T-34/T-44/T-6 Contractor Logistics Support

13 MARCH 2014 AMENDMENT 0004 RELEASED

N00019-14-R-0018 Amendment 0004 is hereby released.

Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information regarding this solicitation as it is available.

2 MARCH 2014: PROPOSAL DUE DATE EXTENSION POSTED

In consideration of an impending winter storm, NAS Patuxent River has announced restricted access for all except critical employees for 3 MARCH 201; therefore, the proposal due date for solicitation N00019-14-R-0018 has been extended in accordance with FAR 15.208(d) to 4 March 2014 at the same time of day specified in the solicitation. If normal Government processes at NAS Patuxent River do not resume on 4 March, additional guidance will be provided. 

26 FEBRUARY 2014 GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS (Q&A #7) POSTED

Government responses to industry questions on the final solicitation are hereby posted.

Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information regarding this solicitation as it is available.

Additionally, the Government would like to remind potential offerors to coordinate proposal delivery with Meghan Huett in accordance with Section L, Paragraph 4.0 Proposal Packaging and Submission as revised in Amendment 0003 to the solicitation.

24 FEBRUARY 2014 GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS (Q&A #6) POSTED

Government responses to industry questions on the final solicitation are hereby posted.

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21 FEBRUARY 2014 GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS (Q&A #5) POSTED 

Government responses to industry questions on the final solicitation are hereby posted.

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20 FEBRUARY 2014 AMENDMENT 0003 RELEASED

N00019-14-R-0018 Amendment 0003 is hereby released.

Please note the proposal delivery address has changed in Section L Paragraph 4.0 Proposal Packaging and Submission.

The projected due date is not extended and remains 12:00 Noon EST 3 March 2014.

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19 FEBRUARY 2014 GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS (Q&A #4) POSTED

Government responses to industry questions on the final solicitation are hereby posted.

In addition to the amendment changes noted in the posted Questions and Answers, the Government also intends to reduce the number of hard copies required for each volume and annex submittal by four (4). No change will be made to the number of soft copies required.

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18 FEBRUARY 2014 GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS (Q&A #3) POSTED

Government responses to industry questions on the final solicitation are hereby posted.

Any submitted industry questions not included in this posting will be responded to by subsequent posting.

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18 FEBRUARY 2014 INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR 18 FEBRUARY PHONECON

The following additional information is provided regarding the question and answer portion of the teleconference scheduled for today, 18 February 2014, at 1pm EST. The Government requests that all questions be e-mailed to Meghan Huett (meghan.huett@navy.mil) and Noelle Reimers (noelle.reimers@navy.mil) within 30 minutes following the conclusion of the teleconference. The Government will post responses to the questions to FedBizOpps on a non-attribution basis as quickly as possible to facilitate development of Offerors' proposals.

18 FEBRUARY 2014 PHONECON BRIEFING MATERIALS

The following four documents are provided in support of the 18 FEB 2014 phonecon described in the 13 FEB 2014 FedBizOpps posting.  These documents will be utilized during the phonecon briefing, so it is suggested that participants have them available for reference during the phonecon. 

The documents are:  (1) Government Manpower Estimate 02 16 14 (excel), (2) T34_44_6 Manning Walkthrough 02 16 14 (pdf), (3) T34_44_6 Proposal Dev Guidance - Price 02 16 14, and (4) T34_44_6 Proposal Guidance 02 16 14.

All information regarding the subject phonecon previously provided by 13 FEB 2014 FedBizOpps posting remains current. 

Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information regarding this solicitation as it is available. 

13 FEBRUARY 2014 - GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS (Q&A #2) POSTED

Government responses to industry questions on the final solicitation N00019-14-R-0018 are hereby posted. 

Any submitted industry questions not included in this posting will be responded to by subsequent posting. 

Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information regarding this solicitation as it is available.

13 FEBRUARY 2014 INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR 18 FEBRUARY PHONECON 
 

The Government's Q&A #8 posting of 7 February 2014, stated the following: "The Government intends to load a copy of the Government [manning requirement] estimate to the competition library on 17 Feb 2014. This data will be provided for guidance only.  The acceptability and degree of risk of the offeror's manning will be based on the overall proposed technical approach and substantiation. The Government intends to host a teleconference on 18 Feb 2014 at 1:00pm EST to walk potential offerors through the process used to develop the Government manning estimate. Additional information regarding this teleconference will be posted to FedBizOpps." 

The following additional information is provided regarding the 18 February teleconference. Offerors are invited to phone in utilizing the following phone number and access code:  301-342-5802, Conference ID 4405157#.  Please phone in 10 to 15 minutes prior to the start time and await the beginning of the briefing; attendees will not identify themselves or the company they represent.  The briefing will start promptly at 1:00pm EST.  The Government intends to post briefing documents to FedBizOpps on 17 February 2014.  The phone-con will be audio only, so please have hard copies of the briefing materials available for reference during the phone-con.

