SOURCES SOUGHT
20 -- 47' MOTOR LIFE BOAT SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM - DRAFT SOW AND SPEC
- Notice Date
- 2/19/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336611
— Ship Building and Repairing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), USCG Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC), 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Building 31, Mail Stop 26, Baltimore, Maryland, 21226-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21226-5000
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG40-15-R-60369
- Archive Date
- 3/10/2015
- Point of Contact
- Kelly A. Wyatt, Phone: 410-582-4720
- E-Mail Address
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Kelly.A.Wyatt@uscg.mil
(Kelly.A.Wyatt@uscg.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DRAFT SPECIFICATION DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK Request for Information (RFI) for 47' Motor Lifeboat (MLB) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) DRAFT Statement of Work and DRAFT Specification for Industry Review & Comment. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is a multi-mission organization tasked with maritime search and rescue, law enforcement, and environmental protection. One of the components for providing this capability in the coastal zone is the 47' MLB, which is self-righting and is capable of operating in up to 20 foot surf and 30 foot open ocean waves. The 47' MLB is constructed of marine grade aluminum and has twin-diesel engine propulsion with fixed-pitch propellers that provide a top speed of 25 knots. The first production 47' MLB entered service in 1997, and the last was delivered in 2003. Please see attachment for an overview of the 47' MLB. The 47' MLB are in need of a major renovation to extend their service life primarily due to system obsolesce and reliability issues. The USCG has initiated a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) to execute these upgrades. The proposed upgrades are detailed in the attached DRAFT Statement of Work and DRAFT Specification. None of these modifications are intended to increase the operational capability of the boats, but will primarily consist of one-for-one replacement of existing systems and equipment. These modifications should not negatively affect the operational characteristics of the boat. There are a total of 117 of the 47' MLB's currently in the Coast Guard fleet, of which, up to107 could be inducted into the SLEP. This notice is an RFI to allow industry to provide input on the DRAFT Statement of Work and DRAFT Specification in support of the 47' MLB SLEP. The following is a description of the proposed acquisition strategy: The USCG is looking to award a fixed price, Requirements contract to a single Contractor to provide the major pieces of equipment necessary to complete the SLEP along with the associated engineering, on-site technical support, and logistics support, including drawing updates. The largest modification will be the replacement of the propulsion and power generation systems, which is why these will be a key focus of the proposal. The USCG intends to provide a Statement of Work and Specification outlining the requirements for all boat modifications. Based on the documents, potential offerors will be requested to provide technical proposals that identify specific pieces of equipment that will meet the performance requirements, a detailed design proposal for the propulsion and power generation systems, arrangement drawings that show how all new equipment will be fit onto the boat, a notional weight and moment report showing that the proposed package will not impact weight limitations, a trim & stability analysis showing that the new/relocated equipment will not affect the boats self-righting capability, and an electric power and load analysis showing overall power impacts. At the time the solicitation is released the Government will provide drawings and existing technical data as listed in the DRAFT Statement of Work. The Government intends to use a best value, trade-off analysis to evaluate the proposals and award a FFP contract with multiple option years, not to exceed eight (8) years. After award, the Contractor would perform detailed engineering and design to incorporate the proposed equipment. The Contractor would have to pass two design reviews to validate the design solutions. The deliverables at this phase would be drawings, calculations, and design reports. The next phase would require the development of work packages consisting of work specifications, modification drawings, and production cost estimates. This information would be used to award a production contract to have a shipyard execute the modifications and install all equipment provided by the Contractor. The Contractor will also provide all technical documentation (including a list of all Original Equipment Manufacturer part numbers) and prepare lifecycle documents for the post-SLEP 47' MLB. The USCG intends to perform the SLEP on one 47' MLB at the Coast Guard Yard as a prototype to verify and validate the Contractor's work packages and proposed system modifications. Under the contract, the Contractor would be responsible for providing all major pieces of equipment for the prototype availability and technical support during the availability period to