Naval Surface Warfare Center, Code 1163, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522-5001

R -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOL N00164-97-Q-0259 DUE 061997 POC Patty Cox, Code 1163W6, telephone 812-854-3229, FAX 812-854-3465 E-MAIL: click here for quote or questions, cox_p@crane.navy.mil. In accordance with NAVSUPINST 4200.85C as supplemented with additional information included in this notice, this announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals Are Being Requested And A Written Solicitation Will Not Be Issued. Solicitation number N00164-97-Q-0259 applies and is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-11. A fixed price purchase order will be awarded based on Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is reserved for Small Business. The standard industrial code is 8742 and the business size standard is $5.0 million. This requirement is for Line item 0001: Qty.. 1 each, Service: Marketing Consultant. Award will be made based on all or none, and contractor must comply with the following: 1.Background: The Surface Electronic Warfare (SEW) Department (Code 807) of Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center is a highlyskilled and facilitized organization. The SEW Department intends to market capabilities and facilities to DOD, non-exclusive of any individual branch, and private sector industry, on a non-competing basis with tasked and funded efforts, to defray the current customer cost of maintaining a core capability. Effective marketing requires initiative and extensive familiarity with and access to the SEW community. 2.Tasks: 2.1) Act as Code 807 co-liaison with defense and non-defense engineering/industrial base to effect SEW coordination. Develop and maintain points of contact with DOD activities, contractors and associations of interest to Code 807 and coordinate appropriate assessments/meetings/briefings for Code 807 staff. 2.2) Coordinate assessments and potential marketing targets with Code 807F to ensure efficiency of efforts related to activity/contractor contacts. 2.3) Provide weekly synopsis of contacts and meetings (completed and projected), with assessment of results and required follow-up contact. 3.Deliverables: Provide a monthly report, format to be provided, consisting of a composite synopsis of paragraph 2.3 (above) information, recommendations relative to potential target markets and a detailed financial summary. 4. Special Considerations: 4.1) Security clearance level SECRET is required for this tasking. Additionally, ability to transport classified material may be required on an infrequent basis. Failure to maintain at least a SECRET clearance shall be cause for immediate termination of this procurement. Clearance information will be verified by the contracting office prior to award. 4.2) The contractor is expressly forbidden to market, by design or coincidence, for any entity, public or private, not specifically cited in this tasking or as provided in a written exclusionary statement endorsed and authorized by the Technical Point of Contact and the Contracting Officer, while in the execution (defined as tasking, any portion of which is funded by this procurement, relative to this procurement) of this statement of work. Failure to comply with this prohibition shall be cause for immediate termination of this procurement. 4.3) Local travel is not reimbursable. Only 1 each person is necessary to fulfill travel requirements. Anticipated Travel Destinations, number of trips, and number of days required for each trip are as follows: Norfolk VA (2 trips, 2 days), Dalhgren VA (1 trip, 2 days), Bremmerton WA (2 trips, 3 days), Oxnard CA (1 trip, 3 days), Wash DC (8 trips, 1 day). This estimated projected Travel Schedule is only for contractor information purposes, and is subject to the possibility of change. 4.4) There is no requirement for government furnished material. There shall be no reimbursements for any Other Direct Costs (ODC) except for travel directed in conjunction with this procurement. All office equipage and administrative related services (e.g., reproduction, computer time, telephones, etc.) routinely charged as ODC will be provided at the government site (Bldg.. 3251), as required. Government approved marketing materials will be provided as necessary. 5. Period of Performance: Date of award through 30 September 1997, inclusive, to allow for 424 hrs. Additionally, this procurement includes an option for the period 01 October 1997 through 30 September 1998, inclusive, which may be exercised at government discretion any time during the option period, for any portion of the option period, at the initial award rates, with no additional negotiation. Option requirement will be app'x: 848 hrs, 32 trips during Fiscal Year '98 Period. The following provisions apply to the acquisition: 52.203 Gratuities; 52.225-25 Affirmative Action Compliance; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.232-1 Payments; 52.232-28 Electronic Funds Transfer Payment Methods; 52.233-1 Disputes; 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications; 52.246-1 Contractor Inspection Requirements; 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated By Reference; 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations; 52.219-04 Notice of Small Business-Small Purchase Set-Aside; 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims (Alt 1); 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.225-11 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program; 52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment; 52.204-3 Taxpayer Identification; 52.207-4 Economic Purchase Quantity-Supplies; 52.219-8 Utilization of Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women Owned Small Business Concerns; 52.222-21 Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities; 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965, As Amended; 52.243-1 Alt 1 Changes -- Fixed Price; 52.204-2 Security Requirements; 52.211-14 Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense Use; 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options; 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; 52.219-6 Notice of Total small Business Set Aside; 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.245-4 Government-Furnished Property; 52.249-4 Termination for Convenience of the Government (SRVCS-Short Form); 52.249-8 Default; 52.232-25 Prompt Payment; 52.247-34 FOB Destination; 52.233-3 Protest after Award; 52.212-1 Time of Delivery; Travel Costs-Alt 1 (NAVSEA) (a)Except as otherwise provided herein, the Contractor shall be reimbursed for its reasonable actual travel costs in accordance with FAR 31.205-46. The costs to be reimbursed shall be those costs accepted by the cognizant DCAA. (b) Reimbursable travel costs include only that travel performed from the Contractor's facility to the worksite, in and around the worksite, and from the worksite to the Contractor's facility. (c) The Contractor shall not be reimbursed for: (i) relocation costs and travel costs incident to relocation as defined in FAR 31.205-35; and/or (ii) the following daily local travel costs: -travel at US Military Installations where Government transportation is available, -travel performed for personal convenience/errands, including commuting to and from work, and, -travel costs incurred in the replacement of personnel when such replacement is accomplished for the Contractor's or employee's convenience. Quotations and the above required information must be received at the above contact point in this office on or before 19 JUN 1997 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Standard Time. Numbered Notes 1, *22 and 26 apply. *Note 22 exceptions: per authorization of FAR 6.302-1 the intended source is Tri-Star Engineering, 919 14th St., Bedford IN 47421 and receipt of proposals is limited to 15 days after publication. (0150)

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