for corrosion testing, on a non-competitive firm fixed price purchase order with Alcoa Defense Inc. The contractor shall perform alternate immersion testing in accordance with the requirements of ASTM G44 Standard Practice for Exposure of Metals and Alloys by Alternate Immersion in Neutral 3.5% Sodium Chloride Solution and salt fog testing in accordance with ASTM B117 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus. The contractor shall work with the navy to finalize the corrosion testing requirements. The contractor shall perform periodic visual inspections during the corrosion testing to gage the corrosion performance of the FDTDs. At the conclusion of the corrosion testing, the contractor shall perform structural pull testing of the FDTDs. The contractor shall work with the Navy and Austal to finalize the structural pull testing requirements.

The contractor shall submit a final report documenting the corrosion test results, inspection, follow-on pull testing, and analysis.

The NAICS code is 541380. The proposed contract action is being solicited on a sole-source basis to Alcoa Defense Inc. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.

Potential sources may submit their interest in this requirement with their capability statements no later than 08:00 26 October 2015.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.  A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  Interested parties should be registered in SAM and should forward their capability statements /quotes to Marvin Bethea by e-mail at marvin.bethea@navy.mil.   

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals.