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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 6,1997 PSA#1839DOT/Maritime Administration, MAR-380, Office of Acquisition, 400 -- 7th
Street, SW, Room 7310, Washington, DC 20590 J -- MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF NINETY-FOUR VESSELS OF THE READY
RESERVE FORCE SOL DTMA91-97-SMRFP DUE 091597 POC Dan Clever,Contract
Specialist, (202)366-1737, Ann T. Danzi, Contracting
Officer,(202)366-5862 E-MAIL: Maritime Administration Office of
Acquisition, dan.clever@marad.dot.gov. The Maritime Administration
seeks the services of Ship Managers to activate, operate and maintain
the ninety-four(94)ships of the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve
Force. Awardees must be capable of successfully supervising ship repair
services including overhauls, drydockings,and upgrades. These ships are
segregated(by class)into groups, with two or three vessels per group.
The ships are located at three National Defense Resrve Fleet locations:
James River Reserve Fleet, Ft. Eustis, VA; Beaumont Reserve Fleet,
Beaumont, TX; and Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, CA; as well as
various outport locations within the United States. Three vessels are
outported in Japan. Multiple contract awards are contemplated. Awards
will be limited to no more than twelve (12) vessels per Ship Manager.
The period of performance for these contracts is expected to be for
five years, subject to the availability of continued funding.
Qualification requirements apply to this acquisition. Offerors must
meet certain citizenship requirements (see 46 CFR Part 355). If the
offeror is a sole proprietor, the individual must be a U.S. citizen.
Firms with any other organizational structure (corporation,
partnership, joint venture, etc.) it must be organized under the laws
of the United States or a state, district, territory, or possession
thereof. The controlling interest of any such organization must be by
citizens of the United States. Offerors must be operators or
owner/operators of vessels of at least 450 feet LWL, or with a minimum
capacity of 7,500 DWT, or for Tankers, of at least 25,000 DWT. Prior
to award, successful offerors must possess a valid Document of
Compliance for Shorebased Management and at least one vessel must hold
a Safety Management Certificate in accordance with the International
Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution
Prevention (ISM Code). Potential offerors are cautioned to pay
particular attention to the projected readiness requirements of these
vessels, as contained in TechnicalExhibit Four(TE 4), and the impact of
these requirements upon contractual requirements. Evaluation factors
will include technical excellence, management capability, past
performance and cost realism. Awards will be made to those offerors
proposing the best value to the government. Offerors will be required
to submit limited written technical and management information, provide
an oral technical and management proposal, and provide a detailed
written cost proposal. Potential offerors may request to be added to
the solicitation mailing list, in writing, from the contact point at
the address listed above. Offerors are advised that the RFP,
Performance Work Statement, exhibits and attachments for this
acquisition are expected to be prepared in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS
Rich Text Format, and released on CD-ROMs. Paper copies of these
documents are available upon request. These specifications may be
obtained at a cost of $30.00 (CD-ROM) and $75.00 for paper copies.
Requests for specifications must include a check or money order for the
amount (stated above) made payable to the Maritime Administration, and
sent to the address provided above. Please state the format desired
with your request. Requests made prior to this announcement may not be
fulfilled. The solicitation (RFP) for this acquisition is currently
scheduled for release on or about 1 August 1997. A pre-proposal
conference is tentatively scheduled to occur three weeks after release
of this solicitation. This conference will occur in Washington, D.C..
Offers will be accepted from all interested, qualified firms. (0122) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0049 19970506\J-0015.SOL)
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