60--Seismo-Hydroacoustic Data Acquisition System (SHDAS) Trunk Cable

Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) is conducting a market survey with the intent of determining the interest, capabilities and qualifications of potential small businesses in providing commercially available submarine telecommunication cables for the Seismo-Hydroacoustic Data Acquisition System (SHDAS) Trunk Cable as the PRIME contractor/manufacturer for a potential Firm Fixed Price contract. A firm requirement has not yet been established, and a draft Statement of Work (SOW), which is subject to changes but gives a general idea of the requirement, is attached. The Contractor/Manufacturer shall be required to provide trunk cable meeting the required specifications: Six lengths of 17mm lightweight diameter, 24-fiber, subsea telecommunications cable with a minimum 20 year operational life. It must be qualified to carry no less than 10 kV at 2 A of electricity. Each of the six trunk cables has an individual armor schedule based on the seafloor characteristics of its placement, defined by the cable’s SLD (straight line diagram). The SHDAS Trunk Cable Specification document provides a comprehensive list of mechanical, electrical, optical, and environmental requirements for the trunk cable as well as SLD’s for each of the six trunk cables. The current project schedule requires the SHDAS Trunk Cable to be completed and ready for loading aboard a Government contracted cable ship in December 2015. All Contractors interested in supplying this system may indicate their interest in this potential acquisition by supplying responses that should include: (1) Identification of company size status certifications, i.e. 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and, small business. (2) Proof of experience and capability. Responses shall be limited to Three (3) pages. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS PUBLISHED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. Note that this is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a request for proposal, or an announcement of a solicitation. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 335921, Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing. This NAICS has a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. All interested firms should notify this office in writing by e-mail of your interest in this notice. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. All interested parties should contact, Contract Specialist, Kelly McCabe at [email protected] by 0900 PST on 28 January 2015.