W -- Crane Rental Services

17. The Naval Air Warfare Center AD intends to negotiate and award a COMPETITIVE Requirements Contract, with provisions for delivery/task orders, for Crane Rental Services, including highly skilled crane operator and rigger labor to lift, invert, and position at different angles, partial and full sized model aircraft (H-60, EA-6B, F/A-18C, F/A-18E, etc.), stores and fixtures from ground level to the top of pedestals. The aircraft models have delicate mounting hardware. The pedestals are located on towers or platforms which have a maximum height of 42 feet. Weights of model aircraft, stores and fixtures will range from 200 to 20,000 pounds. The Contractor must have the ability to determine and provide the smallest capacity crane or cranes needed to perform the required lift, inversion and position of the aircraft and related equipment without risking damage to the equipment or injuring personnel. The Contractor must have the ability to obtain highly skilled crane operators and riggers and shall also provide all certified weight tested lifting hardware such as cables, straps, shackles, or any other related hardware required to lift, invert and position full-sized aircraft models, stores, and fixtures. The Contractor must be able to comply with Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Management of Weight Handling Equipment, NAVFAC P-307 and Navy Occupational Safety and Health Program Manual, OPNAVINST 5100.23E, while operating crane equipment aboard the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD. The Contractor will be required to update or revise as required, Contractor Base Access Request Forms for each Contractor personnel requiring base access. No foreign nationals shall be permitted on the Naval Air Station under performance of this contract. Contractors will be required to complete and post a Certificate of Compliance for each crane brought on to Navy property, including a completed Contractor Crane Operation Checklist. The location of the work is the Facilities for Antenna and RCS Measurement (FARM) located on Priester Road aboard the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670. All work performed will be on an as needed basis and there is no minimum order guarantee. The Contractor will be required to provide crane services as required on short notice, as little as 24 hours after notification to perform by the Government. The Government will only reimburse up to 3 hours roundtrip travel time, portal to portal, for any one crane service rental event. The anticipated period of performance for this effort is five years. Contractors will be required to submit Firm Fixed Price, fully burdened, hourly crane and labor rental rates. The Government reserves the right to order any combination of cranes sizes and the hours contained in the solicitation. The purpose of the rates tables contained in Section B of the solicitation are to establish both FFP billing rates and the base requirements contract dollar value ceiling.