Supply Department Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 101 Strauss Ave, Indian Head, MD 20640-5035

99 -- DESIGN, BUILD, EQUIP, START-UP (TURN-KEY) CONTINUOUS PROCESSING FACILITY SOL N00174-98-R-0014 POC Donna M. Jenkins, 301-744-6648, Fax 6547 Solicitation N00174-99-R-0014 will be available for downloading from our website beginning approximately 5 April 1999. Prior to this date you will not be able to access this solicitation. When available, copies of this solicitation can only be obtained from the NSWC, Indian Head Division Internet web page. Address: http://www.ih.navy.mil/contracts. Request for copies of this solicitation, other than through the Internet, WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED. NSWC/IHD shall not receive or accept any form of electronic or faxed proposals as a result of this synopsis and solicitation. All proposals must be received in hard copy and are subject to FAR Clause 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors Competitive Acquisition (OCT 1997). Note: all offerors will be ineligible for award unless they have registered in DOD's Central Contractor Registration database. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http:///ccr.edi.disa.mil. The government intends to award a firm-fixed price contract to design, build, equip and start up the Continuous Processing Scale-UP facility at The Naval Service Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head Division. The prime contractor shall be responsible for the design; construction; purchase and installation of equipment; start-up; and maintenance of the facility after start-up (a turn-key facility). This facility will be used to develop continuous processes for producing pyrotechnics, explosives, propellants, and other energetic materials. The proposed facility is intended to capitalize on the advances that have been made in the continuous processing of energetics. It is envisioned that this facility will be able to provide the capability and flexibility to produce a wide variety of energetic products, continuously at a maximum rate of 600 lbs/hr. These products will include extruded and co-extruded products as well as castable slurries. A pre-proposal conference and site visit shall be conducted after issuance of the solicitation, further details will be provided in the solicitation. Any solicitation materials not made available electronically in the solicitation shall be provided during the pre-proposal conference. Source selection shall be based on best value criteria. The evaluation factors for source selection in order of importance are: 1. Offeror Submission Acceptability; 2. Offeror Promised Value; 3. Offeror Capability; 4.Cost / Price. The estimated award date is 30 September 1999 with the facility required to be operational by 1 July 2002. Any questions should be addressed to Donna Jenkins via fax (301)743-6547 or e-mail davehall@mail.ih.navy.mil. Posted 03/18/99 (W-SN310163). (0077)

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