Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

A -- MACHINE SHOP FABRICATION AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT SOL N00178-00-R-1021 DUE 031400 POC Dianne M. Purks, Contract Specialist, Code SD119, (540)653-7478, or John R. Travers, Contracting Officer WEB: NSWCDD Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division Web, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist for N00178-00-R-1021, purksdm@nswc.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 combined in this notice or attachments which are available as PDF file which can be downloaded from NSWC website www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Simplified Acquisition procedures will be used in accordance with FAR 13.5. The solicitation number is N00178-00-R-1021 and this combined synopsis/solicitation is a Request for Proposals for Machine Shop Fabrication and Engineering Support. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 97-12. This procurement is restricted 100% to small businesses with an assigned SIC Code of 3429 which signifies a small business size standard of 500 employees. All services/supplies will be purchased through an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contract under which delivery orders will be awarded on a firm-fixed-priced basis. As stated above, the Description of the Statement of Work is provided as an attachment. Evaluation criteria are Equipment Capability, Past Performance, Quality Assurance Process and Personnel. Weightings and relevance of importance are provided as an attachment. Delivery Schedule: All deliveries shall be inspected and accepted at point of destination and delivered FOB Destination to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100 or as specified in the each delivery order. Offerors shall complete and submit representations and certifications found in provisions at FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-3, and DFAR 252.212-7000 and DFAR 252.212-7001. The provisions at 52-212-2, 51.212-3, 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 apply for this acquisition. An addendum incorporating Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Provisions, DFAR 252.204-7004, and DFAR 252.227-7015 shall be incorporated at Contract Award. The Provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Provision is as follows: 52.212-1 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 will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. EQUIPMENT/PROCESS CAPABILITY; 2. PAST PERFORMANCE; 3. QUALITY ASSURANCE; 4. PERSONNEL. (N0TE: SUBFACTORS AND RELEVANCE OF IMPORTANCE IS PROVIDED IN ATTACHMENT 1) The resulting Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity firm-fixed-priced contract will provide for machine shop fabrication and engineering support and will be awarded for five years of support. The labor mix (labor categories and number of hours for each year is provided as an attachment) with be for a total of 70,030 man-hours (hours are provided by year in the attachment). Material Costs will be a total of $1,326,229 (yearly amounts are provided in the attachment). A minimum obligation of $25,000 will be provided at contract award representing the Government's agreement to order $25,000 of supplies or services under the resulting contract. The required delivery schedules will be provided in each delivery order, except for urgent requirements which will require delivery within 24 hours of notification. Urgent requirements necessitate that offerors be within 90 minute/75 mile radius of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Any contractor interested in submitting a proposal in response to this announcement must submit the information contained in the attachment. Price will not be a weighted factor in the evaluation. The degree of importance of price however, will increase with the degree of equality of proposals in relation to other factors on which selection is based. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division has implemented Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitation with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web Site to ensure they have downloaded all amendments. DoD will no longer award contracts to Contractors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Registration may be done by assessing the CCR Web site at http://www.ccr2000.com. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1(800)334-3414. Proposals in response to this announcement should be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Attn: Dianne Purks, SD119/BLDG 183/1st Floor/Room 102, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, Virginia 22448-5100. All proposals MUST be received at Building 183, Room 102 on or before 2PM on 14 March 2000. Any proposals received at the designated location after the 2PM deadline will be determined late. All questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted to SD119 via fax (540) 653-7088. Posted 03/01/00 (W-SN429788). (0061)

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