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A -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE M/V INDEPENDENCE SOL N47408-96-R-6307 DUE 013196 POC Contract Specialist, LANA LYSKIN, 805-982-1106 The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office for the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center intends to competitively acquire technical and engineering services for the Operation and Maintenance of the M/V INDEPENDENCE in support of ocean systems programs. The programs are for at-sea experiments involving complex ship handling, ROV operations, instrumentation and power cable laying, ocean surveys, hydrodynamic tow tests (surface and subsurface), load handling deployment and recovery systems, search and recovery operations, dynamically positioned station keeping, precise surface and subsurface navigation and other ocean platform work on-board the M/V INDEPENDENCE, and non-inspected 200 ft. offshore tug/supply vessel. This requirement is not an ''operate a ship from Port A to Port B''. The work involves complex ship handling and manuevering. The contractor shall provide a team of technical and crew services, properly licensed and certified to operate the M/V INDEPENDENCE to perform support services including, operation, maintenance, management and modification to the M/V INDEPENDENCE necessary to support the at-sea operations. The Navy anticipates award of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing provisions. The anticipated contract will be for one year with four one year options. Offerors must be wholly-owned U.S. firms with no Foreign Ownership, Control, or Interest (FOCI) as defined in Section 3 of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, DOD 5220.22M. At time of award, the contractor shall possess a Top Secret facility clearance. Also, at time of award, 8 of the 11 crew members and the contractor's Security Officer shall have a satisfactory Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within the last five years under the provisions of DCID 1/14. The following crew members shall have an SSBI: (1) Master, (2) Master/Mate, (3) Chief Engineer, (4) Assistant Engineer, (5) Cook, (6) Lead Able Body Seaman, (7) Able Bodies Seaman or Ordinary Seaman, and (8) Assistant Engineer or Seaman of any level. The Solicitation will be limited tothose potential offerors who have the required security clearances. Only written requests will be honored for the solicitation. Requests should reference Solicitation N47408-96-R-6307 which has an anticipated closing date of 31 January 1996.(0345)

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