Ketchikan Call Out Tugs

Behm Canal Tug and Harbor Support Services
Ketchikan, Alaska

1. Action Code:  Presolicitation
2. Date:  07 July 207
3. Year:  Fiscal Year:  2017
4. Contracting Office Zip Code:  23511
5. Classification Code:  V124
6. Contracting Office Address:  471 East C Street, Norfolk, Virginia
7. Subject: In the event that a submarine operating at the NAVSEA SEAFAC facility was unable to safely and/or effectively maneuver on its own, the services of a tug would be required to maneuver, or assist in maneuvering, the submarine.
8. Proposed Solicitation Number:  N32205-17-R-3521
9. Closing Response Date: TBD
10. Contact Point or Contracting Officer:  Kolby Harold  (Kolby.Harold@navy.mil)
11. Contract Award and Solicitation Number:  N32205-17-R-3521
12. Contract Award Dollar Amount: 
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16. Description:  The Military Sealift Command (MSC) requests a U.S. flagged tug in the immediate vicinity of the Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC) located in Behm Canal near Ketchikan, Alaska. The following illustrates the call-out services required under this contract:
i.  Owner's representative have adequate staff and communications to promptly respond to a Government's request for services under this contract on a 24-hour-day basis.
ii.  Provide emergency line handling, towing, twisting, mooring, assisting, pulling and escorting services to a USN  submarine operating in the immediate vicinity of the NAVSEA SEAFAC facility in Behm Canal, Alaska. 
This is a requirements contract. Estimates for call outs will be provided; however, there is not a guarantee of work.

a. Unit of issue: n/a
b. Destination information: The place of performance shall be in the geographical region(s) of Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC) located in Behm Canal near Ketchikan, Alaska
c. Delivery schedule: n/a
d. Procedures:  n/a
e. Anticipated Award Date: 21 September 2017
f. The solicitation will be made available on www.fbo.gov on or about 17 July 2017
g. Set-aside Status:  No Set Aside

17. The decision for this requirement to be full and open was determined from Market Research.  Previous procurements for this supply have shown that there is no expectation to receive quotes from two or more small businesses.  MSC's Small Business office agreed to this decision on 03 July 2017.