SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Diving Recompression Chamber on-site stripping, blasting, and painting
- Notice Date
- 5/17/2019
- Notice Type
- Combine Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 332812
— Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers
- Contracting Office
- 110 Vernon Avenue Panama City FL 32407
- ZIP Code
- 32407
- Solicitation Number
- N61331-19-Q-KJ11
- Response Due
- 5/31/2019
- Point of Contact
- Kimberly E. Jimenez, Contract Specialist, Phone 8502355341
- E-Mail Address
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kimberly.e.jimenez@navy.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a "Limited Source Justification." This is a sole source justification. Contracting activity is the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), 110 Vernon Avenue, Panama City, FL 32407-7001 (Contracts Division Code 02). 2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved. This action will award a firm fixed price purchase order to the American Stripping Company, 5736 Sellger Dr. (P.O. Box 12121), Norfolk, VA 23502, on a sole source basis to provide a new paint system on the interior and exterior of the Charlie Recompression Chamber. This is a highly specialized hyperbaric service required to maintain and extend the life of a valuable test and evaluation asset in its exacting life support certification standards for NEDU. 3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs (including the estimated value). NEDU requires the media blasting and coating of a hyperbaric chamber. American Stripping Company will be providing both sensitive and critical surface media blasting and technical paint coating application. American Stripping Company is intimately familiar with NAVSEA TS500-AU-SPN-010 (U.S. General Specifications for the Design, Construction, and Repair of Diving and Hyperbaric Equipment (GENSPECS)), Naval Sea Systems Command Process Instruction 008 (Application Procedure of Carboguard 890H Coatings on Portable or Afloat Recompression Chambers Systems), and with providing the objective quality evidence (OQE) in accordance with SS521-AA-MAN-010 (U.S. Navy Diving and Manned Hyperbaric Safety Certification Manual (MAN10)) in order to successfully accomplish this project. Services provided must be done to the exact performance standards in strict accordance with these cited specifications in order to maintain the hyperbaric system certification of life support equipment. Contractor will mobilize crew and equipment to Panama City, FL for the stripping and recoating of Charlie Recompression Chamber to be completed no later than 30 August 2019. (Time line critical to NEDU operations). American Stripping Company will first perform all abrasive media blasting to remove 30-40 mils of existing coating from both the interior and exterior of chamber IAW provided specifications. Contractor will be responsible for all containment of dust and particulates during the blasting process and protection of any critical mating surfaces or threaded inserts on the hyperbaric chamber. The chamber is located within a building surrounded by numerous sensitive scientific laboratory equipment that must be protected to the fullest extent by construction of a temporary encapsulated enclosure with air particulate filtration. The fire protection system within the facility must also be adequately protected from damage and dust particulates. Contractor must be prepared to work with the customer to address any corrosion pitting issues that may arise after blasting and provide consultation and remediation of metal pitting according to hyperbaric specification. Upon completion of blasting and detailed surface preparation, the contractor will only apply Carboguard 890H epoxy paint IAW NAVSEA TS500-AU-SPN-010 (U.S. General Specifications for the Design, Construction, and Repair of Diving and Hyperbaric Equipment (GENSPECS)) Naval Sea Systems Command Process Instruction 008 (Application Procedure of Carboguard 890H Coatings on Portable or Afloat Recompression Chambers Systems) and the NAVSEA specifications provided. American Stripping Company will provide NACE coating inspections and verification to the customer of satisfactory performance meeting provided specifications throughout the coating process along with the objective quality evidence (OQE) as required in the SS521-AA-MAN-010 (U.S. Navy Diving and Manned Hyperbaric Safety Certification Manual (MAN10)). Total cost of the project to media blast and epoxy coat the interior and exterior of the Charlie Recompression Chamber is estimated to be $87,000.00. This acquisition will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures with a total dollar value above micro-purchase levels, but not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000.00 per DPAP Memo 2018-O0013 dated 31 Apr 2018. The Government's minimum needs have been verified by the certifying technical and requirements personnel. This memo does not authorize acquisition for other requirements. The contract action will be funded with 2018 Operations and Maintenance Funds (O&MN). 4. Identification of the justification rationale (see FAR 8.405-6(a) and (b)) and, if applicable, a demonstration of the proposed contractor's unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, FAR 6.302-1. The Navy has exceedingly stringent requirements for hyperbaric chamber coating systems and their application procedures. Specifications documents include NAVSEA TS500-AU-SPN-010 (U.S. General Specifications for the Design, Construction, and Repair of Diving and Hyperbaric Equipment (GENSPECS)) and Naval Sea Systems Command Process Instruction 008 (Application Procedure of Carboguard 890H Coatings on Portable or Afloat Recompression Chambers Systems). Re-entry control procedures for conducting the project are specified under SS521-AA-MAN-010 (U.S. Navy Diving and Manned Hyperbaric Safety Certification Manual (MAN10)). American Stripping Company has performed this exact Stripping Company possesses the unique capabilities and capacities to accomplish the aforementioned standards. Therefore, based on tacit knowledge, the government will expect a duplication of costs to any other entity to learn the aforementioned standards and required outputs. As a result, it is in the government's best interest to award on a sole source basis to American Stripping Company because the government's expects potential higher costs, unacceptable delays to schedule, and outputs not meeting the strict standards through competition if any other entity besides American Stripping Company accomplishes the items listed under paragraph 3. 5. A determination by the ordering activity contracting officer that the order represents the best value consistent with FAR 8.404(d). The Contracting Officer has determined that the order represents the best value and results in the lowest overall cost alternative (considering price, special features, administrative costs, etc.) to meet the Government's needs. 6. A description of the market research conducted among schedule holders and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted. As stated in paragraph 4 above, the American Stripping Company is the best service to meet our requirements and time line due to the fact that they are familiar with NEDU hyperbaric chambers and the constraints they must work around to perform the required services. Market research conducted via internet and phone calls to companies who provide these services proved that only ASCO was capable of meeting NEDU's mission critical timeline due to their capability of being able to both media blast and apply the technical epoxy coating system required of Navy hyperbaric chambers. 7. Any other facts supporting the justification. Completion of the repainted Charlie Chamber is urgent to avoid delay of mission-critical testing and operations on diving and life support system items. 8. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made. The unique and extremely technical nature of applying epoxy coating systems to Navy hyperbaric chambers must be done to the exacting and prescriptive standards outlined in provided specifications. Due to this requirement, contractors that are familiar with servicing Navy hyperbaric chambers are required and must be capable of providing both specialized media blasting and coating services to adhere to critical chamber maintenance availability periods. As stated in paragraph 4 above, the American Stripping Company is the best service provider to meet our requirements and time line. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (17-MAY-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 321 Bullfinch Rd Panama City, FL
- Zip Code: 32407
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 32407
- Record
- SN05315689-F 20190519/190517230026 (fbodaily.com)
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