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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 22, 2012 FBO #3924
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E -- Railcar Complex - Attachment

Notice Date: 8/20/2012
Notice Type: Attachment
Contracting Office: N00024 NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND, DC 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue S.E. Washington Navy Yard, DC
Solicitation Number: N0002412R4326
Response Due: 9/7/2012
Archive Date: 9/14/2012
Point of Contact: Alvin L. Hill (SEA024)/202-781-2893
E-Mail Address: an
Small Business Set-Aside: N/A
Description: This is a sources sought announcement in accordance with FAR 15.201 and in anticipation of a potential future procurement program. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is conducting market research to determine industry capability and interest in manufacturing a Railcar Complex. The new complex will consist of: Two railcar enclosures and one large staging house including structural frame, faÃ§ade, electrical wiring, and ventilation ducts. NAVSEA intends to acquire this complex for use at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA. The Government has provided the following information as attachments to this sources sought announcement: 1. The draft solicitation statement of work with detailed design requirements of the structures to be fabricated. 2. Additional design requirements for the proposed railcar complex. Interested companies should submit, on company letterhead, a notice of interest including the name, telephone number, mailing address, and e-mail address of one point of contact to Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, Attn: Mr. Alvin L. Hill - SEA 024; LCDR Jonathan Gray “ SEA 024; Ms. Michaella Easley “ SEA 024. Please scan your letter of interest and e-mail it to all of the following addresses Alvin.l.Hill@navy.mil; Jonathan.Gray3@navy.mil; Michaella.Easley@navy.mil with Railcar Complex in the subject field. The notice of interest should include a brief description of your company and its capabilities as they relate to the requirements set forth on this announcement, and answers to the following specific questions and requested information: 1. Is your company a small or large business as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA)? 2. How many employees does your company have? 3. Does your company have a website? If so, what is your company's website address? 4. Does your company have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them? As part of your answer to this question, please answer the following sub-questions and requested information: a. Please describe the financial requirements you expect that your company would have as you stand up the necessary workforce and production materials to complete the contract, and how you'll meet the contract's correspondent cash flow requirements. b. Please provide a cash flow statement that will show the sources and uses of funds necessary to complete this contract, in concert with all of your company's other financial commitments. As part of this cash flow statement, please identify the expected maximum anticipated amount of sales that your company expects you would need to be able to finance prior to reimbursement by the Government. c. Please explain where the sources of cash flow will come from (be it from Government invoice payments, internal cash reserves, or external financing such as issuing new debt or selling equity). Please demonstrate the extent of your company's current access to credit and your company's capacity for future credit in terms of property free and clear of all liens (creditors claims). Please tell us the amount of cash and other liquid assets your company has available to use as working capital to meet the contract's cash flow requirements. Please describe how your sources of cash and credit will sufficiently meet your cash flow requirements in concert with other sources. d. Please explain all the assumptions underlying this cash flow statement. e. Please discuss your current and future expected financial obligations (in terms of outstanding and future expected liabilities) and your company's ability to meet them. Please discuss any risks that might inhibit your company's ability to meet these requirements and how your company is working to mitigate those risks. 5. Please provide best delivery date assuming an expected contract award in August 2013, taking into consideration all existing commercial and governmental business commitments. 6. Does your company have a performance record for similar work being sought here? If so, please provide examples of performance within the past three (3) years. 7. Does your company have the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills, or the ability to obtain them (including, as appropriate, such elements as production control procedures, property control systems, quality assurance measures, and safety programs applicable to materials to be produced or services to be performed by the prospective contractor and subcontractors)? 8. Does your company have the necessary production, construction, and technical equipment and facilities, or the ability to obtain them? 9. Does your company have the ability to ship large (33 ft x 33 ft x 35 ft), heavy (125,000 lbs) completed modules from your facility to the customer? How would this shipment be made? 10. Summarize your in-house engineering capability. Specifically, does your company have engineering experience with this type of procurement? What level of engineering engagement would be expected for a procurement of this type? 11. What specification(s) is your company ™s quality assurance program qualified to? 12. Given the complexity of the work described in this sources sought, including all the attachments, please describe your company's historical experience completing work of this complexity or briefly describe how your company would be capable of meeting the requirements described herein as of contract award. Does your company view any of the requirements of this procurement to be high risk? If so, why? Does your company plan to submit a proposal in response to the Railcar Complex? Information provided shall be treated as Business Sensitive or confidential to the responder, and shall be subject to the process for exemption from public release under the Freedom of Information Act. All information shall be provided free of charge to the Government. NAVSEA may request further information regarding the capabilities of respondents to meet the requirements set forth in the Announcement. This sources sought announcement is not a request for proposal. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to gather information from the market place. Information provided in response to this sources sought announcement will not be considered an Offer by the responding contractor and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No telephone inquires will be accepted and requests for solicitation packages will not be granted, as a solicitation has not been prepared at this time.
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVSEA/NAVSEAHQ/N0002412R4326/listing.html)
Document(s): Attachment; File Name: N0002412R4326_Attachment_A.zip (https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N0002412R4326_Attachment_A.zip); Link: https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N0002412R4326_Attachment_A.zip; File Name: N0002412R4326_Attachments_B_F_G__H.zip (https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N0002412R4326_Attachments_B_F_G__H.zip); Link: https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N0002412R4326_Attachments_B_F_G__H.zip; File Name: N0002412R4326_Attachments_C_D__E.zip (https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N0002412R4326_Attachments_C_D__E.zip); Link: https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N0002412R4326_Attachments_C_D__E.zip; Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
Place of Performance: Address: Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, WA; Zip Code: 98314
Record: SN02847506-W 20120822/120821000504-c2267994d6398cc0a21134ccdda3ad6c (fbodaily.com)
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