COMMANDING OFFICER, ATTN NAVFAC CONTRACTS OFFICE CODE 27, NCBC 1000 23RD AVE, PORT HUENEME, CA 93043-4301

20 -- 20-AMPHIBIOUS BULK LIQUID TRANSFER SYSTEM (ABLTS) CONSISTS OF HOSEREEL AND HOSE SYSTEM FOR LIQUID BULK TRANSFER FROM SHIP TO SHORE SOL N0537A-97-J-WH01 DUE 022197 POC Contract Specialist, JEFFREY W. HARVEY, 805-982-5077 This is a Sources Sought announcement for information only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. The NAVFAC Contracts Office, Port Hueneme, is attempting to identify commercial sources for the Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS). The istalled ABLTS shall survive in place (when shut down in anticipation of storms and other predictable natural disruptions) in local and remote weather systems resulting in a sea state 4 environment and 4.0 knot environment and 4.0 knot currents for 24 hoursa day and 120 continuous days. the ABLTS shall remain fully operational in sea state 3 conditions and 2.5 knot current. Operations shall continue through a combined worst case condition of 30 knot wind gusts, rain, sleet, hail or snow. Within an air temperature envelope of minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, within a range of sea water temperatures of 20 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and in relative humdity between 0 and 100%. The ABLTS shall be capable of sustained 24 hour a day operations for 120 days within the required targets for reliability and maintainability. The system shall be fully enclosed, weather resistant and preferably ISO compatible witheasy access for maintenance or repair. Ease in removal of the hose and reel from the container by overhead crane is mandatory. The ABLTS will most likely be deck cargo subjected to sea spray, ultra violet light, and the elements. The ABLTS shall contain 5,000 ft. of 6 inch hose to transfer fuel or 10,000 ft. of 4 inch hose to transport potable water. The hose shall fit on the reel before and after deloyment. The system will be deployed over saltwater and neither fluid (potable water, saltwater, diesel fuel, JP-5, JP-8) shall act detrimentally to the hose. No thermoplastic ester grade 3 polyurethane elastomer will be used for the hose construction. Thehose will be subjected to abrasion from coral, sand and rocks at the shoreline. Hose shall be rained and cleaned out prior to retrieval. The system shall be complete with all necessary moorings (anchors, buoys, marker, etc.) and couplings to keep the hose system in place while deployed under the above required sea conditions. Cast aluminum couplings shall not be used. The ABLTS shall consist of all hardware support equipment and documentation that is required to package, deploy, maintain and recover the system. A winch shall be a part of the hose reel to retrieve moorings. The beach end of the hose shall interface with the existing beach interface unit (BIU)and the ship end of the hose shall interface with the fluid bulk dispensing risers aboard the amphibious supply vessel. Maximum weight of the system complete with enclosure shall not exceed 44,800 lb. The ABLTS shall be fully deployable and retrievable under wave regimes that do not exceed sea state 2 conditions and in currents that do not exceed 1.5 knots. Deployment shall be made utilizing the landin craft utility (LCU), landing craft mechanical (LCM-8), side loadable warping tug (SLWT), and causeway section powered (CSP). The ABLTS shall afford a capability for offloading, overeating, assembly and disassembly by the 5th to 95th percentile personnel (ale and female) wearing CBR or MOPP (level IV) individual protective equipment. Noisy and hazardous equipment shall be located or redirected away from the location of the operator. The operator shall have a secure station (complete with a seat-belt/safety harness) with a view of the operations to enable him/her to operate the hose reel. The major components comprising the ABLTS shall consist of a prime mover hydraulic systems, dispensing reel with frame (lifting and tie down points), braking system, clutch, winch, hose line, battery(s), generator, fuel and hydraulic reservoirs, marine instrument gages, controls, lifting apparatus, container or siding, and mooings. the prime mover shall have the capability to be interchangeably fueled with diesel fuel (DFM), and jet fuel (JP-5 and JP-8). Fuel and hydraulic filters should be located outside of the tanks for ease/accessibility in changing. Noise exposure shallconform to the code of federal regulations paragraph 1910.95 for occupational noise exposure. No telephone calls; only written responses, sent by mail o facsimile transmission to (805)982- 9054 directly from the requester will be honored. (0007)

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