Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport Commercial Acquisition Department, Code 59, 1176 Howell Street, Newport, RI 02841-1708

J -- WATER TRANSPORTATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT OWNED VESSELS SOL N66604-96-R-B853 DUE 071496 POC Contact Peg Maguire, (401) 841-2442 X293 or N. Palmisciano, Contracting Officer at (401) 841-2442 X289 FAX: (401) 841-4820 The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport in Newport, RI has a requirement for the Maintenance, Operation and Water Transportation Support services for the Naval Vessels owned and operated by the NUWCDIVNPT. The contract also provides services, material and logistic support necessary to support the Center Range Operations and other Navy Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation efforts in he areas of underwater weapons and machinery deployment operations, recovery and evaluations, vessel location and tracking systems, at-sea deployment and recovery of test range sensors, arrays, instrumentation, and associated moorings and hardware and delivery of vessels and back-hauling of weapons. The contract will be a level of effort contract with cost plus fixed fee provisions. The contract will be issued for a one-year period with four option years; a total of five years. The level of effort is estimated at approximately 142,180 full time hours and 12,385 overtime hours for the life of the contract. Each one year period is estimated at 28,435 full time and 2,480 overtime hours. The labor categories include an On-Site Manager, Craftsmaster, Boat Operator/Mate, Ship Engineer and deckhands. A summary the craft is to be operated and maintained is as follows: (a) YFRT 287 1941 Steel hulled yard freighter converted to fire torpedoes, 1366 LOA, 304' beam; 86 draft, displacing 582 tons with a twin screw and single rudder. This requirement is 100% Set Aside for Small Business. The Sic Code is 4499. All interested, responsible sources may request a copy of the solicitation and may submit an offer which will be considered. Requests must be made in writing, specifying solicitation number. Telephone requests will not be honored. (b) TWR 841 1986 Steel hulled Torpedo Weapons Retriever, 120 LOA, 25 beam, 1210'' draft with 248 tons displacement with Twin Screw and dual rudders (c) WB 832 24 Monark workboat, aluminum construction, small cabin up to 12 passengers and (d) UB 8906 22 Fiberglass Boston Whaler. (0093)

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