USNS BURLINGTON MAIN PROPULSION DIESEL ENGINES MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

The solicitation N3220526Q7166 calls for firm fixed-price maintenance and repair services for the Main Propulsion Diesel Engines on the USNS BURLINGTON, with work to be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, between September 1 and October 31, 2026. The scope encompasses 6K-level maintenance, exhaust system repairs, fuel line component replacements, and related propulsion system overhaul activities, all required to meet Navy operational readiness standards. Delivery is FOB destination at MSC Program Management Centralized and Supt Staff in Norfolk, with acceptance conducted by the Government at the same location. All deliverables must be uniquely identified, labeled, and traceable in compliance with MIL-STD-130 for item marking and MIL-STD-129 for shipment packaging, using Data Matrix symbology with Unique Item Identifiers (UII) derived from the contractor’s enterprise identifier and serial number. Invoicing is exclusively through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), with payments routed via DoDAAC N50082, and all contractors must adhere to strict cybersecurity and information safeguarding standards under DFARS 252.204-7012 and DFARS 252.204-7018, which prohibit the use of certain telecommunications equipment and require reporting of cyber incidents. Contractors must comply with a comprehensive set of federal and defense acquisition regulations, including mandatory representations on entity registration, PIV verification, non-discrimination, labor standards, trafficking in persons, paid sick leave, and DEI compliance, all with deviations for updated applicability in 2026. Subcontracting is governed by clauses requiring adherence to commercial service standards and anti-inversion prohibitions. Personnel must complete antiterrorism training, obtain PIV credentials, and secure base access via SECNAV 5512/1 form, with ship visits requiring a four-day advance vendor list submitted without personally identifiable information. While no formal key personnel are designated, all contractor staff must be trained and cleared to handle controlled unclassified information. The evaluation process follows a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) methodology, where technical acceptability is a binary pass/fail criterion based on strict compliance with specifications, followed by price reasonableness analysis among qualified offers. The solicitation has no set-aside provisions and requires all offerors to disclose their UEI and CAGE code if previously represented as providers of covered defense telecommunications equipment. Proposals