SPECIAL NOTICE
C -- DESIGN AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR NEW LAUNCH VEHICLES AND SPACECRAFTS PROGRAMS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
- Notice Date
- 12/8/2005
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
- ZIP Code
- 32899
- Solicitation Number
- NASA-SNOTE-051208-001
- Archive Date
- 12/8/2006
- Description
- DESIGN AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO DEVELOP NEW FACILITIES/SYSTEMS/GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND/OR TO MODIFY, REHABILITATE, MODERNIZE EXISTING FACILITIES/SYSTEMS/GSE FOR NASA NEW LAUNCH VEHICLES AND SPACECRAFTS PROGRAMS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC), OTHER NASA CENTERS, CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION AND LANDING SITES INCLUDING OVERSEAS. (R-2005-02) ________________________________________ ________________________________________ General Information Solicitation Number: R-2005-02 NAIS Posted Date: 12/08/0 CBDNet Posted Date: 12/08/05 Response Date: 01/17/06 Classification Code: C -- Architect and Engineering Services NAICS Code: 541330 ? Engineering Services Contracting Office Address NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Description Design and other Professional Services necessary to develop new facilities/systems/ground support equipment (GSE) and/or to modify, rehabilitate, modernize existing facilities/systems/GSE for NASA?s new launch vehicles and spacecrafts programs at Kennedy Space Center, other NASA Centers, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, other NASA Centers and Landing Sites including overseas. This synopsis specifies the Government?s requirement. There is no separate solicitation package. Five firms for on-call A&E services will be selected; Civil/Environmental engineering services, Structural (conventional) engineering services, Structural (un-conventional) engineering services, Mechanical Electrical & Plumbing (MEP) engineering services and Specialized Fluid Systems engineering services. The selected A&E firms will provide investigations, studies, surveys, and reports; develop complete design packages and technical performance specifications for facilities/systems/GSE; and at the discretion of KSC, will perform other professional and incidental services for projects designed by the A&E firm or designed by others, such as project and construction management, technical support in all phases of the work throughout the design and construction, inspection services, testing, validation, and activation. A&E firms will be selected in accordance with the evaluation factors described below. Each A&E firm providing a submittal must clearly indicate the discipline for which they would like to be considered (Civil/Environmental, Structural (conventional), Structural (un-conventional), MEP, or Specialized Fluid Systems). To be considered for more than one of these disciplines, a firm must submit separate and complete response packages for each. Each separate package shall be tailored to the specific discipline and be consistent with the requirements of this synopsis, and shall not exceed 60 pages. Submittals that are not tailored to Civil/Environmental, Structural (conventional), Structural (unconventional), MEP, or Specialized Fluid Systems will not be considered for award. The proposed design team qualifications as they relate to the specialized experience and technical competence required for this project should be stated. The 60 page limit includes the Standard Form 330 and additional information the offeror may need to adequately respond to the requirements of this synopsis. Only the first 60 pages of an offer that exceeds the page limitation will be evaluated. A page is defined as one side of an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper (fold out sheets will be counted as multiple pages in accordance with their size). In addition, the character size shall be a minimum of 10 font, single spaced. Offers may submit on single or double sided sheets, but shall not exceed the page limitation. Cover pages and tab pages are acceptable but information on these pages will not be considered. CIVIL/ENVIRONMENTAL For informational purposes the magnitude of the work involved is estimated to be $1,000,000 to $ 10,000,000 per year. Fixed price delivery orders will be negotiated with the Selected A&E. This project will include tasks which involve essential or substantial effort in civil/environmental systems, equipment, and/or facilities. The professional services required for this project may include, but will not necessarily be limited to, conducting field investigations, surveys, testing and analysis of existing or planned civil/environmental work and support systems, preparing engineering reports of recommended actions, and/or preparing final designs suitable for competitive bidding. Requirements will be associated with the restoration, rehabilitation, or modifications of existing facilities and systems or construction of new facilities and systems. The selected A&E firm must have the capacity to provide all the personnel to perform all the work identified. All packages prepared by the A&E firms shall include detailed cost estimates. Approved designs will be utilized for the advertising and award of construction contracts. All tasks will require multi-disciplined engineering skills for performance of the required work. The selected A&E firms? project staff should include, as a minimum, specialists in the following engineering disciplines who must have demonstrated experience in the specific disciplines: Civil with environmental engineering experience, Soil mechanics, Structural, Architect, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering. This staff should have a combined specialized experience in the design of water and sewage infrastructure, road repair and development, parking facilities, new and reconfigured structures and facilities, site development including storm water management and utilities, foundations, land fields, borrow pits, river dredging, and facility equipment design to process and condition all types of hazardous and industrial waste products. Additional demonstrated experience should be in HVAC/plumbing, industrial and institutional type electrical systems, grounding, lighting, lightning protection, fire alarm and detection systems, and construction management. The A&E shall also have demonstrated experience in system testing, analysis and preparation of operating and maintenance documentation, including spares provisioning. For state-regulated permits, the A&E shall have staff with Professional Engineering license in the state of Florida. CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURAL For informational purposes the magnitude of the work involved is estimated to be $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 per year. Fixed price delivery orders will be negotiated with the Selected A&E. This project shall include