Closed Solicitation · DEPT OF DEFENSE

    WATERCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

    Sol. FA481925R00090003SolicitationSet-aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)TYNDALL AFB, FL
    Closed
    STATUS
    Closed
    closed Oct 20, 2025
    POSTED
    Sep 23, 2025
    Publication date
    NAICS CODE
    488330
    Primary industry classification
    PSC CODE
    J020
    Product & service classification

    AI Summary

    The Department of Defense, specifically the Air Force, is soliciting proposals for watercraft operations and maintenance services. The solicitation has undergone amendments, including changes to submission requirements and evaluation criteria. Interested bidders should review the updated documents and submit their proposals by the specified deadlines.

    Contract details

    Solicitation No.
    FA481925R00090003
    Notice Type
    Solicitation
    Set-Aside
    Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
    Posted Date
    September 23, 2025
    Response Deadline
    October 20, 2025
    NAICS Code
    488330AI guide
    PSC / Class Code
    J020
    Issuing Office
    FA4819 325 CONS PKP
    Primary Contact
    David Hackney
    State
    FL
    ZIP Code
    32403-5521
    AI Product/Service
    service

    Description

    09/23/2025

    Due to restrictions with the Excel Spreadsheet for questions and responses, this document has been converted to a PDF format.

    9/19/2025

    Amendment 0003 to solicitation FA481925R0009 Watercraft Operations and Maintenance. 

    The following changes will be made to the Watercraft Operations and Maintenance solicitation:
    A. Attachment 10:
    1. Attachment 10 due date is changed from 01 October 2025 to 15 October 2025.
    B. Attachment 08 Addendum 52.212-1 instructions to offerors:
    1. Section N, paragraph 4 Tables, Charts, Graphs and Figures is changed from 12 point font to 10 point font.
    2. Included language to exclude table of contents and glossary from Volumes II and III, for overall page count.
    3. Updated Volume II Tab 3, Technical Subfactor 2 - Security Clearance changed the refence to 3.4.2.2 & 5.1.1
    4. Volume II - Technical, Page 7 Changed "(2) Technical Approach" and replaced with "(2) Security Clearances."
    5. Volume II Tab 2 subfactor 1 Staffing Plan, a. removed "Functional Area" and replaced with "Labor Category".
    6. Vol I Tab 2 Title Changed to reflect the narrative in Volume I section D. Tab 2.
    7. Section T Vol 2 Tabs have been corrected to proper order.
    8. Remove Mission Essential Services Plan from the evaluation criteria in Section T Volume II and include the language for Mission Essential Contractor Services
    Plan into Section T Volume I Tab 6. Mission Essential Services Plan will no longer be evaluated under Technical Evaluation in Volume II.
    9. The narrative of the Mission Essential Contractors Services Plan have been updated to reflect those of DFARS 252.232-7024.
    10. Updated Volume II Tab 4 a. Quality Control Plan to include the following language, "The offeror will be required to submit a DRAFT copy of the Quality control
    plan with their proposal."
    C. Attachment 09 Addendum to 52.212-2 Evaluations:
    1. Removed title language at 1.2 and language at 1.2(v).
    2. Included language at 2.1 to read as "This is a subjective trade-off source selection and, for those Offerors who are determined to be technically acceptable, tradeoffs
    may be made between past performance, and price in which competing offerors past performance information will be evaluated at approximately equal to
    price."
    3. Included language at Section 4 Technical Evaluation, "Evaluation will continue until ALL responsive proposals have been evaluated."
    4. Removed Mission Essential Services Plan from Section 4 Technical Evaluation of the addendum.
    5. Updated Section 4.3 Technical Subfactor 3: Quality Control Plan to include the following language, "The offeror will be required to submit a DRAFT copy of the
    Quality control plan with their proposal."
    6. Updated Section 6 Evaluation Methodology:
    Step 1: Evaluate all proposals for responsiveness to the solicitation terms and conditions.
    Step 2: Evaluate all responsive proposals for technical acceptability and past performance.
    Step 3: Make a Best Value determination based on the offerors technical acceptability, past performance, and price.

    Key dates

    1. September 23, 2025Posted Date
    2. October 20, 2025Proposals / Responses Due

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