Heavy Polar Icebreaker (HPIB) Detail Design and Construction (DD&C)

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 0012 to Solicitation N00024-18-R-2210 for the HPIB DD&C. The purpose of this Amendment is to respond to Bidders' Questions and make an update to Section C.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 0011 to Solicitation N00024-18-R-2210 for the HPIB DD&C. The purpose of this Amendment is to respond to Bidders' Questions and make an update to Section C.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 0010 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to respond to Bidder's Questions, change the Volume II Price Proposal submittal date from 14 September 2018 to 16 October 2018, and make an administrative change.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 0009 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to respond to Bidders' questions and provide Exhibit A CDRL Attachments A005-1, A091-1, and A091-2.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 0008 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to 1) Respond to Bidders' Questions for the N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP, 2) Update the Section C Statement of Work, 3) Changed the Section L Technical Proposal delivery date from 24 July 2018 to 24 August 2018, 4) Added additional delivery date clarification language to Section L and Section M, 5) Make various minor and administrative changes to the RFP, and 6) Provide updated Section J Attachments and Exhibits.

The purpose of this notice is to issue a revised Amendment 0007 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to respond to Bidders' questions.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 0007 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to respond to Bidders' questions.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 0006 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to respond to Bidders' Questions and make updates to: the Section B CLIN NOTES, Determination of Special Incentive clause, Section C C.3.070.1.1. Table 070-1, Section H 5252.216-9127 Economic Price Adjustments clause, Section L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Bidders, and Section M.7.2. SHARE RATIO.  Additionally, this notice provides updated Attachments J-22, J-17, and L-2 as well as a requested .pdf version of the NAVSEA 4280/2 form.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 5 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to respond to Bidders' questions, and to make an administrative correction to a previously provided response to a bidder's question.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 4 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to make minor and administrative changes, respond to Bidders' questions, and to provide Attachments J-1A, J-1B, and J-1C.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 2 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DDC RFP to make minor and administrative changes, and to respond to Bidder's questions.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 2 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to update the CLIN 0001 Not to Exceed (NTE) value from $140,000,000 to $270,000,000 in Section B, L and M and make minor edits to the CLIN 0001 Statement of Work.

The purpose of this notice is to issue Amendment 1 to N00024-18-R-2210 HPIB DD&C RFP to include minor and administrative changes, Section J Exhibit A Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), and Section J DRAFT Attachment J-10 Contract Security Classification Specification, DD254.

The United States Navy (USN), in collaboration with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) under an Integrated Program Office (IPO), is releasing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Heavy Polar Icebreaker (HPIB) program.

The RFP is for Advance Planning and Engineering Efforts, with options for the Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) of up to three (3) Heavy Polar Icebreaker (HPIB) cutters (N00024-18-R-2210). Support CLINs for Provisioned Items orders to outfit the ships and purchase spares, repair parts, and other special equipment; Engineering and Industrial Services in support of Government systems installation and post-delivery activities; Special Studies for Government-directed engineering tasks; and Crew Familiarization are anticipated to be incorporated into the resultant contract.

To enable ongoing program planning and responses to Congressional inquiries, the Coast Guard and Navy HPIB IPO desire input from prime offerors related to the benefits of Congressional authorization of Block Buy and/or Economic Order Quantity.  Submission of this information is voluntary and will not be used to evaluate any proposal submitted by the offeror in response to this RFP.  Email submissions providing dollarized estimated savings per ship for authorization provided for 1) all three cutters and 2) only the second and third cutters should be emailed to the Bidders Question contacts identified below with the email title "HPIB Block Buy/EOQ Input - Contractor Name."  Submissions within 60 days of RFP release are preferred.

Additional Information:

Certain attachments to the HPIB RFP contain sensitive information relating to critical technology which must be protected from release to unauthorized, non-U.S. entities and parties not having a valid need to know. Certain attachments within the HPIB RFP are marked as "Distribution Statement D."

