Special Time Charter, California

Added: Jun 07, 2018 11:47 am THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT AN OFFER. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY ANY COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION OF ANY SUBMISSION TO THIS MARKET SURVEY, OR TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.

1. THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC) REQUESTS A U.S. FLAG TOW VESSEL FOR A LARGE DIAMETER AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE (UUV). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE OPERATIONAL AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT SERVICES BY PROVIDING A US FLAG TUGBOAT, AND TWO RHIBS FOR THE TOW-LINE TRANSIT OF THE UUV AND TENDERING OF EXERCISE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. WHEN TOWING IS COMPLETE AND THE UUV IS DETACHED, THE TUG SHALL ACT AS THE EXERCISE SUPPORT PLATFORM. FURTHER DETAILS OR TUGBOAT AND RHIB TASKING ARE PROVIDED IN SECTION 1.11 (MINIMUM VESSEL REQUIREMENTS). ALL WORK IN THIS TASK WILL BE PERFORMED AT NAS NORTH ISLAND (NASNI) AND SURROUNDING LOCAL WATERS FOR EXERCISE SUPPORT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE OPERATIONAL AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT SERVICES BY PROVIDING A US FLAG TRANSPORT/CRANE BARGE VESSEL, US FLAG TOW VESSEL, US FLAG BERTHING VESSEL WITH SPACE FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) FACILITIES, AND TWO RHIBS FOR THE TRANSITS BETWEEN NSCNI AND THE WATERS SURROUNDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, DEPLOYMENT OF UUV IN WATERS SURROUNDING SAN CLEMENTE. THE TRANSPORT/CRANE BARGE VESSEL AND TOW VESSEL SHALL PROVIDE DEPLOYMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES FOR THE UUV.

2. AREA OF OPERATIONS: OPERATIONS SHALL BE CONDUCTED OUT OF NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND (NASNI), SAN DIEGO, CA, SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (SCI) CA, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OFFSHORE ASW RANGE (SOAR), AND THE SURROUNDING LOCAL WATERS FOR EXERCISE SUPPORT. PORT SERVICES WILL BE UNAVAILABLE AT SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND.

3. LAYDAYS: CHARTER PERIOD 1: 18 SEPTEMBER 2018 AT 0700

                  CHARTER PERIOD 2: 23 OCTOBER 2018 AT 0700

4. DELIVERY: NASNI, SAN DIEGO, CA

5. CHARTER PERIODS: CHARTER PERIOD 1: 18-20 SEPTEMBER 2018

                                  CHARTER PERIOD 2: 23-31 OCTOBER 2018

6-9. THE MINIMUM CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED FOR THE VESSEL, EVALUATION FACTORTS, DAILY RATES, AND MINIMUM INFORMATION CRITERIA ARE IN THE ATTACHED FILE.

10. MSC REQUEST RESPONSES AT 1400 EASTERN TIME ON 13 JUNE 2018. THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ACTION IS STEVE SCHULTZ, WHO CAN BE REACHED AT (757) 341-5422. RESPONSES SHOULD BE EMAILED TO STEVEN.K.SCHULTZ1@NAVY.MIL.

SIGEND KENNETH D. ALLEN, CONTRACTING OFFICER, MSC N103B