Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office, Washington Navy Yard, 1435 Pendellton Avenue SE Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20374-5063

R -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION FOR WATERFRONT AND OCEAN FACILITIES SOL N47408-99-R-3930 DUE 083199 POC Peggy L. Hake, (202) 433-5310 WEB: Click here to download copy of the RFP, http://gandalf.cbcph.navy.mil/navfacco/. E-MAIL: hakeP@nfesc.navy.mil, hakep@nfesc.navy.mil. This procurement will be UNRESTRICTED. Project execution and construction support services to be provided by the Contractor to the Ocean Construction Division if the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center-East Coast Det., Code 55. The emphasis of the required support will be for the inspection, installation, maintenance and repair of waterfront and ocean structures, moorings, bridges, and cable related projects throughout the world. This support may be required in the form of project management, economic impact studies or analysis, scheduling, feasibility studies, engineering analysis, facility design, preparation of project plans and specifications, geotechnical and bathymetric surveys, underwater inspections, cable static and dynamics analysis, failure analysis and recovery of damaged structures, positioning and navigation services, installation planning; fabrication of project components; installation and repair of moorings and cable projects, provision of installation work platform(s), personnel and equipment; project logistical support, field inspection, quality control; preparation of project technical reports and drawings, preparations of required permit documentation; and preparation of bi-monthly detailed (and summary) project cost and management progress reports. Technical competence of the Contractors for inspection, installation, maintenance and repair of waterfront and ocean structures, moorings, bridges, submarine pipeline and submarine cable related projects construction, marine operations, and marine equipment utilized in mooring and cable projects is critically important to this effort. This effort is being solicited on a indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity basis with Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) provisions. The contract will be awarded for one base one-year ordering period with four one-year options periods. This office anticipates awarding several contracts to firms whose offers represent the best overall expected value to the Government, cost and other factors considered. Proposals will consist of an offer and capability information. Offers will consist of: 1. Completed Standard Form 33; 2. Request for Proposal (RFP) Section B, Supplies or Services and Costs, 3.Complete Small Business/Small disadvantaged Business Participation Plan; 4. RFP Section K, Representations and Certifications and Other Statement of Offerors; 5. Complete Compensation Plan for Professional Employees; 6. Complete Cost Proposal in accordance with Section L of the RFP and 7. Other information such as Disclosure Statements, if the contractor and/or subcontractor are subject to Cost Accounting Standards. (Items 1-4 will be contained in an Offer Booklet provided as a tool to the offerors in the RFP by this office). The merits of the offer will be determined on the basis of acceptability and proposed costs; acceptability will be determined on an offerors ability to meet the material terms of the solicitation. In the interest of time and cost to all parties, this office will eliminate offerors whose offer is determined unacceptable or whose costs are considered unreasonable or unrealistic. Capability information will consist of written and oral information and will be evaluated on basis of experience, past performance, understanding of the Government's requirements, ability to compensate professional employees fairly and properly to ensure a stable, high quality, productive workforce, and compliance with the RFP instructions. Experience, past performance and Professional Employee Compensation Plans will be evaluated based on written information provided by offerors. The offerors understanding of the Government's requirement will be evaluated based on an oral interview of the offerors representative by the Government's evaluation team. This office will use the assessment of an offeror's capability to develop a level of confidence assessment rating. Selection of the successful contractor will be based upon the overall best value to the Government. The draft Statement of Work entitled "WINDSOC Statement of Work" and "Draft Personnel Requirements" is expected to be available in Microsoft WORD 97 at the following Internet address on 18 August 1999. (http://gandalf.cbcph.navy.mil/navfacco/. All responsible firms capable of providing the required support are invited to request the solicitation. All requests must be received IN WRITING, clearly showing the RFP No. N47408-99-R-3930-, the requestor's name, address, telephone number, point of contact, and e-mail address. Request should be addressed to Peggy L. Hake, Contract Specialist, (202) 433-5310, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office, Code 83, 1435 Pendleton Avenue., Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20374-5063. Faxed requests are acceptable at (202) 433-5244. We will NOT verify receipt of Faxes by telephone nor by return FAXes. Faxed request should NOT be followed up with mailed originals. E-mail requests are highly encouraged at the following address; hakep@NFESC.navy.mil. The target date for releasing the RFP, on the above listed web site, is 31 Aug 1999. At this time there are no plans to provide the RFP in hard copy via regular mail; therefore, requests that do not clearly specify an e-mail address will not be honored. No telephone requests for the RFP will be accepted. Posted 08/16/99 (W-SN367997). (0228)

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