Due to size limitations and certain documents requiring controlled access, the entire HPIB RFP will be posted to FedBizOpps (FBO) via multiple document packages which will be deemed "limited access" and "export controlled." All contractors must be granted "explicit access" by the Government in the FBO system in order to gain access to these limited access or export controlled packages. The Government does not intend to grant contractors access to these documents outside of the FBO site. Additionally, in order to access this document or individual sections, contractor must be certified by the Joint Certification Program (JCP) administered by the Defense Logistic Information Service (DLIS). Contractors must attach proof of JCP certification to their HPIB RFP requests. Instructions and procedures for being certified by JCP can be found at https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/PublicHome/jcp/default.aspx. Only those contractors that have current certification by JCP will be able to be granted explicit access to these packages via FBO by the Government.

Bidders Questions related to this RFP must be submitted on the form provided and emailed to the points of contact identified below. The deadline for the receipt of questions is 11 May 2018 at 11:00 am EST. Any questions received after this date may not be answered prior to the date designated for receipt of proposals. Please note that all Industry questions and responses received for this RFP will be treated as public information and will be released on FBO. In the event of proprietary questions the Government will work with the Contractor to sanitize any answers before posting to FBO. To assist the Government with tracking of Bidders Questions, please reference: "HPIB - N00024-18-R-2210" in the subject line of the email submission.

Inquires/questions concerning this announcement may be e-mailed to the representatives listed below. Please send e-mail(s) to ALL points of contact. No telephone inquiries will be accepted and request for a hard copy of the solicitation package will not be honored.

Points of Contact:

Contracting Officer Mr. James Platner, e-mail:  James.Platner@navy.mil;

Ms. Melissa Donnelly, e-mail: Melissa.Donnelly@navy.mil;

Mr. Greg Patrick, e-mail: Gregory.Patrick@uscg.mil; AND

Mr. David Barksdale, e-mail: David.S.Barksdale@uscg.mil 

Amendments to solicitation number N00024-18-R-2210 will be issued electronically via the FBO website at https://www.fbo.gov. Interested parties must comply with that announcement. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to participate in this procurement, at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

The contracting agency is: Naval Sea Systems Command, Shipbuilding Contracts Division, 1333 Isaac Hull Ave SE, Washington Navy Yard, DC. 20379-2020

The Naval Sea Systems Command plans to issue an unrestricted solicitation for the procurement of the Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) of up to three (3) Heavy Polar Icebreakers (HPIB) under a Fixed Price Incentive Firm (FPIF) Contract. This contract will award Advance Procurement and Detail Design, and include option line items to procure three (3) Heavy Polar Icebreakers. The contract will also include options for Provisioned Items orders to outfit the ships and purchase spares, repair parts, and other special equipment; Engineering and Industrial Services in support of Government systems installation and post-delivery activities; Special Studies for Government-directed engineering tasks; and Crew Familiarization. The HPIB will be procured utilizing full and open competition in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. Award is anticipated to be made to a single Offeror who offers the Best Value to the Government as determined by the tradeoff process as defined in Sections L and M of the Solicitation. The solicitation is anticipated to be posted within 30 days, this synopsis is provided as an advance notice.

This synopsis and any updates and/or changes for this planned procurement, the posting of the RFP, and any future Amendments to the RFP, will appear at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website located at http://www.fbo.gov. Inquires/questions concerning this announcement may be e-mailed to the Naval Sea Systems Command, Shipbuilding Contracts Division representatives listed below.

The points of contact for this posting are Ms. Melissa Donnelly, Contract Specialist, e-mail Melissa.Donnelly@navy.mil AND Mr. James Platner, Contracting Officer, e mail, James.Platner@navy.mil. Please send inquiries via e-mail to both points of contact. No telephone inquiries will be accepted and requests for solicitation packages will not be honored, as a solicitation is not prepared at this time. This notice does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.

The contracting agency is: Naval Sea Systems Command, 1333 Isaac Hull Ave SE, Washington Navy Yard, DC. 20379-2020