Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ship Support San Diego intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The contract's Required Received Date (RDD) is 31 August, 2018. The proposed contract action, for which the Government intends to solicit under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and FAR 13.106-3(b)(3)(i), is OEM Control Cabinet & Lube Support parts in support of USNS CESAR CHAVEZ. Quotes submitted in response to this RFQ shall not contain nor be subject to the vendor's standard commercial terms and conditions. Any quote submitted in response to this solicitation which includes the vendor's standard commercial terms and conditions may be considered a material defect and may be rejected as being non-responsive to the solicitation. Interested parties with the capability of meeting the proposed requirements are requested to provide an E-mail to the MSC Point of Contact: Bernina Blackwater at email:
[email protected] no later than (11:00 AM PST) February 12, 2018 expressing interest and outlining their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.