tasks that involve essential or substantial effort in conventional building structural systems, equipments and/or facilities. The professional services required for this project may include, but will not necessarily be limited to, conducting field investigations, surveys, testing and analysis of existing or planned structural and support systems, and preparing engineering reports of recommended actions and/or final designs, suitable for competitive bidding. Requirements will be associated with the restoration, rehabilitation, or modifications of existing buildings/facilities and systems or construction of new conventional facilities and systems. The selected A&E firms must have the capacity to provide all the personnel to perform all the work identified. All packages prepared by the A&E firm shall include detailed cost estimates and construction activity scheduling. Approved designs will be utilized for the advertising and award of construction contracts. Experience in design will primarily involve design associated with large processing buildings, towers, access and handling structures, foundations, mechanisms and ground support equipment. The examples of conventional facilities are: vehicle/spacecraft assembly and/or integration facilities, Vehicle/Payloads testing and check out facilities, laboratory buildings, spacecraft storage facilities and all other facilities whose structures are characterized by well established design precedents and loading conditions. All tasks will require multi-disciplined engineering skills for performance of the required work. The selected A&E firm project staff must include, as a minimum, specialists in the following engineering disciplines who should have demonstrated experience in the specific disciplines: Structural (including static and dynamic structures), Mechanical (machine/mechanism design, vibrations, fracture, kinematics, HVAC, Plumbing & fire suppression), Civil with environmental experience, and Electrical engineering. The design shall be in accordance with industry, and/or military, and/or NASA discipline applicable specifications and standards. Computer aided design/analysis/solid modeling will be required. All packages prepared by the A&E firm should include, but not necessarily be limited to, detailed system mechanical schematics, electro-mechanical control drawings, component parts lists, and cost estimates and construction activity scheduling. The A&E should also have demonstrated experience in structural system testing, analysis and preparation of operating and maintenance documentation, including but not limited to Spare Parts Analyses (SPA). For state-regulated permits, the A&E shall have staff with Professional Engineering license in the appropriate disciplines in the state of Florida. NON-CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURAL For informational purposes the magnitude of the work involved is estimated to be $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 per year. Fixed price delivery orders will be negotiated with the Selected A&E. This project shall include tasks that involve essential or substantial effort in non-conventional building structural systems, equipments and/or facilities. The professional services required for this project may include, but will not necessarily be limited to, conducting field investigations, surveys, testing and analysis of existing or planned structural and support systems, and preparing engineering reports of recommended actions and/or final designs, suitable for competitive bidding. Requirements will be associated with the restoration, rehabilitation, or modifications of existing non-conventional buildings/facilities and systems or construction of new, non-conventional facilities and systems. The selected A&E firms must have the capacity to provide all the personnel to perform all the work identified. All packages prepared by the A&E firm shall include detailed cost estimates and construction activity scheduling. Approved designs will be utilized for the advertising and award of construction contracts. Experience in design will primarily involve design associated with large buildings, towers, access and handling structures, foundations, one of a kind mechanisms and ground support equipment. Non-conventional structures/facilities are experimental in nature; the structures are characterized by unusual or inadequately defined loading conditions, a lack of established design precedent, or frequent modifications to support changes in the operational requirements. The examples for non-conventional structures/facilities are: launch complexes, launch towers structures on Launch Pad, mobile platforms, test stands, vehicle servicing and ground support equipment and all other support facilities that could be subject to dynamic effects of Rocket Launch environment. All tasks will require multi-disciplined engineering skills for performance of the required work. The selected A&E firm project staff should include, as a minimum, specialists in the following engineering disciplines who must have demonstrated experience in the specific disciplines: Structural (including static and dynamic structures), Mechanical (machine/mechanism design, vibrations, fracture, kinematics, HVAC, Plumbing & fire suppression), Civil with environmental experience, and Electrical engineering. The design shall be in accordance with industry, and/or military, and/or NASA discipline applicable specifications and standards. Computer aided design/analysis/solid modeling will be required. All packages prepared by the A&E firms shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, detailed system mechanical schematics, electro-mechanical control drawings, component parts lists, and cost estimates. The A&E should also have demonstrated experience in structural system testing, analysis and preparation of operating and maintenance documentation, including but not limited to Spare Parts Analyses (SPA). For state-regulated permits, the A&E shall have staff with Professional Engineering license in the appropriate disciplines in the state of Florida. MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING (MEP) For informational purposes the magnitude of the work involved is estimated to be $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 per year. Fixed price delivery orders will be negotiated with the Selected A&E. This project shall include tasks which involve essential or substantial effort in MEP for facilities systems, and equipment. The professional services required for this project may include, but will not necessarily be limited to, conducting field investigations, surveys, testing and analysis of existing or planned MEP systems, and preparing engineering reports of recommended actions and/or final designs, suitable for competitive bidding. Requirements will be associated with the restoration, rehabilitation, or modifications of existing facilities and systems or construction of new facilities