Commanding Officer, Offshore Facilities Contracts Branch, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office, 901 M Street, SE, Building 218, Washington, DC 20374-5063

99 -- PROCUREMENT OF HYPERBARIC FACILITIES. LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR THE DESIGN, FABRICATION, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND TESTING OF ONE (1) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED OUTFITTED RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER, RCF6500 SOL N47408-98-R-4199 DUE 042898 POC Contract Specialist Margaret C. Sundberg, (202) 433-5312/FAX (202) 433-5244; Contracting Officer Rita D. Palmore This project will be UNRESTRICTED. This is a procurement of hyperbaric facilities to be designed, fabricated, delivered, installed and tested at the COMNAVMARIANAS facility, Guam. The hyperbaric facilities shall be complete and useable upon completion of the work. The contractor shall provide all labor and materials for the design, procurement, fabrication, assembly, shop test, installation, and field testing of the described hyperbaric facilities. Further, the contractor shall prepare and submit all documents, records and manuals specified. The work consists of: (a) Installation of Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy (PVHO), hyperbaric facilities as described herein; (b) Provision of hyperbaric systems manuals; and (c) Submission of the design, fabrication and test documents. The hyperbaric facilities are composed of the following systems and subsystems which the contractor shall provide work for: (a) Recompression Chamber: ship and install a Government Furnished Outfitted Recompression Chamber, Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy, RCF6500; (b) Air System: design, fabricate and install an air system; and (c) O2/Specialty Gas System: design, fabricate and shop testing of a O2/Specialty Gas System. The Government will furnish the following equipment (GFE): (a) one (1) Recompression Chamber, RCF6500, completely outfitted and ready for installation. Installation and final system testing shall be at the COMNAVMARIANAS facility, Guam. The work shall begin (Start Work Date) 15 consecutive calendar days after the "Award Date" and shall continue for the following 285 consecutive calendar days after the "Award Date". The contractor shall make no component nor material procurement until after the preliminary design has been submitted. This contract shall call for the fabrication and installation of life sensitive systems. Failure to adhere to the highest standards of metallurgy, welding, and workmanship will create severe hazards to the personnel working on or near these systems when they are pressurized. Failure tomeet these requirements will be cause for termination for default and, in any event, will be cause for Government rejection of components. The solicitation will be a Request for Proposals, whereby offerors will be required to submit a technical proposal, a cost proposal, and past performance information. Award shall be made to the responsible offeror whose proposals, conforming to the solicitation, represent the best value to the Government in terms of price, past performance, and other non-price factors. The contract will be awarded with fixed price provisions. The tentative date for award is August 1998. Requests for the solicitation may be mailed to Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office, Washington Navy Yard (WNY), Bldg 218, 901 M Street, SE, Washington, DC 20374-5063 or sent via facsimile by using (202) 433-5244. Contractors within the local area are encouraged to pre-arrange, by contacting the Contract Specialist noted above, to pick up a copy of the solicitation at Bldg 218 (third floor) of the WNY between the hours of 0730 and 1500, Monday-Friday. There will be no charge for these documents, however, there will only be one set issued per contractor. Proposals should be submitted to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office (NAVFACCO), Bldg 218, 901 M Street, SE, WNY, Washington, DC 20374-5063.***** (0071)

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