Turnkey Live-Fire Fire Fighting and Damage Control Training

Pre-Solicitation Notice for N61340-20-R-0054

The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) has a requirement to provide turnkey live-fire Fire Fighting and Damage Control Training courses(s) to Navy and Coastguard personnel stationed in the Pacific Northwest (PACNORWEST) Fleet Concentration Area (FCA), in the Seattle, WA area. A Sources Sought Notice for this requirement was previously posted under N61340-20-R-0054 29 January 2020.

ACQUISITION APPROACH: The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price, Requirements Contract. The Government intends to award the initial delivery order with the basic contract award. The ordering period for this effort is 5 years. This procurement is set aside for Small Business. The tentative timeframe for RFP release February/March 2020. The NAICS code is 611519, with a size standard of $16.5 Million.

The Points of Contact for information regarding this requirement are Virginia Marquez, Contract Specialist, at virginia.maul@navy.mil and Virginia Boyanton, Contracting Officer, at virginia.boyanton@navy.mil.

If you are a small business interested in being the prime contractor for this effort, please be advised that the FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting clause has changed. Deviation 2019-O0003 is now in effect which adds the definition of “Similarly Situated Entity” and changes the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small business primes may now count “first tier subcontracted” work performed by similarly situated entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of the clause deviation (52.219-14 Class Deviation 2019-O0003 dates 12/3/18 at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vmfara.htm ).

This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure subject products. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement.