J -- CAPSTAN MAINTENANCE, NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH VA

The Officer in Charge requires all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, incidental engineering, and transportation necessary to provide inspection, preventative maintenance, load testing, certification, and repairs on capstans in accordance with the contract requirements. This work will be performed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA. Work may also be added at various Naval facilities within a fifty-mile radius of Naval Station, Norfolk, VA. The work identified is to be provided by means of a combination Firm-Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity type contract. This procurement will be handled using Source Selection procedures. Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the Request for Proposal (RFP), will be the lowest price technically acceptable to the Government. Offers shall be submitted for the performance of work for a period of one year. However, the initial term of the contract may be for a period of less than one year. The Government has the option to extend the term of the contract for additional periods of one to twelve months. The total contract term including the exercise of any options, shall not exceed 120 months. The proposed procurement will be issued as a NAVFAC Facilities Support Contract with online ordering using DOD EMALL. Acceptance of Government Purchase Credit Cards is required along with the purchase of DOD EMALL Encrypted software. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 811310, the size standard is $6,500,000. The proposed procurement listed herein is 100% set-aside for Small Business contractors. The RFP will be available in electronic format only (Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)) and will be posted on the electronic solicitation (E-Sol) website on or about May 15, 2007. The estimated proposal due date shall be at least 30 days after the RFP is posted on the E-Sol website. The site address is http://esol.navfac.navy.mil. Notifications of any updates or amendments to the solicitation will be posted on the website only. Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the NAVFAC E-Sol website. Only registered contractors will be notified by e-mail when amendments to the solicitation are issued. IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFEROR TO CONTINUALLY VIEW THE WEBSITE FOR CHANGES. All prospective contractors are required to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Failure to register in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov.