UPDATE 7-15-2022: Questions and answers posted. Amendment 0001 posted. UPDATE 6-27-2022: Offerors may submit questions requesting clarification of solicitation requirements via the NAVWAR E-CC or by email to david.m.roden2.civ@us.navy.mil. The deadline for submission of questions is 8 July 2022. Questions submitted after the deadline may or may not be answered by the Government. At the Government's discretion, questions and answers will be provided to all potential offerors via NAVWAR E- CC. UPDATE 6-24-2022: Solicitation posted. ---------------------- The Department of Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC-PAC), has a requirement to provide sustainment services to tactical afloat shipboard and submarine networks. Specifically, NIWC Pacific requires In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) support, technical and engineering assistance, design analysis support, network information assurance accreditation, installation, integration, sustainment, and Life Cycle Support (LCS). ISEA functions for Afloat and Ashore Tactical Networks (TACNET) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Systems include the sustainment of fielded systems through End-of-Life (EOL) replacement, system upgrades, follow-on, or interrelated system, distant support, onsite repair, installations, and system analysis to ensure networks are performing within designed specifications and peak capabilities. This is a follow-on requirement to an existing Single Award Contract (SAC) with a similar scope to this effort. The incumbent is Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (N66001-18-D-0023). The ordering period for the existing contract ends 02 July 2023. This predecessor SAC was competed on an unrestricted (i.e., full and open) basis. A market survey to determine small business capability was posted on NAVWAR e- Commerce Central on 28 April 2021 under reference number MKTSVY_17A306. After thorough review of the small business respondents' capabilities, NIWC-PAC intends to solicit the requirement on an unrestricted (i.e., full and open) basis. The NIWC-PAC Small Business Office (SBO) concurred with the acquisition strategy decision on 13 July 2021. NIWC-PAC intends to issue a solicitation (RFP N66001-22-R-0030) resulting in a Single Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) pricing Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) for services, as well as Cost Reimbursement (COST) pricing for Other Direct Costs (inclusive of travel) and Materials. No fee will be allowed under the COST CLINs. The prospective contract will have a five (5) year ordering period. The estimated level of effort for the total requirement is 3,301,440 hours. Orders will be placed pursuant to the ordering process at FAR 16.505 (a). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330 Engineering Services, with a Small Business Size Standard of $41.5 million. The Product Service Code is J059, Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment-Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components. The proposed acquisition has security requirements at the Top Secret level with incidental Secure Compartmented Information (SCI) access. NIWC-PAC does not intend to hold an industry day for this requirement. THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT (DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK) PROVIDES CRITICAL INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO THE SOLICITATION. NIWC-PAC anticipates that the final RFP for N66001-22-R-0030 will be released in the third quarter of FY22. The solicitation will only be available electronically. Electronic copies of the RFP may be obtained from the NAVWAR e-Commerce website at https://e- commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil under NIWC Pacific "Open Solicitations." Hard copy versions of the RFP will not be available. Any amendments, when issued, will also be available only on this website. Matters posted on the website are not terms of the solicitation unless the solicitation is written or amended to include such matters. FIRMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR IMPORTANT SOLICITATION INFORMATION. For questions concerning this action, contact David Roden, Contract Specialist, david.m.roden2.civ@us.navy.mil. Disclaimer: This pre-solicitation notice is for information only and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to solicit contractual offers or award contracts. The Government is not soliciting, nor will it accept, proposals as a result of this synopsis. If a competitive solicitation is issued in the future, it will be announced via NAVWAR E- Commerce, and interested parties must comply with that announcement. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any questions submitted or information provided as a result of this notice. This is not a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation, and this information is subject to modification and in no way binds the Government to award a contract.
