SOURCES SOUGHT
K -- SOFIA ENGINE UPGRADE
- Notice Date
- 6/27/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336412
— Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center, Code A, P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273
- ZIP Code
- 93523-0273
- Solicitation Number
- NND12440702L
- Response Due
- 7/18/2012
- Archive Date
- 6/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Jenny Y Staggs, Student Trainee, Phone 661-276-7029, Fax 661-276-2243, Email jenny.y.staggs@nasa.gov - Rosalia Toberman, Contracting Officer, Phone 661-276-3931, Fax 661-276-2904, Email rosalia.toberman-1@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Jenny Y Staggs
(jenny.y.staggs@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request for Information (RFI) as defined in FAR 15.201(e). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dryden Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California is requesting information from aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) vendors to provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost and schedule estimate for the design, installation and ground test of an engine upgrade for the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The SOFIA aircraft is registration number B747SP-21, Serial number 21441, tail number N747N. The upgrade will include removal of the four JT9 engines currently installed on the aircraft and the installation of four GE CF6-80C2-B5F engines. This ROM estimate will be for, but not limited to, modifying or adapting pylons to support the CF6 engines, modifying bleed air ducts, fuel lines and wiring. This ROM will also include wiring modifications from the throttles in the cockpit to the engines and associated engine display modifications. In addition, an estimate of the recommended flight test would be expected. Interested parties are invited to a site visit that will be held as indicated below: Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Time: 09:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Location: Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility (DAOF) 2825 E. Avenue P, Bldg 703 Palmdale, CA 93550 Other information, as applicable: For purposes of badging, please provide the attached information for all the individuals who will be attending the site visit no later than 4:00 P.M. on Thursday July 5, 2012. Submit this information to Jenny Staggs via e-mail: jenny.y.staggs@nasa.gov This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition. Prospective offerors are invited to submit written comments to: Jenny Staggs, no later than 4:00 p.m. PDT Wednesday July 18, 2012. When responding reference solicitation number NND12440702L. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of contractor's information. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Response to the RFI will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Comments may be forwarded to Jenny Staggs via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note 'B'. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/DFRC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=24. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.
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