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V -- TIME CHARTER OF ONE U.S. FLAG VESSEL CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING CABLE OPERATIONS SOL N00033-00-R-2004 DUE 122899 POC kevin spillane (202) 685-5776 WEB: Military Sealift Command, www.msc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Military Sealift Command, kevin.spillane@msc.navy.mil. This is the Military Sealift Command, Special Missions Program, Code PM2, Washington DC Military Sealift Command Request For Proposals N00033-00-R-2004 (23 December 1999) -- This procurement is being conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12, Commercial Items. The Government is not required to establish a competitive range, conduct discussions, nor request final revisions. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 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. This solicitation may also be viewed at the MSC Web site (http://msc.navy.mil/N10/trans.htm). MSC PM2P requests proposals for a U.S. flag vessel as described below. This synopsis/solicitation incorporates by reference MSC SPECIALTIME 98 (rev. 5/99). Copies of the updated proforma may be downloaded from the MSC Web site (http://msc.navy.mil/N10/library.htm) or may be obtained by calling Kevin Spillane at (202) 685-5776. Proposals must be received prior to 1500 hours, Washington DC time, Tuesday, 28 December 1999. Proposals may be submitted via fax to (202) 685-5225. 1. Employment Of The Ship: The contractor shall provide a vessel for cable laying operations at the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility (AFWTF), St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), Andros Island, Bahamas. The ship will be loaded with cable and transit to the 1st operating area, return to Southern Florida. It is possible that there will be four round trips between the operating areas and Southern Florida. 1.1 Background: A project team comprised of The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT), Newport, Rhode Island (RI), and two Government contractors has developed an undersea cable system. One cable system comprises two separate lengths of fiber optic cables with in-line sensors. The fiber optic cable will be laid in water depths down to 15,000-feet in St. Croix. The 2nd system comprises 4 separate lengths of fiber optic cable and will be deployed in water depths down to 6,000-ft. The names of each project are the AFWTF Hydrophone Replacement and the AUTEC Hydrophone Replacement Project (AHRP). The project team will provide all of the cable laying machinery and operations direction. 1.1.1 Specific Tasks: The work required of the contractor shall be to provide a vessel capable of deploying 60-km of cable (six separate lengths), and station keeping in 20-meters water at the beginning of the cable route for a period of several hours. The cable-laying route will involve making a minimum of 2 -- 180 turns at a radius of 850-m in 1000-m of water depth. The ship shall provide a minimum deck space to layout all of the project cable-laying equipment (list available upon request). 1.1.2 Operating Area: The ship shall be operating up to 10 nautical miles Northwest of Fredricksted, St. Croix, USVI for one cable system. The 2nd operating area is within 10-nm of the Atlantic Undersea Test & Evaluation Center (AUTEC), Andros Island, Bahamas. 1.2 Port Operations: The port of operations will be located at Bahama Star Limited, Inc., 220 Fishermans Wharf, Fort Pierce, FL 34950, tel: (561) 466-6333. All the cable laying machinery and undersea systems will be loaded aboard the ship there. 1.3 Port Services: Ship berthing will be arranged by the contractor. Requirements for entering/exiting the berthing shall be the contractors responsibility. The contractor shall make arrangements for water, fuel, shore power, trash/sewage removal. Fuel will not be supplied. It shall be the contractor's responsibility. 1.4 Operating Scenario: The goal of the cable laying operations is to charter a single ship to perform back to back operations. At the time of award the contractor shall be provided the sequence priority for St. Croix and Bahamas. The ship shall complete transit and be on-site at the Fort Pierce, MASA beginning 11 January. The operating scenario is available upon request. Percent time underway during transits is dependent on location of homeport. Transits to and from the port of operations to the cable-laying site are  1,000 miles (Florida to St. Croix). Percent time underway, 12 days at 0-2 knots will be required during cable laying operations. Percent of time in port is about 20 days. While in port the ship shall use contractor arranged shore power. Percent of time during transit to/from the cable-laying site and the MASA is about 24 days. The maximum Sea State for beginning cable-laying operations shall be Sea State 4 (19-knot winds, average wave height of 4.3 feet). 2.0 CHARTER PERIOD: The ship shall be required for a minimum of about 47 days and maximum of about 57 days excluding weather contingency and transits to the port of operations. 2.1 DELIVERY/REDELIVERY: Desired delivery date to Ft. Pierce, FL: 11 January 2000; Earliest date: 10 January 2000; Latest Date: 12 January 2000 Redelivery will be Ft. Pierce, FL. 3.1 Specific Ship Dimensions Length overall: 75 meter or greater Beam: greater than 12 meters Draft: 6 meters or less Depth: 9 meters or less Freeboard: 3 meters or less at the stern Clear deck space: minimum 407-m2 (33.4-m long x 12.2-m wide). Government-furnished equipment lists and deck drawing are available upon request. Deck loading: 1000 lbs/ft2 The maximum number of day's at-sea required are 13 days excluding transits to and from homeport. The minimum range is 1,000 nautical miles excluding transits to and from the ship's homeport. The minimum transit speed shall be 10 knots. The operating (cable laying) speeds shall be -- 2 knots constant for approximately 48 hours. The vessel must maintain a track of plus/minus 75 feet up to a sea state 4 with ocean current speeds ranging from 0-2 knots. The director of the project team will direct ship's movement and control cable payout during cable operations. Dynamic positioning is advantageous to ensure that these slow operating speeds can be achieved. There is no requirement for launching and recovering small boats. If a small boat is standard equipment on the ship it can remain aboard as long as it does not interfere with the project deck layout. The ship shall have a steel aft-deck to weld equipment. If wooden beams cover the steel deck, the contractor shall propose in accordance with a method to weld equipment to the deck such as metal beams, angle etc. running across the deck. No special installations/ alterations or underwater hull work/dry-docking is required. The project crew will be responsible for the loading, installation, operation and maintenance of all project equipment. The project equipment does not require any air or water-cooling. Personal Computer monitors will be installed on the ship's bridge for displaying navigation. The bridge shall be air-conditioned. Fresh or salt water cooling is required for the customer furnished Linear Cable Engine. The required flow rate is 120 liters per minute. Electrical power consisting of 208 VAC, 1 phase, 50-60 Hz, 50 amps is required. Project deployment equipment (Linear cable engine) will be powered (440 volt, 3 phase, 60 Hertz, star delta starting, 125-kW) by project generators. After contract award, the ship's power will be reviewed to determine if the generators are not required. This would be for the sole purpose of personnel noise comfort. The project generators will require fueling. The contractor shall be responsible for providing diesel fuel for the project generators. One 5 ft by 3 ft desk space on the bridge for helmsman navigation display shall be required. Air conditioning is required. The total number of project personnel to be berthed and fed is 16. Independent berthing shall be provided for one female. 4.0. The sections, provisions, clauses, and conditions of MSC SPECIALTIME 98 (rev 5/99) apply including but not limited to: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. See MSC SPECIALTIME 98 (rev 5/99) for applicable clauses of 52.212-5. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items within its offer. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45. The following changes are made to MSC SPECIALTIME 98 (rev 5/99): 1. Section XI is deleted and replaced with the following: XI. FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation represents the low-cost, technically acceptable proposal 2. Add the following Clause: "252.204-7004 -- Required Central Contractor Registration (Mar 1998) Signed: Frances C. Gapp, Contracting Officer, Military Sealift Command Code PM2P HQ Posted 12/23/99 (W-SN411267). (0357)

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