ensure proper installation of all systems. The contract will include a prototype evaluation period for Coast Guard evaluation. The Government's intent is for the base period of the contract to include the design of all systems, the corresponding modification work packages, all technical support documentation, and the delivery of equipment to the USCG Yard for the prototype availability. After successful completion of the prototype evaluation, the contract will be structured to have the Contractor provide complete equipment packages delivered on an "as-needed" basis in the form of delivery/task orders issued against a Requirements Contract for an estimated quantity of 107 boats as well as spare components for life-cycle support. The work packages developed by the Contractor will be used by the USCG to award shipyard availability contracts to the USCG Yard or commercial boat/shipyards for execution of the upgrades. The Contractor would be responsible for timely delivery of all equipment and engineering support during boat/shipyard availabilities for the remainder of the contract. To summarize, the intended scope of supply would be: a) Base Period: a. Engineering calculations for all designs (propulsion, electrical, structural, etc) b. One ship set of equipment identified in the proposal c. Detailed design work packages (modification drawings, work instruction, and production estimates) d. Equipment technical documentation e. On-site technical support f. Pre-production modifications based on the results of Operational Testing & Evaluation b) Option Periods (one per boat for up to 107 boats): a. One ship set of equipment b. On-site technical support This is not a Solicitation, and proposals are not being requested at this time. Furthermore, there is not an anticipated date for release of a Solicitation at this point. This RFI does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of Contractor's information. The Government will not pay for any information that is submitted. The NAICS code for this requirement is 336611 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees. Questions for Response: 1. Review the DRAFT Statement of Work and DRAFT Specification and provide actionable comments to improve these documents prior to release of this RFP. 2. Review and provide input to the following specific requirements from the DRAFT Specification: Section 233.3, Section 3.1; Section 233-14; and Section 252. 3. Based on the description of the proposal submission requirements and the information contained in the DRAFT Statement of Work & DRAFT Specification, provide an estimate on the amount of time envisioned to prepare a complete proposal. 4. Provide recommendations on additional information that would assist offeror's in developing their proposals. 5. If the USCG was to provide the point design as Government Furnished information, how would this impact industry's ability to develop a technical proposal? Alternatively, if it was not provided, how would that affect industry's capability to provide a proposal? 6. Would the scope and structure of the proposed approach be feasible in the assessment of industry? What are the perceived risks and how could the USCG modify or improve this approach to limit risk for both parties? 7. The offerors would need to perform some level of engineering design and analysis in order to develop their proposals since the equipment identified in the proposal would become part of the fixed price contract. Would the level of design required to specify all pieces of equipment be feasible to offerors, given the potential scope of this requirement? 8. Would offerors feel a high level of confidence in providing a firm fixed price for follow-on option periods to provide equipment packages in support of boat/shipyard availabilities? What changes to the approach or level of information would be necessary to increase offeror's confidence? 9. Would offerors feel a high level of confidence in providing a firm fixed price for the base period described herein? What changes to the approach or level of information would be necessary to increase confidence and establish firm fixed prices? The Coast Guard will hold a site visit to view a 47' MLB at the U.S. Coast Guard, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD, on March 10, 2015. Specific times will be scheduled with each interested vendor that responds to this notice. Interested vendors shall contact Kelly Wyatt, in writing, at Kelly.A.Wyatt@uscg.mil to make reservations. All reservations must be made by the close of business on March 6, 2015 in order to clear parties through Coast Guard YARD Security. All access to the Coast Guard Yard must be pre-scheduled therefore, no party shall be granted access without a reservation. No other site visits will be planned. All questions regarding this notice, specification, and Statement of Work, shall be submitted in writing and emailed to the Contracting Officer at Kelly.A.Wyatt@uscg.mil. The Coast Guard will schedule another meeting, at a later date, inviting industry to discuss the site visit and all questions submitted. The Contracting Officer shall post a modification to this announcement with the scheduled date, time, and location. Any vendor that attends the site visit will be contacted directly by the Contracting Officer.
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