Industrial compressed gases, gas handling and delivery, hardware, accessories, bulk tank supplies, associated services and data

This synopsis is being posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website located at http://www.fbo.gov, the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line (NECO) website located at https://www.neco.navy.mil/, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Acquisition website located at http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/crane/working/contracting. FBO is the primary point of entry to be used when access to synopses and solicitations from the World Wide Web is required. However, the NECO webpage as well as the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Acquisition webpage serve as alternatives if the FBO website is unavailable.



Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division anticipates award of a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to one or more vendors which will be used to order compressed gases delivered as cylinder and/or bulk, associated handling, associated hardware, accessories and associated data to support the operations of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), Glendora Lake facility, Naval Support Activity (NSA), and other Government agencies located on the NSA Crane facility.

The Procedures at FAR part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items will be utilized. The number of cylinders is dynamic. The current number is between 1480 and 1625 contractor owned cylinders on center at approximately 100 different locations. There are 47 Government owned bulk tanks and 1 contractor owned bulk tank. Split awards may be made. The Government will solicit pricing for job orders to be issued during year one, subsequent annual pricing will be solicited prior to the awarded BOA anniversary date, on an annual basis, which may result in additional BOA awards for each subsequent year. The award decision(s) will be based on best value to the Government, evaluation criteria past performance and price with past performance being more important than price.

Past performance will be evaluated on the contractor’s ability to demonstrate past experience on similar requirements. Delivery requirements will be 3 work days after order placement or in case of emergency 24 hours after order placement. Delivery will be FOB Destination, NSWC Crane, Crane, IN 47522-5000. Inspection and acceptance will be at destination. Note: This is a 100% Small Business Set Aside. All amendments to the requirement that occur prior to the closing date will be posted to Crane web site, FedBizOpps and NECO. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor the Crane website, FedBizOpps and NECO for amendments that may be issued to this synopsis. For changes made after the closing date, only those offerors that provide a proposal will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and/or award.

“No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailedâ€. The POC is Ms. Lynn Masterson-Brinegar, Code CXMSVE, at telephone 812-854-8865, Fax 812-854-3805 or email lynn.masterson-brine@navy.mil.