Virginia Class Propulsor - Most Aggressive Feature (MAF) Follow-On

N00167-23--XXXX - Request For Information: VIRGINIA Class Propulsor Most Aggressive Feature (MAF) Follow-On.

1. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and an award of a contract will not be made as a result of this posting. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is hereby issuing a Request for Information (RFI) from all potential sources to provide information regarding the below requirement:

The U.S. Navy has fielded an Improved Advanced Hybrid (IAH) Propulsor on a VIRGINIA Class Submarine (VCS). The performance of the IAH warrants the construction of additional IAH Propulsors for installation on future new construction, or backfit, VCS hulls. Part of the IAH Propulsor includes production of the Most Aggressive Feature (MAF) that has considerable long-lead time material (LLTM) associated with its production. This Statement of Work (SOW) is for the procurement of IAH Propulsor MAF, as well as shipping installation fixtures, installation support, and associated engineering services for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division.

Reference              Title                                                                                                       Dwg No.

(a)                           (CONFIDENTIAL) PMAF Interface Control Drawing                UTAS Dwg 000-00008161-000

(b)                           (CONFIDENTIAL) Rotor Type HYDEM Assembly                   NAVSEA Drawing 245-8328551

(c)                           (CONFIDENTIAL) PMAF Shipping Fixture Assembly             UTAS Drawing 173-00008161-000

2.  Interested parties shall identify their manufacturing capabilities in order to support the following requirements:

a. Engineering Support Services

The contractor shall perform engineering services in support of Hybrid Multi-Material (HMM) propulsor cost reduction tasking, review and design change incorporation, design and drawing creation, or other engineering design-related tasking. 

b. Installation and Maintenance Support Services

The contractor shall perform installation and maintenance support services on VIRGINIA Class Propulsor (HMM) and composite hardware.  The contractor shall provide support to the Navy to install the component in Reference (a) into the assembly shown in Reference (b).  Government furnished repair procedures will be executed in the installed condition in dry dock when feasible, or with the component uninstalled from the submarine and in a shipyard or industrial environment.

c. Manufacturing Plan

The contractor will be required to develop a manufacturing plan to address the following items:

• Manufacturing processes/procedures
• Versalink Casting Process/Procedure
• Surface Preparation Process/Procedure
• Part movement and subcontractor processes/plans

d. Quality Management and Quality Assurance Plan

The Contractor will be required to maintain a certified Quality Management System in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. 

The contractor will be required develop a Quality Assurance Plan to address how the contractor shall test and inspect material delivered under this contract.  The Quality Assurance Plan shall adhere to the requirements of the certified Quality Management System.

e. VIRGINIA Class Propulsor MAF

The Contractor shall manufacture a maximum of fifteen (15) MAFs within a 5 year contractual period of performance in accordance with reference (a).  Each MAF will be manufactured in accordance with an approved Manufacturing Plan and inspected and tested in accordance with the approved Quality Assurance Plan prior to delivery.  Installation fasteners, including all bolts, studs, bushings, multi-jack fasteners, and fairing caps as shown on Reference (b) shall be procured and shall be kitted and crated separately. 

The Contractor shall have the ability to develop or be in agreement with the current vendor for non-metallic material formulation and process specification referenced in HYDEM Assembly requirements or sub-referenced in the PMAF Interface Control Drawing (Reference (a)). This non-metallic material formulation and process specifications are asserted by the contractor to be proprietary.

f. Manufacture and Deliver Shipping and Installation Fixture (SIF)

The Contractor shall manufacture a maximum of three (3) SIFs within a 5 year contractual period of performance in accordance with Reference (c).  Each SIF will be manufactured in accordance with the approved Manufacturing Plan and inspected and tested in accordance the approved Quality Assurance Plan prior to delivery. 

g. Security

The work requires access to classified documents and industrial work areas. The contractor personnel will be required to hold CONFIDENTIAL clearances and the contractor will be required to have a CONFIDENTIAL Facility Security Clearance.  This work requires implementing and integrating cybersecurity requirements into the management, administration, and normal safeguarding of system details for a Major Defense Acquisition Program.

h.  Government Purpose Rights

The Government requires purpose rights. The Government shall obtain purpose rights from technical data that is developed and produced throughout the duration of this contract and from any follow-on contract. The contractor shall identify details of any limitation on technical data rights for the specific proprietary information that would not be shared with the Government.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

AFTER SUBMITTING A RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST, ALL INTERESTED PARTIES MUST DESTROY THE CONFIDENTIAL DRAWINGS LISTED AS REFERENCES (a, b, and c) IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT APPROVED PROCESSES FOR DESTRUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.

IF INTERESTED IN THE ATTACHMENT, PLEASE SEND A REQUEST TO THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST AND CONTRACTING OFFICER ALONG WITH YOUR COMPANY’S CAGE CODE. THE ATTACHMENT WILL ONLY BE PROVIDED TO CONTRACTORS CLEARED BY THE JCP VIA DOD SAFE. ALL REQUESTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE POSTING DATE IN ORDER TO MEET RFI SUBMITTAL DEADLINES.

3. NSWCCD intends to fulfill this requirement via a hybrid Firm Fixed Price and Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Completion Type contract.

Vendors interested in competing for this contract are requested to provide the following information pertaining to their supply/service:

1. Company name, address, phone number, primary points of contact(s), email address, business size (large/small), and CAGE CODE
2. Capabilities that are key to meeting the requirements above
3. Anticipated delivery and/or installation time frames for the above requirements
4. Anticipated barriers to a timely  proposal submission
5. Anticipated significant program risks or capability gaps and recommended mitigations

There is no minimum number of pages; however please limit responses to 7 total pages maximum. 

3.             Contracting Office Address:

Naval Surface Warfare Center

Carderock Division

9500 MacArthur Boulevard

BLDG 42, West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700

Questions may be submitted to:

Jordan Good                                                                      Jonathan Mauro

Contracting Specialist                                         Procuring Contracting Officer 

jordan.s.good.civ@us.navy.mil                    jonathan.s.mauro.civ@us.navy.mil

301-227-3603                                                                      301-385-5415