N0016423RWS68 – COMPETITIVE – Non-commercial Manufacturing of Machine & Composite Parts – PSC 1680 – NAICS 336413

Issue Date: 18 May 2023 – Closing Date: 18 June 2023 – 2:00 PM EST

ITEM DESCRIPTION - Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane intends to solicit an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) in support of build-to-print machine shop requirements for supplies related to EA-18G and P-8A aircraft components, as well as various other related platforms/requirements. Requirements include but not limited to:

Precision machining operations such as sawing, grinding, turning, and milling of both metallic and non-metallic materials

Welding, fabrication, and assembly of metallic and non-metallic materials and components to produce completed assemblies in accordance with drawings or 3-D models and within the defined tolerances

Other various machine shop services including but not limited to water jet cutting, plasma & laser cutting, hot and cold forming, tool & die fabrication, as well as inspection & certification.

Composite capabilities such as autoclave operations, prepreg and wet lay-up operations, grinding, sanding, patching/repair work, debulking, testing, and certification of materials and adhesives.

Additionally, prospective vendors will be required to submit a product sample, of the Government’s choosing, in order to display expertise in either machining and fabrication, or composite fabrication or both areas. Product sample requirements will be identified in any resultant request for proposals (RFP) and will be due at time of proposal identified within any resultant RFP of the product sample evaluation, laboratory measurements and field tests may be used to determine compliance with the drawing. In addition to the product sample, offers shall submit a proposal in response to the factors and sub-factors described in the solicitation in such detail to allow the Government to evaluate the proposal. However, if the product sample fails the evaluation or no product sample is submitted as a part of the complete proposal submission, the offeror’s proposal will not be further evaluated and thus will not be considered for award.

Following the evaluation, it is planned to award FFP, Five Year plus five (5) one year options, ten (10) total, IDIQ Multiple Award Contracts, with each awardee guaranteed an anticipated minimum dollar amount of $10,000 over the course of the ten-year period. This is 100% small business set aside and all responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered. Proposers will be asked to indicate their business size and socio-economic classification (large, small, small-disadvantaged, etc.)

Contractors must be properly registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Offerors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the internet at https://www.sam.gov.

Questions or inquiries should be directed to Joe Stratton, Code 0242 at Tel: (812)381-7247 or e-mail bryan.j.stratton2.civ@us.navy.mil. Please reference the above solicitation number when responding to this notice.

The solicitation, all amendments and associated controlled documents will be posted on Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE formerly known as WAWF) Solicitation Module at https://piee.eb.mil. The solicitation notice will flow to SAM.gov, but the actual posting will be in PIEE. The proposal shall also be submitted through the Solicitation Module in PIEE.

Information regarding how to set up a vendor registration is included in this link: DoD Procurement Toolbox https://dodprocurementtoolbox.com/site-pages/solicitation-module. Choose Vendor Access Instructions.

Further training is available at this link:

https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml

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