R -- TECHNIAL, ANALYTICAL, ENGINEERING AND ATTENDANT EFFORT TO SUPPORT

Fleet and Industrial Supply Center {Norfolk} Philadelphia Divisionintends to acquire through full and open competition technical, analytical, engineering, and related services to support the operations of the United States Navy Price Fighter Program under the sponsorship of the Navy Inventory Control Point/Code 078. Among the work products to be provided are intrinsic value and should cost analyses on Government procured spare parts, repairables, and weapons systems for DOD and other Government activities. This program effort will be attained by a new contract instrument. The estimated amount of services covers the minimum needs of the Government for the specified period. The solicitation will be available on or after 15 February 2008. The program effort shall consist of a Basic Program Term/LOT I of 12 months encompassing 1 July 2008 or date of award, whichever is later, through one year thereafter plus four (4) successive option terms consisting of twelve (12) months each term. If all options to extend the term of the contract are exercised, contract ordering period will continue through at least 30 June 2013. The assessed cumulative level of effort consists of 750,000 productive man-hours of effort for the entire acquisition program (if all options are exercised). The estimated total level of productive effort identified with the Basic Program Term/LOT I is 150,000 man-hours of direct labor. The solicitation will contain the applicable statement of work and specifications. The solicitation will require the submission of technical and cost proposals and the Government will conduct a best value analysis. The technical proposal factors are technical approach, corporate past experience, past performance, and extent of participation of small and small disadvantaged business firms, women-owned small businesses, and historically black colleges or universities and minority institutions in performance of the contract. The evaluation of proposals will consider the offeror?s technical proposal more important than the offeror's cost proposal. Costs will be assessed on the basis of cost realism. The Government intends to issue the award to the eligible, responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is determined to represent the best value to the Government after evaluation in accordance with the factors in the solicitation. The Government contemplates award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity/firm fixed price hybrid instrument with task orders to be placed under the contract for specific delivery of services. It is projected that the firm fixed price contract line items, which consist of four (4) analytical work products, comprise a combined estimated quantity of 850 units during each program year. Interested sources are advised that the acquisition may be subject to organizational conflict of interest provisions. If the offeror's proposal is determined unacceptable in any of the technical evaluation factors and/or subfactors, the proposal may not be considered for award. The Government reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest priced offeror. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered by the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (Norfolk) Philadelphia Division, 700 Robbins Avenue, Bldg. 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5083. All responses should be directed to the attention of FISC NORVA PHILADIV Code 260A. The Government will not pay for information received. E-mail account is contact@example.gov.