Request for Proposal (RFP)/Solicitation Posting:  The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, RI intends to award a Firm Fixed Price, 5 year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the design, fabrication, assembly, testing, inspection, packaging and delivery of First Article and Production DT-592D Hydrophones in accordance with the attached Request for Proposal N66604-16-R-1324.

This procurement will be processed using FAR Part 15.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334511.  The Small Business Size Standard is 1,250 employees.   This procurement is being solicited on an unrestricted basis as concurred with by the NUWCDIVNPT Office for Small Business Programs.

The closing date for receipt of proposals is 26 July 2016 at 2:00PM EST.  Technical proposals are required.  The Government intends to award to the eligible, responsible offeror whose offer represents the best value, considering cost/price, past performance, small business participation and technical factors.  The specific evaluation criteria are oulined in the attached solicitation.  All timely offers will be considered. 

The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will be posted to the FEDBIZOPPS.gov website.  Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation from this website and for monitoring the site for any amendments.

Offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/) to be eligible for award.  Instructions for registration are available at the website. 

NOTE:  The technical specification drawings associated with this requirement are labeled Distribution D which means distribution is authorized to the DOD and US DOD contractors with a valid Joint Certification Program (JCP) certification. Only offerors with an active registration in JCP will be provided access to the technical specification drawings. Please visit http://www.dlis.dls.mil/jcp for further details on the program and registration.   To request the Distribution D documents send the information required in bullet 5 on page 2 of the attached RFP to [email protected]

In addition, a classified appendix forms part of this request for proposal.  See pages 2 and 3 of the attached solicitation for instructions on requesting the classified appendix. 

NOTE:  The Distribution D drawings and CIPS posted with the initial source sought announcement have been updated since they were posted.  The updated documents must be requested as specified in bullet 5 on page 2 of the attached RFP.

For information regarding this acquisition, contact Alison Wicks at [email protected].

Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice Posting:

This procurement will be processed using FAR Part 15.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334511.  The Small Business Size Standard is 1,250 employees.   This procurement is being solicited on an unrestricted basis as concurred with by the NUWCDIVNPT Office for Small Business Programs.

Solicitation N66604-16-R-1324 is anticipated to be released on or around 03 June 2016.  The closing date for receipt of proposals will be established in the solicitation.  Technical proposals are required.  The Government intends to award to the eligible, responsible offeror whose offer represents the best value, considering cost/price, past performance, small business participation and technical factors.  The specific evaluation criteria will be outlined in the solicitation.  All timely offers will be considered.  The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will be posted to the FEDBIZOPPS.gov website.  Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation from this website and for monitoring the site for any amendments.

Offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/) to be eligible for award.  Instructions for registration are available at the website. 

NOTE:  The technical specification drawings associated with this requirement are labeled Distribution D which means distribution is authorized to the DOD and US DOD contractors with a valid Joint Certification Program (JCP) certification. Only offerors with an active registration in JCP will be provided access to the technical specification drawings. Please visit http://www.dlis.dls.mil/jcp for further details on the program and registration. To obtain a copy of the technical specification drawings your account in FBO needs to reflect your JCP certification.  The technical specification drawing package is uploaded to the site as an attachment with limited access by JCP certified companies only.