SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135
- ZIP Code
- 44135
- Solicitation Number
- NNC08ZCH025L
- Response Due
- 6/2/2008
- Point of Contact
- Glen M. Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone 216-433-2885, Fax 216-433-2480
- E-Mail Address
-
Glen.M.Williams-1@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is issued by the NASA/GRC to post a draft Statement of Work via theinternet, and solicit responses from interested parties. These documents are forinformation and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verifyreasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition. Alldocuments are attached to this notice. If you are viewing this on FedBizOps, also checkthe following web site for the attachments as FedBizOps may not have posted them all. Comments are to be forwarded to Robert Dolesh via electronic or facsimile transmission atthe numbers listed below. Do NOT call the Primary point of contact listed on this not.When responding reference: PDU--NNC08ZCH025RL. This notice is issued by the NASA/GRC topost a draft Statement of Work via the internet, and solicit responses from interestedparties. Prospective offerors are invited to submit written or verbal comments orquestions to: Robert Dolesh, email: Robert.J.Dolesh@nasa.gov, phone:(216)433-8359 Fax:(216) 433-6382, no later than May 24, 2008. See the attachments which contain the draftSOW and Specifications. The anticipated type of procurement action is to obtain commercially available units thatare configured to meet NASA's specific function. Some units will also need to undergospaceflight qualification (i.e.environmental) testing prior to delivery. Flight unitswill also need to undergo acceptance testing (3 line items: commercial unit, commercialunits spaceflight qualified, commercial units acceptance tested prior to flight). Anindefinite delivery indefinite quantity type contract is anticipated with minimum andmaximum number of Power Distribution Units (PDUs) over a 5 year period will be specified.The contractor is expected to be able to either perform itself or subcontract out theenvironmental and space flight qualification testing. The following information is requested: Please identify if there is anything unclear inthe SOW/Specification documents. Does the -65 F operational requirement for Thermal Cycle and Thermal Vacuum testing posea problem? Do the weight and volume constraints look reasonable?Can the initial Engineering Breadboard unit be provided in the time requested if thefinal specifications are released on the 28th of May?Can you provide a rough order of magnitude (ROM) on costs?Are there any verification methods that may be changed to reduce cost, schedule whilestill maintaining assurance of required performance? What about Quality Assuranceprovisions? How much do they contribute to costs? This presolicitation synopsis is not to be constructed as a commitment by theGovernment, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response.Respondents will not be notified of the results. An ombudsman has been appointed. Thesolicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over theInternet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may beaccessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GRCBusiness Opportunities home page ishttp://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=22 It is the offeror'sresponsibility to monitor the Internet cite for the release of the solicitation andamendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their owncopy of the solicitation and amendments, if any. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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