Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment, New London Commercial Acquisition Department, Code 59, Building 39, New London, CT 06320-5594

N -- COMMERCIAL DIVING SERVICES FOR INSTALLATION OF SUBMARINE TOWED ARRAY AND HANDLING SYSTEMS SOL N66604-96-R-0843 DUE 042996 POC Contact Carol Gorman, Contracting Officer at (860) 440-6155 The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment New London intends to acquire commercial diving services to support its Towed and Deployed Sensors Division when it is installing, upgrading, troubleshooting, repairing, and replacing outboard towed array and andling systems. The contractor shall conduct all diving operations, and provide personnel qualified to perform all diving support operations, in compliance with 29 CFR C. XVII Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Subpart T--Commercial Diving Operations, Sections 1910.401 to 441; and the U.S. Navy Diving Manual NAVSEA 0994-LP-001-9010( ). The contractor shall be able to field a team of 6 divers within 15 days after contract award, and field three teams within 60 days after contract award. Divers shall have logged a total of 50 hours in narrow enclosures such as submarine ballast tanks using both surface-supplied and SCUBA diving equipment. Work on towed array and handling systems is preferred; work on similar systems is required. Technical proposals addressing past performance, personnel, management approach, and facilities are required for a greatest value determination. Companies shall be able to mobilize a team of 6 divers with surface-supplied and/or SCUBA equipment within 24 hours to support CONUS operations, and within 48 hours to support overseas operations; and be able to support 3 concurrent operations at 3 separate locations. An Indefinite Delivery (Indefinite Quantity) type contract with Time and Material Provisions for a 2- year period of performance is planned. The total estimated level of effort is 31,240 manhours for the first year and 25,200 manhours for the second year. SIC Code is 7389; size standard is $5.0M. This acquisition is unrestricted (i.e., not set-aside). Service Contract Act applies. Requests may be faxed to 203-440-6584. All responsible offers will be considered. (0074)

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