This synopsis is hereby cancelled. The technical specification is being re-written and a new synopsis is anticipated to be posted in March 2008. THIS PRE-SOLICITATION IS BEING ADVERTISED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS, INVITING FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this Solicitation is: 541611. The size standard is $6,500,000.00. The Department of the Navy (DoN) is soliciting qualified parties interested in entering into a contract for professional services in support of the DoNs Special Venture Acquisitions (SVA). The DoN intends to award a firm fixed price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. This contract is for a base year and four (4) one-year option periods. The contractor shall bring professional knowledge, skills and experience in residential and commercial real estate development and large scale real estate portfolio management to the DoNs public private venture program. The contractor shall provide advice and assistance to the DoN and conduct the necessary research and analysis to present DoN decision-makers with accurate and relevant information on which to adopt appropriate courses of action. The contractor will bring best business practices from the private sector to assist the DoN with all aspects of the special venture acquisitions, including family and unaccompanied housing public private ventures, enhanced use leasing, and other public-private venture opportunities. The work includes technical advisory services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Headquarters (NAVFAC) Special Venture Acquisitions Office and the NAVFAC component commands for the purpose of providing professional services, project development, execution, portfolio management advice and support consistent with the privatization approach adopted by the DoN. The contractor will provide assistance with financial matters in both the pre- and post-deal closing environments to include proforma development, financial proposal analysis, budget and audit reviews, reviews of financial and bank statements and project cash flow distribution. The contractor will provide program development and implementation support for privatized facilities or facilities planned to be privatized including family housing, unaccompanied personnel housing, enhanced use leasing and other special ventures. The contractor will provide innovative recommendations to changing circumstances consistent with the DoN approach; assist in policy development and implementation; recommend strategies to respond to a variety of stakeholders throughout all phases of the program; prepare briefings; participate in meetings; and provide information technology support for databases, web-enabled solutions and other information resources as necessary for capturing reporting data, benchmarking, future decision making and institutionalizing lessons learned. The contractor will assist with all aspects of determining project feasibility, concept development and deal negotiation including interaction with third party entities such as property managers, asset managers, developers and financial institutions. The contractor will assist with the design, implementation, appropriate expansion and continuous improvement of portfolio management tools and methodologies to oversee and monitor the performance and condition of the DoNs portfolio of privatized facilities. The work under this contract will be performed predominately in NAVFACs area of operation, including but not limited to the Continental United States (CONUS), Hawaii, Guam and other overseas locations; this contract may be used world-wide. The workload may fluctuate with changes in the number and types of projects in various stages of implementation and in response to Navy decisions to expand the program. The contractor must be flexible and able to surge to respond to these workload challenges. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible proposer whose proposal confirming to the solicitation will be a BEST VALUE to the Government, price and technical factors considers. The specific evaluation factors will be included in the Solicitation. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals at any time prior to award; to negotiate with any or all proposers; use tradeoff process when it may be in the best interest of the Government to consider award to other than the lowest price proposer or other than the highest technically rated proposer; and to award to the proposer submitting the proposal determined by the Government to be the most advantageous (Best Value) to the Government. PROPOSERS ARE ADVISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO EVALUATE PROPOSALS AND AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS OR ANY CONTACT CONCERNING THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED. Therefore, proposals should be submitted initially on the most favorable terms. Proposers should not assume that they would be contacted or afforded an opportunity to qualify, discuss, or revise their proposals. In accordance with the Small Business Act, large businesses will be required to submit an acceptable Subcontracting Plan prior to award. The solicitation will be issued on approximately 17 January 2008. The receipt date of proposals will be on approximately 20 February 2008. The solicitation is available in electronic format only. The official access to the solicitation is via the Internet at http://www.esol.navfac.navy.mil. Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the NAVFAC E-Solicitation website. Only registered contractors will be notified by email when amendments to the solicitation are issued. All documents will be in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format via the Internet. The free Acrobat Reader, required to view the PDF files, can be downloaded from the Adobe website. In accordance with the provisions of DFARS 252.204-7004, REQUIRED CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION, offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Lack of registration in the CCR database on the part of the offeror will make an offeror ineligible for award. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. Technical inquiries shall be emailed to Jennifer.L.McGuire@navy.mil.
