Nuclear-Powered Submarine Component Harvesting and Refurbishment

This is a sources sought in accordance with FAR 15.201 and in anticipation of a potential future procurement program. The Navy is conducting market research to determine industry capability and interest in performing material harvesting and refurbishment of systems, components and subcomponents from nuclear-powered submarines including critical hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E), Non-propulsion Electronic Systems (NPES), Strategic Weapon Systems Support Equipment (SWSS), and Selected Ship Systems (SSS) components removed from nuclear-powered class submarines. Harvesting may take place at take place during applicable availabilities at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY), the Trident Refit Facilities at Kings Bay and Bangor (TRFKB and TRFB), Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE New London), and Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL), with refurbishment taking place at the contractor’s facilities. Harvested material will be provided to the awardee as Government Furnished Material (GFM) and the contractor shall be responsible for its traceability and accountability until delivery of the refurbished harvested material to the Government. The contractor shall be accountable for GFM provided for repair and is responsible for providing all necessary support for the receiving, inspection, packaging, marking, and shipping information. The contractor must have an approved and maintained property management system determined to be in compliance by the contract administrator as per FAR 45.105. All property must be accounted for in the Navy’s Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) system as provided in DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property. The Navy is considering a Multiple-Award Contract Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (MAC IDIQ) to cover these

requirements. . The specific

requirements will be defined at the delivery order level. Work would be performed under delivery orders anticipated to be competed among MAC IDIQ awardees over five-year base ordering period and five additional option years. The Navy will include rolling admissions provisions enabling the Navy to annually announce an interim competition for the purpose of adding additional contractors to the MAC IDIQ. The Navy has categorized the

requirements to be procured under the MAC IDIQ into two tiers: Critical (Lot

1) and Non-Critical (Lot 2), as defined as follows: LOT 1: Critical Systems Lot 1 encompasses all critical work performed under the stringent

requirements of NAVSEA Note 5000. This work is defined as any task on a system or component where a single failure could lead to the loss of a nuclear-powered submarine and its crew. NAVSEA Note 5000 governs systems requiring the highest levels of quality control and material traceability. This includes, but is not limited to, programs such as: Submarine Safety (SUBSAFE), Submarine Flight Safety (SFCC), Fly-By-Wire Ship Control Systems (FBW SCS) and Deep Submergence Systems-Scope of Certification (DSS-SOC). Critical systems include but are not necessarily limited to the following: Vertical Launch System (VLS); Ship control system components; Torpedo tubes; Bow planes; Sonar dome; Large Vertical Array; Shipboard hydraulics systems; Normal fuel oil tank and systems; Lube oil systems. All work must be performed in strict compliance with the SUBSAFE manual, NAVSEA 250-1500-1, and other applicable critical system directives. Due to the critical nature of these systems onboard the nuclear-powered submarines, the Navy will require contractors to possess the capability and capacity to meet technical