Carpet Roll Propellant NOSIH-AA-2 Sheetstock

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head EOD Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) has a requirement for the manufacture, test, acceptance, and shipment of NOSIH-AA-2 Sheetstock, NSN 1376-01-055-0994. The solicitation (N00174-15-R-0001) will be advertised on an unrestricted basis inviting full and open competition (In Accordance With Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.1). Government First Article Testing will be required. The Government intends to award a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a 10% Hub Zone price evaluation preference and a mandatory 5% small business subcontracting goal as a result of the solicitation to the responsible Offerors whose proposals represent the Best Value to the Government. The trade-off process will be utilized in accordance with the Factors and Sub-factors set forth in the solicitation. The contract will require ISO 9001 compliance and a successful pre-award quality/safety survey. The anticipated technical evaluation factors are as follows: (1) Manufacturing/Processing; (2) Equipment and Facilities; (3) Production Capacity; (4) Key Personnel; (5) Ingredient Sources and (6) Importing and Shipping Energetic Materials. The Government intends to award the contract without discussions in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed necessary to obtain the best value for the Government. This is a pre-solicitation only. Interested contractors should watch for the issuance of the solicitation which will have specific instructions and requirements associated with this procurement. The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is Feburary 17, 2015. These are only tentative dates and the solicitation will have specific dates. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://fbo.gov/ and Navy Electronic Commerce Online http://www.neco.navy.mil. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. Paper copies of the solicitation, amendments, drawings and maps will not be provided. IT IS THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEBSITE DAILY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS SOLICITATION. Once the RFP has been posted, all technical/contractual questions must be submitted in writing to: stclair.larry@navy.mil. In the email, please clearly indicate your company name, section and paragraph number of the RFP or specification as applicable. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Previously, offerors were required to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and have an active registration in CCR prior to completing their Reps and Certs (Section K of the RFP) in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) prior to award of a contract. Offerors are now required to complete their registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database via the website https://www.sam.gov. If the offeror previously had an active CCR/ORCA account the offerors information has automatically been incorporated into the SAM database. Offerors are strongly recommended to review their information in SAM to be current and up to date. Failure to register in SAM makes an offeror ineligible for award of DoD contracts. See attached: Scope of Work for clarification of effort All Attachments/Specifications will be uploaded upon posting of solicitation