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The procurement is for the contractor to upgrade the programmable logic controller (PLC) on the Sasebo portal crane SP 1, providing all necessary labor, tools, materials, and equipment. The delivery location is Sasebo Dry Dock 2 SP1. The item is PLC IQ R series GOT equipment for update. The government requested period of performance is from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, with the actual period and delivery date to be specified upon award. The contractor must coordinate the delivery schedule with the government technical point of contact and report any potential or actual delays. Requirements include conducting an onsite survey, submitting an upgrade plan, parts list, drawings, manuals, and other documentation for government review prior to onsite work, providing the specified items, upgrading the PLC, removing old components, facilitating government inspection, conducting an operational test, providing finalized as-built documentation, and training government employees on the updated PLC system. There is no government-furnished material. Government-furnished equipment includes test weights and rigging gear for the operational test. Government-furnished service includes a crane operator, rigger, and signaler. The procurement is noted as sole source due to the original manufacturer (SHI) designing, manufacturing, and installing the crane, providing lifecycle support, and retaining intellectual property rights to the engineering calculations, specifications, and software for the PLC controllers. The Navy did not acquire detailed technical data packages for maintenance, repair, or overhaul from SHI suitable for full and open competition.
The government requested period of performance is 7/1/2026 to 6/30/2027. The actual period of performance and delivery date will be specified upon award. The bid notice states, The government requested period of performance is 7 1 2026 6 30 2027. Actual period of performance and delivery date will be specified upon award.
The bid notice implies qualification requirements through the need for specific expertise related to the PLC upgrade and the sole source justification based on the original manufacturer's intellectual property rights. The bid notice states, ote, specific characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to a sole source: shi designed, manufactured and installed portal crane sp 1 and provided a recommendation to upgrade the control systems of the same. shi provides lifecycle support for all of their cranes and upgrading the control systems mid life is standard practice. accordingto the rta, when the navy acquired portal crane sp 1 from shi it did not acquire any detailed technical data packages i. e. , for maintenance, repair, overhaul inspection from the same suitable for full and open competition. in addition to the forgoing, as the oem shi has intellectual property rights to engineering calculations and specifications of crane components including but not limited to the software to run their plc controllers. shi has retained all rights to the software to include any modifications or alterations of the same.
A site visit is mandatory. The bid notice states, 3. 1 conduct an onsite survey of sp 1 to verify the components to be updated.
The bid notice does not mention the submission of samples. The bid notice states, 3. 3 provide the items listed in para 1. 3 and attachment 1 to the delivery location listed in para 1. 2.