SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- HIGH-ENERGY CUSTOM CAPACITORS
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall SpaceFlight Center, AL 35812
- ZIP Code
- 35812
- Solicitation Number
- NNM13474007Q
- Response Due
- 5/16/2013
- Archive Date
- 5/9/2014
- Point of Contact
- Michael R. Sosebee, Contracting Officer, Phone 256-544-0415, Fax 256-544-8688, Email michael.r.sosebee@nasa.gov - Michael R Thomas, Contract Specialist, Phone 256-544-3370, Fax 256-544-4726, Email Michael.R.Thomas@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Michael R. Sosebee
(michael.r.sosebee@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/MSFC has a requirement for High-Energy Custom Capacitors for use in the High Power Plasma Propulsion System [named Pulsed Inductive Thruster (PIT) MkVI]. NASA/MSFC intends to purchase the items from General Atomics Electronics Systems (GA-ESI) for the following reasons: 1) The high-energy capacitors presently in the PIT MkVI were originally custom built by GA-ESI and specifically designed for use in the PIT high energy inductive pulsed plasma thruster application. Having developed, manufactured, and sold this custom product specifically for this application, GA-ESI is the only source that can provide additional capacitors to serve as spares for the project within a timeframe that will allow the spares to mitigate impacts to cost and schedule should a number of capacitors presently on the unit fail and require replacement. 2)As a custom-designed product, these capacitors as originally delivered by GA-ESI were appropriate for the application and did not introduce adverse effects or difficulties into the operation of the experimental apparatus. Having a vendor other than GA-ESI supply the spare capacitors will introduce the unacceptable risk that the capacitors may not be properly manufactured to within the specifications of the original capacitors already on the unit. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on 05/13/2013.Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.
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