NISE East,4600 Marriott Drive,PO Box 190022, North Charleston SC 294199022

J -- MACHINE SHOP SERVICES SOL N65236-97-R-0327 DUE 041897 POC Glenda Howell,Code 1116GH,(803)743-4612,Contracting Officer,Joliene L. Bowers E-MAIL: NISE East Charleston, howellg@niseeast.nosc.mil. This cancels and replaces the synopsis/RFP N65236-96-R-0241 published in CBD on 23Aug96. Restoration Services. This is a negotiated Full and Open Competition Procurement as required by NISE East Charleston to provide a full range of machine shop services to disassemble, inspect, repair, overhaul, refurbish, modify, reverse-engineer, assemble, and test components and assemblies of ships, nuclear submarines, aircraft and other mechanical repairable/replaceable items. The machine shop where the work is to be performed must be located within a 40 mile radius of the former Charleston Naval Shipyard (CNSY). NAVSEA certified machinists and inspectors are required to perform work on propulsion shafts, propellers, and submarine components and assemblies, including nuclear. An electronically driven production system capable of accepting Government provided Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) and Standard for Exchange of Product (STEP) data files is essential to performing this work. Additional requirements include machining capabilities to turn parts up to 20 inches in diameter, bore and face parts up to 24 inches in diameter, drill 3 inch holes, thread parts up to 21 inch outer diameter, groove and mill parts up to 76X30X28 inches high with a sawing capability for stock up to 12 inches in diameter, and manufacture parts that require 4-axis machining. The machine shop must have the capability to balance components weighing up to 30,000 pounds, handle components weighing up to 120,000 pounds, have lathe capabilities for shafts up to 80 feet long, and have an O2 clean facility for processing oxygen system components. Non-Destruct Testing (NDT) on manufactured and repaired components using such methods as ultrasonic testing, radiography, and dye penetrant testing is required. Manufacturing technologies such as paperless shop floor, quick-change tooling, pallet-load machining centers, modular fixturing, and live tooling to meet rapid turn-around requirements must be used in the machine shop where the work is performed. The Government anticipates award of an Indefinite Quantity Time and Material Type Contract for a base year and four-one year options. This RFP/Solicitation will be transmitted via the Internet on the World Wide Web (WWW). The RFP will only be available by WWW access thru the NISE East On-Line Contracts Information System. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address is (http://www-nise.nosc.mil/). The RFP will be available O/A 28 February 1997. Prospective offerors are required to supply the name and address of their company, the Point of Contact's name, E-mail address and phone number on the on-line questionnaire in order to be placed on the RFP's Bidders List. Telephone inquiries for the RFP will not be honored. On-line RFPs will be available 24hours a day, seven days a week. If any assistance is needed regarding use of the WWW, please contact Jan Gosnell at (803)743-3089. Any questions concerning the RFP may be submitted by EMail to Howellg@niseeast.nosc.mil. (0009)

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