Draft RFP* 58--Undersea Warfare Training Range(USWTR)Increment II & III

This is a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) Contracts Department’s requirement to Redevelopment and Modernize (R and M) four deep water ranges and add two shallow ranges abutting the existing deep-water Southern California Anti-Submarine Offshore Range (SOAR).  The four deep water ranges are as follows:

1. Barking Sands Tactical Underwater Range (BARSTUR) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Hawaii

2. Barking Sands Undersea Range Expansion (BSURE) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Hawaii,

3. Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) located in the Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO), Bahamas

4. Southern California Anti-Submarine Offshore Range located offshore SCI, California.

The two new shallow ranges are as follows:

1. West SWTR located over Tanner/Cortes bank, California

2. East SWTR located on the western side of San Clemente Island (SCI), California

Please refer to the attachments for further details.

Please note that not all documents are available at this time. A competition library of applicable documents related to this solicitation is available by request from the PCO or CS listed below:

Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO):

Andrea Gordon-Eubanks

Email: andrea.gordon@navy.mil

Contract Specialist (CS):

Tyronza Jean-Louis

Email: tyronza.jeanlouis@navy.mil

A Virtual Pre Solicitation Conference is scheduled for 29 September 2020 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT). Refer to the Pre Solicitation and Registration attachment for further details.

The anticipated award date is 01 June 2021.

The NAICS code is 334511, with a size standard of 1,250 employees.

If you are a small business interested in being the prime contractor for this effort, please be advised that the FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting clause has changed. Deviation 2019-O0003 is now in effect which adds the definition of “Similarly Situated Entity” and changes the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small business primes may now count “first tier subcontracted” work performed by similarly situated entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of the clause deviation (52.219-14 Class Deviation 2019-O0003 dates 12/3/18 at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vmfara.htm ).

This is not a request for proposal. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary.  Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Tyronza Jean-Louis, Contract Specialist via email at tyronza.jeanlouis@navy.mil, 407-900-5848 and no one else.