SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Lease of a Commercial Off the Shelf, International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) classed, Dry Submersible System with Diver Lock-in/Lock-out Capability
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 532411
— Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Headquarters Procurement Division, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5323
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- USSOCOM-Submersible-Lease-2013
- Archive Date
- 6/25/2013
- Point of Contact
- Lionel R. Lawson, Phone: 8138266957
- E-Mail Address
-
Lionel.Lawson@socom.mil
(Lionel.Lawson@socom.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is to obtain market research knowledge that will enable the buying command to make appropriate decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources interested and capable of performing the work. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) seeks to lease a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) classed, dry submersible system with diver lock-in/lock-out (LI/LO) capability in September 2013 for one base year and four 6 month option periods. The submersible will be operated out of and maintained at the contractor's facility and later potentially moved to two, east coast Government facilities (Panama City, FL and Norfolk VA) for additional research and test. The contractor shall operate, sustain and maintain the submersible's IACS Class certification at all locations. The dry submersible shall have room for two crewmen with submersible controls permitting one-man operation or shared two-man operation, and room for four Special Operations Forces (SOF) combat swimmers and a dive-master in passenger compartment. The passenger compartment may be used for LI/LO capable of locking out at least four SOF combat swimmers in a single lock-out cycle. The dry submersible shall be capable of sustained submerged speed of at least five knots for no less than two hours and capable of transiting at least ten nautical miles at five knots on a single battery charge. The dry submersible will be limited to operate in less than a 100 ft. water column with diver LI/LO limited to 30 ft. (bottomed only). The dry submersible shall be conducting three short missions each week, of no less than three hours with total of seven personnel onboard and one long mission of no less than six hours with total of seven personnel onboard. The dry submersible shall be capable of launch and recovery using appropriate lifting and rigging equipment from shore based facility or a surface ship. The contractor shall assist USSOCOM personnel in researching, testing and evaluating SOF dry combat submersible (DCS) certification processes; submersible test processes and procedures; submersible navigation and piloting qualification standards; operating procedures (OPs); engineering procedures (EPs); SOF combat swimmer LI/LO procedures; submersible tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs); emerging power and energy technologies; and development and testing of other sub-systems with cross-platform potential for other SOF submersibles. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform this contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name 2) Cage Code 3) DUNS Number 4) Address 5) Email Address 6) Web Site Address 7) Telephone number 8) Size and type of ownership for the organization 9) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The total number of pages shall not exceed 10. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no Later than June 10, 2013 1630 HRS Eastern Daylight Savings Time. All responses under this Sources Sought Announcement must be submitted to Mr. Lionel R. Lawson at email: Lionel.Lawson@socom.mil.
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