Touch Labor Production Support for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard   3

*** Amendment one (1) was issued on 7/20/23. The purpose of this Amendment is to respond to Questions 1 through 8 from industry and to revise the Solicitation as noted in the responses to those questions. All other terms and conditions remain the same.

*** Amendment two (2) was issued on 8/11/23. The purpose of this Amendment is to respond to Questions 1 through 38 from industry and to revise the Solicitation as noted in the responses to those questions. All other terms and conditions remain the same.

***Amendment three (3) was issued on 4/18/24. The purpose of this amendment is to:

1. Replace FAR 52.212-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022), with 52.219-14 Limitations on
Subcontracting (FEB 2023) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008).

2. Insert FAR 52.215-20, Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified
Cost or Pricing Data (NOV 2021), Alternate III (OCT 1997) and Alternate IV (OCT 2010).

3. Insert Clause G-216-H003 Ordering Process for Multiple Award Contracts (MACS) (NAVSEA) (FEB
2024).

4. Amend Factor 1, Technical Approach, by deleting the first element from Sections L and M. The
Government has determined that the content of that element will be adequately evaluated under Element 1,
General Management Approach, of Factor 2, Management Approach.

5. Amend Factor 4, Small Business Participation Plan, by (i) deleting Past performance of the offerors in
complying with requirements of the clauses at FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, and
52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan from Sections L and M and (ii) evaluating that information
under Factor 3, Past Performance.

6. Delete Factor 5, Total Evaluated Cost (TEC) and Price as an evaluation factor at the contract level as
authorized under FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii) and amend Sections L and M to revise the evaluation factors and
basis for award.

7. Update Delivery Information in Section F, CLIN 0001 and CLIN 0002, Ordering Period(s) of
Performance (POP) from 30-SER-2023 TO 29-SEP-2028 to 01-JUN-2024 TO 31-MAY-2029
ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN THE SAME.

***THIS NOTICE IS A FORMAL SOLICITATION AS A RESULT OF PRESOLICITATION NOTICE "N3904023R0008"***
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) intends to award Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contracts (MACs), with competition among the awardees for individual task orders to provide production support for qualified personnel capable of performing the tasks identified by trade referenced within the statement of work. The listed trades are non-commercial in nature and provide for non-nuclear production labor support using the policies and procedures of FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, FAR Subpart 16.5, Indefinite-Delivery Contracts, and FAR Subpart 19.5, Set-Asides for Small Businesses.

Perspective bidders are required to fulfill the 15 trade skills as defined in the Statement of Work. The trade skills necessary will include, but are not limited to: Marine Electrician Worker; Industrial Fire Watch/Laborer; Marine Pipefitter; Outside Marine Machinist; Marine Painter; Weighthandler (Rigger); Marine Shipfitter; Shipwright (Staging Builder); Welder; Sheet Metal, Marine Insulator (Lagger); Abrasive Blaster; Deck Tile Setter; Sound Tile Setter; and Fabric Worker.

The requirement will be solicited using full and open competition, with a portion of task orders awarded under the contracts reserved for small business concerns. The NAICS code applicable to this procurement is 336611, Shipbuilding and Repair with a size standard of 1300 employees. The Product Service Code is J998.

The contract will contain one five year Period of Perfomance. The total anticipated contract period of performance is five years.

The Government intends to procure this requirement by reserving a portion of the multiple awards for small businesses based on the anticipated monetary thresholds as follows:

Task orders with an estimated value of $1,000,000.00 or less are set-aside exclusively for competition among small businesses contract awardees.

Task orders with an estimated value over $1,000,000.00 will be solicited to all contract awardees to determine small business capability. If no small business capability is identified, the task order will be solicited utilizing full and open competition.

The solicitation, any documents related to this procurement, and all amendments issued will be in electronic form.

Solicitation N3904023R0008 and subsequent amendments will be posted to this website (SAM.gov). Prospective Offeror's are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and for frequently monitoring the SAMs website for solicitation amendments. The Government is not responsible for inability of the Offeror's to access solicitation documents posted. Prospective Offeror's should also register at SAM on the interested vendor list under N3904023R0008. No telephone or FAX requests will be accepted, and no hardcopy solicitation/amendment will be mailed or faxed. Offeror's must also be registered in the System for Award Management in order to participate in this procurement at http://www.sam.gov.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Government. By submitting a proposal, the offeror will be self-certifying that neither the principal corporate officials nor owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the proposal. By submission of a proposal, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from the solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220, or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov. All RFP questions shall be submitted in accordance with the Discussion Letters, Evaluation Notices, and Revised Evalutions received 7/2/2024. Please direct all questions regarding this requirement to Christie Ashcraft, Contract Specialist at christie.j.ashcraft.civ@us.navy.mil.