UUV Southern California

Added: Jul 29, 2016 1:14 pm  

•a.       The Military Sealift Command (MSC) requests a launch and recovery platform for a large diameter autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).  The contractor shall provide operational and logistic support services by providing a U.S. flag crane barge, U.S. flag tugboat, U.S. flag berthing and Command and Control (C2) facilities, and two small U.S. flag RHIBs for the transit, deployment, and recovery of the UUV and related support equipment. The barge and tug shall act as the deployment and recovery vessels for the exercise and act as an exercise support platform.  The RHIBs will aid in maneuvering the UUV.  The barge will also provide power to replenish the UUV.  All work in this task will be performed at NAS North Island (NASNI) and on the Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE) for exercise support.

•b.      Operations shall be conducted at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), San Diego CA, San Clemente Island (SCI) CA, and on the Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE) for exercise support.

•c.       Laydays commence 30 September 2016.  The period of performance will 30 September 2016 to on/about 21 October 2016 (about 22 days). All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.  The RFP will be issued on or about 27 July 2016.

 

•1.      This solicitation will be Full and Open Competition. 

•2    The decision to go full and open competition was done basis the results of market research.  The Deputy Associate Small Business director concurred on 2016-07-21.