Aviation Training Program Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans (Helo Hoisting)

Request for Quotation (RFQ) Number 70Z02921Q8WN177 is assigned for tracking purposes. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation does not obligate the Government to compensate for any costs incurred by the Offeror in the preparation and/or submission of any offer, nor does it obligate the Government to procure for said services or supplies. ANTICIPATED NAICS CODE/SIZE STANDARD: The applicable NAICS Code is 488390, Other Support Activities for Water Transportation and the size standard is $41.5 million. SCOPE OF WORK: The below was taken from the SOW and intended to provide a general description of this requirement. - (Subject to change at the discretion of the Government). The Coast Guard is requiring a vessel to support the Aviation Training Program at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, LA. The contractor shall be responsible for providing and operating a vessel in support of the aviation training program and specifically providing all necessary management, supervision, personnel, labor, materials, fuel, and equipment necessary for the vessel(s) to support helicopter hoists. - The area of operations will be mutually agreed upon by both parties. In general, the area of operations will be located within 45 nautical miles of New Orleans NAS JRB/Callender airfield. The majority of helicopter operations will be conducted no closer than two (2) nautical miles from shore and no further than 10 nautical miles from shore.. - Helicopter Hoist Training Vessel Description: The contracted training vessel for helicopter hoisting training shall have the following characteristics: - Have a minimum draft of 4 feet to resist the lateral drift (an extremely shallow draft vessel is undesirable due to draft characteristics when subjected to rotor downwash). - Have no permanent structures protruding higher than 25 feet above the water line which cannot be quickly stowed (e.g. antennas). - Be no shorter than 38 feet and no longer than 50 feet. - Have a gross vessel weight of at least 10 tons - Have a minimum weather deck area to in excess of 50 square feet or more and be clear of obstructions. - Have a minimum required speed of 0 knots or - dead in the water. - Be capable of maintaining a heading of +/- 10 degrees at a speed of between 5-10 knots while operating under a helicopter producing 90 knots of rotor down wash in varying winds and sea states. - Be capable of operating in seas up to 6 feet. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance is anticipated to be June 1, 2021 thru May 31, 2022 (Subject to change at the discretion of the Government). ANTICIPATED CONTRACT VEHICLE: The anticipated contract vehicle will be a Requirements Contract with fixed-unit prices; individual task orders would be issued pursuant to the Requirements Contract if services are required. (Subject to change at the discretion of the Government) Proposals must include: (1) Technical Capability and Understanding (2) Past performance history (current or within the last 18 months) on projects similar in scope and nature, with specific references (including project identifier/contract number and description, period of performance, dollar amount, client name and current telephone number). References will be checked to validate the information provided. (3) Price. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Offer (LPTA). Technically acceptable is defined as the offerors ability to meet all the requirements/salient characteristics identified in the Statement of Work/Specification and the offerors demonstrated ability to perform the contract successfully through Past Performance. Only the lowest priced offer will be evaluated for technical acceptability. If the lowest priced offer is found not to be technically acceptable, then the next lowest priced offer will be evaluated. This process will continue until a technically acceptable offer is identified; not all offers will be evaluated. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Please Note: Only the lowest priced offer will be evaluated. If the lowest priced offer is found not to be acceptable, then the next lowest priced offer will be evaluated. This process will continue until a acceptable offer ls identified; all offers may not be evaluated. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the established criteria in the solicitation. The technical proposal shall address all of the evaluation factors listed below. Solicitation must consist of sufficient documentation to show evidence that the contractor meets ALL the requirements as specified below: 1. Technical - The Government will evaluate the offerors ability and method/approach to providing all the requirements in the Statement of Work as identified in their technical section/proposal. Technical approach and understanding will be rated as to the extent the offeror can clearly and fully demonstrate that it has a thorough understanding of the requirements and can successfully provide the requirements. Offerors that cannot specifically address their ability and method/approach to providing all the requirements in the Statement of Work or that do not submit a Technical Section with their offer may be rejected without further consideration. 2. Past Performance - The Government will evaluate an offeror's past performance to determine the degree to which current and previous contract efforts indicate the probability of the offeror successfully accomplishing/performing the requirements of the statement of work. The currency and relevancy of the information, source of the information, context of the data, and general trends in contractor's performance will be considered. The Government may use a variety of sources, data, and/or information available about the offerors current or past performance, not just the information identified by an offeror, to evaluate past performance. Sources that may be used to evaluate past performance include, but is not limited to: (1) the Contracting Officer's knowledge of and/or previous experience with the offeror, (2) past performance questionnaires/surveys, (3) the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), and/or any other source. Although the Government will consider information obtained from other sources, the burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information rests with the offeror. Past performance information received from the offeror shall be within the past 18 months or ongoing and be relevant to this requirement (i.e., the same or similar requirement.) Current performance will have a greater impact in the evaluation than less recent performance. Only relevant past performance will be evaluated. An offerors lack of relevant past performance will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably and will be rated as neutral. References will be checked to validate the information provided. 3. Price - The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness and award a contract to the offeror with the lowest priced technically acceptable offer. If competing offers are rated - acceptable for technical and past performance, price will be the controlling factor in award. The Government reserves the right to conduct a price realism analysis to determine whether an offer's proposed prices are realistic for the work to be performed and reflects a clear understanding of the requirement. Offerors are required to provide a unit price for all items. A zero dollar figure ($0.00) unit price means the Offeror will provide the service or supply at no charge to the Government. Unit prices left blank or annotated with something other than a dollar figure will be considered unacceptable and the Government has discretion whether to reject the offer without any further consideration. The government will evaluate the proposal on the technical criteria as either ACCEPTABLE or UNACCEPTABLE. All three factors must be acceptable to be eligible for award. Questions about this requirement must be in writing and submitted by mail or email. Telephone inquiries are strongly discouraged. All inquiries must include the solicitation number, your full name, organization name, phone and fax numbers, and must be received by 4 PM CST, May 21, 2021. 52.204-7 System for Award Management: An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. SAM website http://www.sam.gov. HOW TO RESPOND: In order to compete for this project, interested parties must demonstrate that they are qualified to perform the work. All proposals must be in writing and submitted by mail or email. DO NOT submit removable memory/storage devices or media, such as, flash drives, thumb drives, memory sticks, hard drives, CD, DVD, or any other similar devices. Proposals are due by 4 PM CST, May 21, 2021. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure the proposal is received by the date and time shown above.