CVN Aircraft Carrier Nuclear Touch Labor

Added: Sep 23, 2016 5:23 pm  

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) Contracting Office (Code 440) located at 1400 Farragut Ave, Bremerton, WA 98314 is soliciting via a request for proposal (RFP) for a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) award in support of nuclear and nuclear touch labor in the maintenance/repair of a CVN aircraft carrier at PSNS. 

The government intends to award a sole source contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) under the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 2304 (c)(1) as the only responsible source as no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  HII-NNS is the only company capable of providing the support in accordance with OPNAVINST 4700.7L (4) (l).

This procurement will be conducted utilizing FAR Part 15 procedures.

The expertise and experience anticipated to be needed for the performance of this contract includes, but is not limited to, the following term touch labor support:

a. The contractor shall provide "A" qualified Radiological Controls Technicians (RCTs) and "A" qualified supervisors to support efforts onboard a CVN aircraft carrier at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) located at Bremerton, Washington.  The trade mix anticipated is as follows:

b. The contractor shall provide nuclear trade support for a CVN aircraft carrier at PSNS & IMF located at Bremerton, Washington.  The trade mix anticipated is as follows:

c. In accordance with OPNAVINST 4700.7L (4) (l), repairs, maintenance, and modernization of the propulsion plants in nuclear-powered ships involve unique considerations for technical and quality control, ship safety, radiological controls for occupational health and safety, and information security.

(1) Reactor plant maintenance, repair, and modernization beyond the capability or capacity of the organizational level shall be assigned only to nuclear capable fleet maintenance activities or private sector shipyards and performed following the requirements established by CNO (N00N), NAVSEA 08. 

(2) Depot-level repair, maintenance, and modernization for steam plant systems, electric plant systems, and those auxiliary ship systems that support the reactor plant and associated reactor safety systems in nuclear-powered ships shall be assigned only to nuclear-capable shipyards and performed per requirements established by COMNAVSEASYSCOM with NAVSEA 08 concurrence.

The applicable NAICS code for his requirement is 336611 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. The product service code is J999. 

The attached RFP N4523A-16-R-0019 for more information.