Fire Watch and Tank Watch Solicitation

This contract requires the contractor to provide qualified fire watch and tank watch personnel, including those with or eligible for a red badge or necessary security clearance from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA, as directed by task orders. Fire watch personnel will support hot work operations by ensuring safety and assisting shipyard workers, along with performing bag and drag/general housekeeping duties such as removing industrial debris from ship decks. Spotters will coordinate pedestrian and vehicular traffic to maintain safety, typically at ship ramp locations. Tank watch personnel will monitor entry into confined or poorly ventilated enclosed spaces, ensuring compliance with safety protocols, maintaining communication with authorized entrants, preventing unauthorized entry, and being trained according to corporate confined space awareness and specific standard operating procedures. The contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity agreement covering a base year plus four one-year options, with work performed primarily on vessels at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and within a 50-mile radius. This procurement is set aside for 8(a) competitors and evaluates awards based on technical capability, past performance, and price. It follows previous contracts referenced under fire watch numbers N50054-10-D-1007/1008/1009. Interested contractors should submit detailed contact information by email to receive notifications about the solicitation posting. The contract falls under NAICS code 336611, with a size standard of 1,000 employees, and is managed by the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center of the Department of Defense.