The Government requests that if your company intends to phone in, you provide notification to Ms. Meghan Huett (meghan.huett@navy.mil) and Ms. Noelle Reimers (noelle.reimers@navy.mil) NLT noon EST Monday, 17 February.  In order for the Government to assure it has sufficient phone line capacity, please provide the number of individual phone-ins you anticipate will be made by your company.  The Government appreciates contractor efforts to consolidate attendee phone-in locations, thereby assisting in assuring sufficient phone line capacity is available. The walk-through is anticipated to be approximately 90 minutes in duration and will address the previously-mentioned manning information, as well as some brief pre-proposal information.  Potential offerors will be given an opportunity to ask questions on an anonymous basis. Any contractor questions and Government responses presented during the phone-con will be posted on FedBizOpps.  No other information capturing the Government presented walk-though comments will be provided on FedBizOpps. 

Please monitor FebBizOpps on 17 February 2014 for posting of the documents to be utilized during the phone-con.

10 FEBRUARY 2014 AMENDMENT 0002 RELEASED

N00019-14-R-0018 Amendment 0002 is hereby released.

The proposal due date is not extended and remains 12:00 Noon EST 3 March 2014.

Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information regarding this solicitation as it is available.

7 FEBRUARY 2014 GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS

Government responses to industry questions on the final solicitation N00019-14-R-0018 are hereby posted. 

Any submitted industry questions not included in this posting will be responded to by subsequent posting. 

Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information regarding this solicitation as it is available.

7 FEBRUARY 2014  AMENDMENT 0001 RELEASED

N00019-14-R-0018Amendment 0001 is hereby released. 

The proposal due date is not extended and remains 12:00 Noon EST 3 March 2014. 

The Government intends to post industry questions and Government responses later today.  Any submitted industry questions not included in this posting will be responded to by subsequent posting. 

NOTE:  The Contract Specialist point-of-contact for this solicitation has changed.  See Block 14 of the amendment for contact information. 

Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for additional information regarding this solicitation as it is available. 

30 JAN 2014 OFFICIAL SOLICITATION ISSUANCE

Solicitation N00019-14-R-0018 for T-34/T-44/T-46 Contractor Logistics Support is hereby issued by the Government. The solicitation document and all associated exhibits and attachments are posted hereto for interested offerors to retrieve. Feedback or questions received from interested offerors thus far have been considered during finalization of the solicitation.

Offeror proposals are due 12:00 Noon EST on Monday, 03 March 2014 to the location listed on the SF33, Block 9. 

Questions about the solicitation may be sent to Martha Scott at martha.scott@navy.mil.

The competition's Technical Library is open for registration and use.  Please see Solicitation Section L, Part A, Section 6.0 for instructions on how to register for access. 

This is a follow-up announcement to previously posted Sources Sought and Draft Request for Proposal under solicitation number N00019-14-R-0018. The Sources Sought announcement includes details of the aircraft and general tasking required. Based on the review of the sources sought responses, the Naval Air Systems Command intends to solicit for this effort using full and open competitive procedures under NAICS 488190. A draft Request for Proposal and Performance Work Statement have been posted under solicitation number N00019-14-R-0018 and the competition library is now open. See details in the former posting regarding how to access the competition library. Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps for further information regarding this solicitation as it becomes available.

This is a follow-up announcement to previously posted SOURCES SOUGHT N00019-14-R-0018. The Sources Sought announcement includes details of the aircraft and general tasking required. 

DRAFT RFP:  N00019-14-R-0018 Draft Request for Proposal (RFP), Sections A - M, and draft Attachment 1, Performance Work Statement, are hereby posted for industry review and comment.

INDUSTRY FEEDBACK to DRAFT RFP:  Comments may be submitted with regard to this DRAFT solicitation but are strictly voluntary and will be considered by the Government to further refine the requirement and enhance the solicitation.  Such comments should be submitted no later than 08 January 2014 to the Contract Specialist, Martha Scott, at martha.scott@navy.mil, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, Noelle Reimers, at noelle.reimers@navy.mil .  The Government does not intend to post responses to industry's comments but will consider them as the solicitation is finalized.

The T-34/44/6 CLS N00019-14-R-0018 Competition Library is hosted on a Department of Defense (DoD) Information System. The link to the library is contained in the draft RFP. Each individual requesting access will be required to have a DoD Common Access Card (CAC) or External Certification Authority (ECA) certificate. An ECA certificate can be obtained from IdenTrust, Inc., Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC) or VeriSign, Inc. Additional information on obtaining an ECA certificate is available at http://iase.disa.mil/pki/eca/index.html.  Utilize the link to the library in the draft RFP to request access. Once the request information is received, recorded, and validated by the Government, notification of access will be provided via e-mail.  If you have any questions or problems, please contact Martha Scott at martha.scott@navy.mil or (301)757-1699.

The Government intends to issue the FINAL solicitation in January 2014.  Please continue to monitor this website for updated information as it becomes available.

DISCLAIMER:
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.