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V -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR CONTRACT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR A MATERIAL PROCESSING CENTER!! SOL N00244-00-R-0056!! DUE 062300 POC Fran Cass at (619) 532-2579!! WEB: Click here to download a copy of the draft performance, hhtp://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil!!. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, frances_l_cass@sd.fisc.navy.mil!!. The Navy's Southwestern Region is contemplating issuing a solicitation for contractor support services for a Material Processing Center (MPC) to manage material receipt functions which will include consolidated receiving and transit shed operations. The contract will require performance of centralized physical distribution/cross-docking operations by processing direct turn-over (DTO) material to ships and shore facilities. DTO material is material that is delivered directly to the customer, without any warehousing or storage time. The service provider shall be responsible for all preliminary coordination efforts, including truck control and tailgating as well as receipt processing functions such as material segregation, material offloads, receipt verification, maintaining validation documentation, noting discrepancies and processing discrepancy reports. Ship support, which will be conducted much like existing transit shed operations, will include offloading, sorting, de-bulking, inventorying, palleting, issuing, and staging material for pickup or delivery to the ships. The MPC will be located in a warehouse aboard the Naval Station, San Diego. The structure is essentially empty and the contractor will be required to provide labor, materials, all necessary equipment (except IT), portable office space, and supervision necessary for contract performance. The solicitation will require the technical proposal to include a schematic of the offeror's floor-plan with a layout of the warehouse/staging area and a workflow plan demonstrating how the tasks will be performed. Our vision for the proposed MPC is it will be the premier provider of receiving functions for all Naval ships and activities in the metropolitan San Diego region. This vision will require a technical approach that ensures accurate, accountable and best value contract support from receipt of the material until delivery to the end user including full-service processing, tracking, and follow-up assistance. Any automated tools employed by the contractor will be required to interface with the Government's logistic systems. The purpose of this posting is to: (i) request industry comment on the adequacy of the draft performance work statement, (ii) obtain an understanding of how industry would price material processing efforts and such aspects as designing interfaces between the contractor's automated tools and the Government's systems, (iii) identify potential sources and their size status, (iv) obtain industry input regarding performance metrics, and (v) identify potential approaches to phasing-in the contract performance and eventually phasing-out to a successor contract. The draft performance work statement can be obtained at www.sd.fisc.navy.mil by selecting "Business Opportunities" and "Market Research". This posting will be available from June 12th through June 21st. Receipt of comments by June 23rd would be appreciated.***** Posted 06/09/00 (W-SN463513). (0161)

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