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C -- FIRM FIXED PRICED CONTRACT FOR REVIEWING AND REVISING THE NFESC GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF REPORTS ON UNDERWATER INSPECTIONS OF WATERFRONT FACILITIES SOL N47408-96-R-4066 DUE 090596 POC Contract Specialist, Ms. Anita Norris, (202) 433-5310, or, Ms. Corrine A. Pearson, Contracting Officer, (202) 433-5313 The work includes a firm fixed priced contract for reviewing and revising the NFESC Guidelines for Preparation of Reports on Underwater Inspection of Waterfront Facilities. The general intention is for the contractor to provide copies of a completely revised guideline and related documents in both paper format edition and electronic format edition on CD ROM. Revisions include, but are not limited to, the standardization of units to meet the NFESC standards; glossary of waterfront engineering related terms; standardization of writing style; instructions for electronic format version of UWI-report; and instructions for data input into the underwater inspection database. The revised guidelines shall be reviewed by a technical editor. The duration of the contract will be for approximately one year. The estimated start date is September 1996. The selected firm be will required to provide a fee proposal within five days after receiving the Request for Proposal. Selection evaluation criteria, in relative order of importance, are as follows: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for, and satisfactory performance in, conducting underwater inspection and producing underwater inspection reports, under the Navy Underwater Inspection Program; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in writing Navy or Government engineering reports and manuals; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Quality control and quality assurance procedures; (5) Past performance on contracts with goverment agencies and private industry in terms of cost control and compliance with performance schedules; and (6) Volume of work awarded by DOD during the previous 12 months. Interested firms are requested to include on their SF 254, in block 6, and on SF 255, in block 3a, their facsimile numbers, their Contractor Establishment Code (CEC), formerly the Dunn and Bradstreet ('DUNS') number, and their Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). In Block 10, SF 255, state why your firm is specially qualified based on the selection evaluation criteria. Experiences identified in Block 8 of SF 255 should not be more than 5 years old. The primary person proposed to be the direct contact with NFESC for the contract work should be identified as the ''Project Manager and identified under evaluation criteria (1).'' Information in the cover letter and any other attachments, except as otherwise indicated above, will not be considered in the selection process. Submit the SF 254 and SF 255 to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contracts Office (NAVFACCO), Offshore Facilities Contracts Branch, Washington Navy Yard, Building 218, 901 M Street, SE Washington, DC, 20374-5063, by 3:30 p.m., 05 September 1996. Copies of SF 254 and SF 255 sent by facsimile will not be accepted. Firms with a current SF 254 on file may also be considered. This is not a request for proposal. This proposed contract is UNRESTRICTED.(0241)

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