Ultraviolet ballast water treatment system for surface vessels

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) intends to award three Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion contracts for the engineering design, manufacturing, delivery, testing and evaluation of one Compact and one Standard Ultraviolet (UV) Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) for Navy surface vessels.   The Compact BWTS shall be able to treat ballast water at a flow rate of 200-300 cubic meters per hour (m3/hour).  The Standard BWTS shall be able to treat ballast water at a flow rate of 800-1,000 m3/hour using the policies and procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, and FAR 16.306, Cost Plus-Fixed-Fee  Contracts. 

A Sources Sought Notice (Notice ID 19-SBO-002) was posted by NSWCCD to the beta.sam.gov website on 17 October 2018 with amendments issued on 13 February 2019 and 14 November 2019. 

As a result of the information obtained from responses to the Sources Sought Notice, this requirement will be solicited using full and open competition with one award reserved for small business.  The activity's small business office concurs with this determination.  The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code applicable to this procurement is 333318.  The size standard is 1,000 employees for Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing.  The Product Service Code is 2090.

The Government intends to award up to three contracts under this Solicitation.  One of the three awards will be a small business set-aside.  Contract awards will have a five-year delivery period with the exercise of all options.  The effective period for this acquisition is anticipated to be from 31 August 2020 through 30 August 2025.

The solicitation, any documents related to this procurement, and all amendments issued will be in electronic form.  The SOLICITATION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE.  Once available, the solicitation will be posted to this website https://www.beta.sam.gov under solicitation number N00167-20-R-0009.  The solicitation is expected to be available on or around 30 April 2020. 

All responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by the Government.  By submitting a proposal, the offeror will be self-certifying that neither the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency.  Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the proposal.  Through its submission, the vendor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for award to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a vendor ineligible for award.  Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/.  Telephone requests are not authorized and shall not be accepted.  Please direct all questions regarding this requirement to Pamela Gregorczyk at Pamela.Gregorczyk@navy.mil and Carolyn O. Johnson-Lawrence at Carolyn.Johnson@navy.mil.