USS Maine (SSBN 741) FY17 ERO

The Northwest Regional Maintenance Center at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS&IMF), Bremerton, Washington intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price, Stand-Alone contract for non-SUBSAFE structural repairs and preservation of exterior hull, superstructure, free floods and main ballast tanks in support of the USS Maine (SSBN 741) FY17 Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO).  Scope of work includes non-SUBSAFE submarine hull and structural repairs, lead bin repairs and conversions, de-ballasting and re-ballasting, blasting and painting.  Contractor will be required to hold Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) QP-1 certification (either prime or subcontractor).

All interested parties may download the solicitation and amendments at FedBizOpps (FBO), www.fedbizopps.gov.  All contractors must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. The solicitation along with any attachments will only be available electronically at FBO. No telephone or FAX requests will be accepted, and no hard-copy solicitation/amendment will be mailed or faxed.

Restricted Access Files:  Due to restricted distribution, certain Section J solicitation files require additional vetting of interested parties.  Restricted files are only available through the FBO "Restricted Files' area of this solicitation.  Interested parties must submit an approved and current DD Form 2345 (Military Critical Technical Data Agreement) to the Gov't Point of Contract listed below before access will be granted.

The anticipated period of performance is:  Twelve and a half (12.5) months, commencing on/around 1 Dec 2016.

The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price, stand-alone contract to the responsible contractor on a best value source selection with subjective tradeoffs in accordance with, but not limited to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.101.1. The factors and associated sub-factors will be used to evaluate all offeror's Technical, Past Performance, Price and Small Business Participation.

Pre-Proposal Conference:  The purpose of the Pre-proposal Conference is to provide Industry with answers to RFP questions.  Attendance and participation is strongly encouraged. The requirements of the solicitation take precedence over any verbal pronouncements made during the Pre-proposal Conference.

Main Briefing

Place: U.S. Naval Undersea Museum Auditorium, 1 Garnett Way, Keyport, WA 98345

Date: 19 July 2016

Time: 9:00-11:00 AM PST

All RFP questions shall be submitted to Tim Smart, Contracting Specialist, timothy.smart@navy.mil, by 22 July 2016 @ 4:00 PM (PST).