This is a solicitation for maintenance, repair, and rebuilding services for Materials Handling Equipment (MHE) and Shipboard Mobile Support Equipment (SMSE) for the US Navy. The contract will be a single award Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) contract. Proposals will be evaluated based on a best-value tradeoff process, with technical approach being significantly more important than cost/price. Technical approach is further broken down into performance approach and staffing/management approach, which are equally weighted. Past performance and small business participation are also evaluation factors. The solicitation issue date is March 27, 2026, and the offer due date is April 27, 2026, at 11:00 AM local time. Questions regarding the solicitation should be submitted by April 8, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern Time. The contract performance period includes a base year and multiple option periods, extending the total contract duration up to 66 months. The place of performance is Norfolk, VA. Offerors must submit proposals electronically. Specific requirements for proposal content, format, and page limitations are detailed in Section L. Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 is required for all information systems processing, storing, or transmitting Federal Contract Information (FCI) or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
The contract delivery period for the base year is from August 30, 2026, to August 29, 2027. Option periods extend this delivery period annually up to February 29, 2032. The bid notice states The bid notice states 'The contract delivery period contractordestination line item delivery schedule quantity address and poc delivery period 1 lot place of performance from 30 aug 2026 to 29 aug 2027'.
The bid notice states The contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in wawf for this contract or task or delivery order: 1 Document type. The contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document types: i For cost-type line items, including labor hour or time and materials, submit a cost voucher. ii For fixed price line items a that require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the contracting officer. b For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the contracting officer. iii For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request. iv For performance based payments, submit a performance based payment request. v For commercial financing, submit a commercial financing request.
The bid notice states The government intends to award a single award costplusfixedfee cpff contract as a result of this solicitation in accordance with far part 15. Award will be made to that offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the government under the selection criteria set forth in this solicitation. and The government intends to award a single cpff contract to the responsible vendor whose proposal represents the best value after evaluation in accordance with the factors in the solicitation.
The bid notice states The offeror shall demonstrate relevant past performance or affirmatively state that it possesses no relevant pastperformance. Relevant past performance is performance under contracts or efforts within the past 5 five years priorto the solicitation closing date that is the same as or similar to, the scope and magnitude of the work described bythis solicitation.
The bid notice states preliminary_visit: FALSE.
The bid notice states sample_submission: FALSE.
The bid notice states service of protest. a protests, as defined in section **** of the federal acquisition regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the government accountability office gao, shall be served on the contracting officer addressed as follows by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from christopher whiteside **** gilbert st. suite 600 norfolk, va **** b the copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within oneday of filing a protest with the gao.
