Notice of Intent to Award Sole SOurce

The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research will award an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to integrate individual subsystem prototypes developed under previous contracts into a fully demonstrated At-Sea Material Transfer System prototype. Work will include integrating a macro crane, micro crane, advanced motion controller, and advanced mooring system aboard a contractor-provided barge for land-based testing and at-sea demonstrations in 2022 to achieve a capability for precise material transfer underway. Interested parties may submit five page capability statements by March 15th for consideration.

The solicitation is set aside as a sole source award to Oceaneering International, Inc, as the original developer of the subsystem technologies. No set-aside is used. The effort aims to achieve a prototype demonstration in 2022 with place of performance aboard a contractor barge. Interested parties may submit five page capability statements by March 15th though the solicitation is identified as a sole source award to Oceaneering International, Inc. as the only responsible source able to efficiently perform the integration.