Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Puget Sound, Bldg 467 W Street, Code 200 Bid Desk, Bremerton, WA 98314-0051

44 -- CROSS-SOUND FERRY SERVICES BETWEEN NAVAL STATION EVERETT AND PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD DUE 090597 POC Mr. Mike Lewis (360)476-0430 or Mr. Brad Powers (360)476-0374 This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) synopsis. The Navy is currently interested in potential solutions to a scenario that would require the daily morning and evening "commute" transportation of up to 1000 Navy personnel each way between Naval Station Everett and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to support the Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) scheduled to start in April of 1999 and last for approximately 6 months. Several factors are important to the Navy including; flexibility to the sailor, travel time, cost, convenience, comfort, efficiency, and environmental impact. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit concepts, existing market capabilities, and potential solutions to the described scenario. In response to this RFI, interested parties should submit a short (maximum 10 pages) executive summary of their concepts, capabilities, and ideas. The Navy will review the submitted information and may then schedule oral presentations with individual respondents. The Government will NOT pay for any information received in response to this RFI. Mail information to: Mr. Mike Lewis, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Puget Sound, C/205.ML, 476 "W" Street, Bremerton, WA 98314-5120 or E-mail to: mike_ lewis@puget.fisc.navy.mil. (0233)

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