and systems. The selected A&E firm must have the capacity to provide all the personnel to perform all the work identified. All packages prepared by the A&E firms shall include detailed cost estimates. Approved designs will be utilized for the advertising and award of construction contracts. All tasks will require multi-disciplined engineering skills for performance of the required work. The selected A&E firm project staff should include, as a minimum, specialists in the following engineering disciplines who should have demonstrated experience in the specific disciplines: mechanical and electrical specialties associated with MEP systems for facilities systems and equipment. Experience in design of mechanical systems including but not limited to fire protection systems, all types and sizes of HVAC systems, high temperature hot water boilers, piping, fluid systems, chilled water, compressed gas systems, elevators, hoists and cranes, specialized mechanical equipment and controls (including direct digital control (DDC), and programmable logic controllers (PLC), and facilities to house mechanical equipment, is required. Experience is also required in the design of electrical systems including but not limited to fire alarm and detection systems, medium and low voltage AC power systems, Electronic Security Systems (ESS), uninterruptible power systems, computer power conditioning, grounding, lightning protection, lighting, emergency power, hazardous area electrical installations, control and monitoring systems, cable tray systems, communications raceway systems, and communications premise wiring. The A&E shall have experience in the design of complex and state of the art MEP systems for facilities such as clean rooms, computer and data processing facilities, laboratories, and facilities housing hazardous commodities. For state-regulated permits, the A&E shall have staff with Professional Engineering license in the state of Florida. SPECIALIZED FLUID SYSTEMS STORAGE, CONDITIONING, DISTRIBUTION, SERVICING, AND DISPOSAL For informational purposes the magnitude of the work involved is estimated to be $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 per year. Fixed price delivery orders will be negotiated with the Selected A&E. This project shall include tasks which involve essential or substantial effort in design and construction of related propellants and gases or fluid systems, equipment and or facilities. The professional services required for this project may include, but will not necessarily be limited to, conducting field investigations, surveys, testing and analysis of existing or planned fluid and support systems, and preparing engineering reports of recommended actions and/or final designs, suitable for competitive bidding. Requirements will be associated with the restoration, rehabilitation, or modifications of existing facilities and systems or construction of new facilities and systems and GSE in accordance with industry, and/or military and/or NASA discipline applicable specifications and standards. The selected A&E firm must have the capacity to provide all the personnel to perform all the work identified. All packages prepared by the A&E firms shall include, but not necessarily limited to, detailed system mechanical schematics, electro-mechanical control drawings, component parts lists and detailed cost estimates. Approved designs will be utilized for the advertising and award of construction contracts. All tasks will require multi-disciplined engineering skills for performance of the required work. The selected A&E firm project staff should include, as a minimum, specialists in the following engineering disciplines who must have demonstrated experience in the storage, transfer, conditioning and distribution of the following specific disciplines: cryogenic systems design including liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen, liquid helium, liquid air, and liquid methane; high pressure gas systems design including nitrogen, helium, oxygen, hydrogen, compressed air and breathing air; hydraulic oil systems, environmental control systems (ECS), and environmental control and life support systems, water glycol, ammonia; hypergol systems design including monomethyl hydrazine, nitrogen tetroxide, and hydrazine propellants and associated vapor disposal. In addition, skill in associated process control systems are required and a thorough understanding of related American National Standards Institute publications such as, but not limited to, Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping (ANSI/ASME B31.3) and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII. The A&E shall also have demonstrated experience in fluid systems testing, analysis and preparation of operating and maintenance documentation, including but not limited to, Spare Parts Analysis (SPA). For state-regulated permits, the A&E shall have staff with Professional Engineering license in the state of Florida. EVALUATION FACTORS The following evaluation factors are in descending order of importance and will be used in the evaluation of all A&E submittals for these projects. NASA will consider the immediate past 10 years as the period of time for evaluation under factors (1) and (2). 1. Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required (Selection Weight, 40 percent). 2. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, compliance with performance schedules, and success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design (Selection Weight, 25 percent). 3. Professional qualification necessary for satisfactory performance of required services (Selection Weight, 15 percent). 4. Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time (Selection Weight, 10 percent). 5. Location of the essential staff for this project (or a commitment to locate) in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project (Selection Weight, 10 percent). As a part of your submittal, provide in order of the above factors, a specific response to each factor. Closing date for responding to this notice is close of business 01/17/06. Offerors are cautioned that submittals received after the specified closing date may be considered late---see note 24---all references in numbered note 24 to the Department of Defense shall be changed to read National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Questions should be directed to Mr. Jack Massey (321) 867-3463. Submittals should be made in writing to NASA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Mail Code: OP-CIAO, Bldg. N6-1009, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899. All qualified firms may provide a submittal. This is not a small-business set-aside. Please reference R-2005-02 when responding. See Numbered Note(s) 1 and 24. Point of Contact Name: Jack Massey Title: Contracting Officer Phone: (321) 867-3463 Fax: (321) 867-2042 E-mail: Jack.E.Massey@nasa.gov
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