Military Sealift Command, Pacific, Code N-10, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106-3521

J -- PROCUREMENT OF RIGID INFLATABLE BOATS (RIB) SOL N31980-99-R-0422 DUE 091799 POC Jennifer Tsui; Fax #: 619-553-7774; E-mail: Jennifer.Tsui@mscwest.msc.navy.mil E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, Jennifer.Tsui@mscwest.msc.navy.mil. Description: Procurement of Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIB). This procurement is set aside for small business, and issued as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation N31980-99-R-0422 applies and is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 97-13. The standard industrial classification code is 3732 and the business size standard is 500 employees. This requirement is for a fixed priced contract. Item Specification: Length Overall: 6.7m 22'; Inside Length: 5.58m 18'3"; Beam Overall: 2.7m 9'; Inside Beam: 1.63m 64"; Number of People: 15; Loaded Weight: 6,400 lbs.; Maximum HP: 200 hp; Weight Light: 3,925 lbs.; Maximum Capacity: 2,475 lbs.; Draft Loaded: 0.53m 22"; Tube Diameter: 0.59m 22". Standard Options: Fiberglass deck & bull; Heavy-duty aluminum engine foundations; Stainless steel padded steering wheel; Compass; Single lever control; Stainless steel console grabrails; Doublers in wear areas; Deck bailers; Stainless steel 4-point lift pads for single point sling pick-up; Full length inboard & outboard lifelines; Lifting sling; Stowable jack staff with anchor light; Searchlight; 2 boat paddles with pockets; Electric horn; Dual batteries; Dual battery charger; Manual/electric kill switch; audible engine alarm; Foot pump; Manuals: engine, parts list & outdrive; 210 hp Cummins diesel jet with Hamilton jet drive; Foam filled tube assembly; Miranda lift frame; Form-fitted cover; Fiberglass console, engine cover, cushioned seat; Vibration isolator; Hydraulic steering; Full height transom with stainless steel transom cap and two (2) tow bollards; Color: international orange; Lexan windshield; Five (5) circuit breakers/navigation lights; Pressure relief valves; Heavy-duty rub strakes; AFT deck storage box; Emergency tiller; Two (2) stainless steel deck cleats (forward); Non-skid deck; Stainless steel bow eye; Radar reflector; Boat hook; Heavy-duty 40 gal. aluminum fuel tank; Electric & manual bilge pump; Waterproof battery box; Dual battery switch; Tach, hour meter, temperature, & oil pressure gauges; two 5 LB fire extinguishers; Tube repair kit; USCG/SOLAS rescue boat certification required. Evaluated quantity: Three (3). Contractor agrees to provide same unit price for estimated quantity. The Government intends to purchase a minimum of one (1) unit under the entire contract. The Government intends to purchase a maximum of five (5) units per year. This will be a five (5) year contract with a base year and four (4) option years. The option is to be exercised 30 days prior to the option year start date. The contract start date is 27 September 1999. Delivery will be FOB destinations to Sasebo, Japan (1 unit), Singapore (1 unit), and San Diego (1 unit). Delivery time to FOB destination for the first order will be 120 days after receipt of order (ARO) to allow for SOLAS certification process. Thereafter, delivery time for all subsequent orders will be 60 days ARO. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items applies. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1: Paragraph (h), Multiple Awards, delete the entire paragraph. Substitute "Single Award. The Government plans to award a single contract resulting from this solicitation. To determine technical acceptability of the proposed product, the following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are in descending order of importance: a) Past Performance; b) Delivery; c) Warranty. Offerors shall submit the following information with their price proposal: a) Past Performance: List the contracts completed during the past three years. Include the following information for each contract: Name of customer; point of contact; telephone number; quantity and type of equipment sold; model numbers; delivery dates (scheduled and actual); and total value of the contract; b) Delivery: Offeror shall provide best delivery of equipment and technical documentation (expressed in calendar days after receipt of notification of contract award); c) Warranty: Describe Offeror's warranty for equipment. Offerors will be evaluated on their performances under prior contracts for similar products. The Government will focus on information that demonstrates quality of performance/products relative to the size and complexity of the procurement under consideration. Award will be made to the Offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation is determined to be the best value to the Government, technical, performance risk, price, and other factors being considered. In selecting the best value, both technical and price to the Government will be considered. All evaluation factors other than price when combined are approximately equal to price. Price will not be a numerically weighted factor in the evaluation of proposals, neither does the importance of price bear a linear relationship to the technical proposal nor to the Offeror's past performance record. The importance of price in evaluation of award will depend upon the differences in evaluated technical quality among Offerors, differences in each Offeror's past performance history, which demonstrated their ability to provide customer satisfaction at low to no performance risk and the Offeror's ability to provide increased technical quality in performance of this contract. The price to the Government will be evaluated to determine cost realism and reasonableness of proposed price. Government Credit Purchase Card (GPC) will be used as a payment method for this contract. Invoice submission shall be specified in the contract award document. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items applies. Offerors are required to complete and include a copy of the following provisions with their proposal (copy of the following provisions may be obtained from the POC stated herein or by down loading a copy from the internet address http://www.arnet.gov/far or http://farsite.hill.af.mil: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items; DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items 252-225-7000, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program Certificate; Also, DFARS 252.204-7004, Required Central Contract Registration. Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items applies. FAR 52.214-35, Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency applies. Add the following addendum clause, FAR 52.211-5, Material Requirements; and provision, FAR 52.215-5, Facsimile Proposals. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items applies as well as any additional FAR clauses cited in the clause. Clause 52.211-15, Defense Priority and Allocation Requirements applies. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies with the following clauses applicable to paragraph (b): DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program; DFARS 252.227-7015, Technical Data Commercial Items; DFARS 252.227-7036 Buy American North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act Balance of Payments Program; DFARS 252.227-7037, Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data; DFARS 252.247-7024, Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. Proposals must be received no later than 11:00 A.M., PST, 17 September 1999. Proposals should be submitted to: Military Sealift Command, Pacific, ATTN: Jennifer Tsui, 140 Sylvester Rd., Building 139, San Diego, CA, 92106-3521 by electronic transmission (e-mail), 3 floppy disk or facsimile. The acceptable electronic format for proposals include Word 6.0/95, Word 7.0/97, Excel 5.0/97 or Adobe Acrobat 3.0 WIN (.pdf). Posted 09/03/99 (W-SN376576). (0246)

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