Commander, Military Sealift Command, Bldg 210, 914 Charles Morris Court SE, Code N10, Washington, DC 20398-5540

V -- WATER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES SOL N00033-R-00-5297 DUE 062700 POC Pam Broglio, 202-685-5832 WEB: Click here to download contract information, www.msc.navy.mil/N10/conthp.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, pam.broglio@msc.navy.mil. SUBJ: MSC Request for Proposals (RFP) N00033-00-R-5297 Towage Requirement REF: (A) MSC TUGCON 90 (Rev. 5/90) ****THIS IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE**** A. Military Sealift Command, Sealift Program Office, Code PM52P, requests proposals for a U.S. flag tug capable of meeting the transportation requirements described below. Ref (A) shall be the form of any contract resulting from this solicitation and is available upon request. This acquisition is set aside for small business concerns. 1. RFP No.: N00033-00-R-5297 (Dated: 23 June 2000) 2. Contract No.: Will be provided upon fixture. 3. Issuing agency: (Code: N00033) Military Sealift Command PM52P, Bldg. 210, Room 275 914 Charles Morris Court SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20398-5540 4. Address proposals to: Fax proposals to (202)685-5852 or alternate (202)685-5887. 5. Tug required: U.S. flag tug capable of towing the vessel described in Box 6 below. Contractor will provide towing bridles and towing cable for vessel. Contractor shall be responsible for strapping down the boom on the crane before transit. Contractor shall provide independent survey to certify the acceptability of tow rig and its attachments to the towed vessel. Tug must have a minimum towing speed of six knots. The required delivery date in Bremerton, WA, is 14 July 2000. Tug and tow to be rigged by Contractor in accordance with proposed tow plan. 6. Description of the Tow: YD 248 floating crane capable of being towed as a sea-going barge and has the following characteristics: Length, 175 ft; Width, 75 ft.; Depth, 12 ft. 6 in.; Displacement (towing), 1630 LT. 7. Port/Place of Departure: Port Hueneme, CA 8. Port/Place of Destination: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, WA 9. Laytime: 1 day SSHINC each port. 10. Proposals accepted until: 1000 hrs EST 27 June 2000 11. Laydays: Commencing 01 July 2000/Cancelling 05 July 2000 12. For additional information, contact Pam Broglio (202)685-5832 13. Account chargeable: To be provided upon award. 14. Submit invoices to the paying office as follows: Military Sealift Command, N86 914 Charles Morris Court SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20398-5540 15. Articles deleted from master solicitation: See Attachment J2 and delete paragraphs H24.1, H24.2, and H24.3 on pages 21-23. 16. Articles modified in master solicitation: -- See Attachment J2 and add FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (July 1996) -- Article M1.1, line 4, change "two days'" to "one day's". -- Article M1.3, line 4, add the following sentence: "Another factor to be considered in this evaluation is past performance of the offeror. The Government may make award to other than the low offeror if the difference in past performance evaluation so warrants. However, the importance of evaluated cost shall be significantly more than that of past performance evaluation." 17. Articles added to master solicitation: See Attachment J2 and add the following: (a) "H24.1. Any and all costs associated with the following shall be for the sole account of the owner without recourse to the government, provided any of the following results during the performance of services under this contract or preparations therefor from any negligence, wrongful act, or omission of owner or its agents, servants, employees, or subcontractors; or from any unseaworthiness, unfitness, or breakdown of any tug, gear, or other equipment furnished by owner under this contract: (a) injury or death of tugmaster or crew of the tug or of captain, officers, or crew of the tow; (b)injury or death of any person aboard the tug or tow; (c) loss or damage of whatsoever nature sustained by the tug or tow or any property aboard the tug or tow; (d) loss or damage of whatsoever nature caused to or suffered by third parties or their property by reason of contact with the tug or tow or by any obstruction created by the presence of the tug or tow; (e) any liability in respect of wreck removal for the tug or tow or in respect of the expense of moving or lightening or buoying the tug or tow or in respect of preventing or abating pollution originating from the tug. "H24.2. Whenever the tugmaster (or any crew) of any tug furnished or engaged in furnishing tug power or assistance to any vessel (which vessel utilizes or has readily available her own propulsion capacity) goes aboard said vessel, or when any licensed pilot goes aboard said vessel, said tugmaster, crew member or licensed pilot becomes the servant of the owner of said assisted vessel in respect of the giving of orders to any of the tugs provided for or engaged in said services and in respect of the handling of the vessel. Further, neither those providing the tug or pilot, nor the tug, its owners, charters, operators, manager, or agents shall be under any liability for executing the orders of said tugmaster, crew member, or licensed pilot, nor shall same be liable for any damage resulting therefrom, unless said damage is caused or results from the negligence or wrongful act or omission of the tug owners, charterers, operators, managers, employees, or agents of those furnishing the tug or pilot. H24.3. In all instances in which any vessel being handled by owner's tug sustains damage or is involved in any incident resulting in damage to vessels or property or in bodily injury or death, owner shall secure a report from the tugmaster or officer acting as pilot or from any licensed pilot aboard the vessel being handled. Owner shall submit said report in triplicate to the contracting officer within 24 hours following said incident, reporting the facts, listing deaths, reporting the extent of damages or bodily injuries, and listing recommendations to prevent recurrence." Attachment J2 is incorporated into this RFP by reference and is available upon request. B. Instructions to Offerors Offerors shall use the guidelines set forth in Section L of TUGCON 90 (Rev. 5/90) for submission of offers; however, at a minimum, the offers must contain the following: 1. Lumpsum towage price, daily demurrage rate, and expense of marine surveyor. (Please indicateif the cost of the marine surveyor is incorporated in the towage price.) 2. Minimum towing speed of the proposed vessel. 3. Full description of tow proposed. 4. Confirm that towing bridles and cable will be provided by Contractor. 5. Identify past or current contracts performed by offeror for similar services. 6. Part I of Ref (A). 7. Section K of Ref (A), fully completed. 8. IAW DFARS 252.204-7004, U.S. offerors (and foreign offerors working in the U.S.) must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) in order to be considered for award. To comply: -Provide a DUNS number with your solicitation. This number is required to verify registration and in order to register in the CCR. The DUNS number can be obtained by calling 1-800-333-0505. -- Register in the CCR by calling 1-888-227-2423 or through the MSC's website at http://www.msc.navy.mil/N10/library.htm under "Central Contractor Registration (CCR)". -- Register for electronic funds payment, also at the above-identified MSC website, under "Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Registration Form". C. Evaluation. For purposes of evaluation, one day of demurrage and the cost of the marine surveyor will be included in the evaluated price. Proposed tow plan will be reviewed for acceptability. Signed: Cathlene Jo Stangler, Contracting Officer, Sealift Program, PM52P Posted 06/23/00 (W-SN468148). (0175)

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