Commander, Military Sealift Command, Bldg 210, 901 M Street SE, Code N10, Washington, DC 20398-5541

B -- SEA TRIALS SOL N00033-98-R-5700 DUE 041098 POC Cathlene Jo Stangler; (202) 683-5825 WEB: Military Sealift Command, msc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, Cathy.Stangler@msc.navy.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, 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. The Government intends to conduct ship motion analysis trials on the Incat 046 AKA "Devil Cat", which is scheduled to depart Australia on 19 April, 1998. During the transit from Australia to the Panama Canal and Fort Eustis, Va. and when sea conditions are seastate 3 on the Beaufort Scale, the contractor's vessel shall perform the trials at the direction of the Government representative onboard. Each trial shall consist of an eight leg circuit, at speeds between 30 knots and the vessel's advertised maximum operations speed of 43 knots. Each leg shall be at least 30 minutes in duration. The Government representative may order from one to four trials under this paragraph. Vessel shall be available for Government use to conduct exercises for static loading/unloading. Vessel plans and autocad drawings (if provided) will be reviewed and validated against the actual vessel. In addition, vessel construction technique will be documented for eventual comparison to manufacturing capabilities found in representative US shipyard (small, medium and large). In enroute sea conditions do not permit accomplishment of the trials, a 5-7 hour trial, without military cargo loaded, may be conducted in the vicinity of the Virginia Beach NOOA buoy. This trial would occur only if sea conditions are projected in excess of SS3; if sea conditions are less than SS3, this trial will take place if earlier trials were not able to generate sufficient usable data. When the vessel arrives at Fort Eustis, VA, the Government will provide a berth at 3rd Port. Activities at Fort Eustis include the load/offload of cargo representative of what might be included in the Army After Next of other early entry forces such as: HMWVV stripped down, with trailer; HMWVV with communications shelter; 20" containers on mobilizer; an attack helicopter at stripped dimensions (NTE 105"), etc. The 7th Group will also perform the vessel loading and unloading. While at Fort Eustis, the US Coast Guard will board the vessel to insure all documents to insure the vessel conforms to applicable international and US standards. Responses to be provided in accordance with the Government Standard Form (SF) 1449. Box 24 shall describe the firm-fixed price for each trial at an anticipated fuel usage price. If we exceed the anticipated fuel price then we would be responsible for the additional fuel. (0098)

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