SOURCES SOUGHT
Z -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND SOURCES SOUGHT FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE INDUSTRIALWATER PIPE CLEAN AND LINER INSTALL
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 237110
— Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction
- Contracting Office
- NASA Office of Procurement, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
- ZIP Code
- 39529-6000
- Solicitation Number
- NNS13ZDA009L
- Response Due
- 9/13/2013
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2014
- Point of Contact
- Leanne Olson, Contract Specialist, Phone 228-688-1671, Fax 228-688-1141, Email leannne.olson@nasa.gov - Gerald L Norris, Contracting Officer, Phone 228-688-1718, Fax 228-688-1141, Email gerald.l.norris@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Leanne Olson
(leannne.olson@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) notice is to identify potential sources that are capable of providing the required repair for High Pressure Industrial Water (HPIW) piping at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC). Interested potential sources should have the skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities to provide all labor, equipment, material and supervision to perform repair work, including but not limited to the removal of corrosion layers, clean, prep and coat the interior surface of 12-16 pipe up to 66 diameter buried high pressure water pipe (300 psi system pressure) with a polyurethane or epoxy coating system.Interested parties should provide an overview of their capabilities in the form of a written Statement of Capability (SOC).The SOC should address high-level alternatives; general, market-based approaches; experience in this area; knowledge of the work involved; professional resources; and answers to the following: 1.Suitable coating systems recommended for this application, including corrosion inhibitor to be applied to piping surfaces 2.Information on useful life of any proposed system and examples of presently installed systems 3.Expected lead times for material order 4.Expected outage times to clean, prepare and coat piping To be considered as a potential source, provide information on whether your company has performed this type of effort or similar type effort (to include size and complexity) for both Government and non-Government as a commercial service. If so, provide examples, including Contract Number, date of performance, whether your firm acted as a prime or subcontract, contract value, Government /Agency Point of Contact (POC), e-mail address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort. Interested parties shall provide the following additional information/documentation for Government consideration. The NAICS Code and Size Standard for this requirement are 237110 and $33.5 million, respectively.  Company name and address  Business Size (large or small)  Identification of any socio-economic program such as Service Disable Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned, Hubzone, or 8(a)  Company Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code  Verification that the NAICS code 237110 (Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction) is appropriate, or provide suggestions with supporting rationale as to why it isn't appropriate. The information gathered from this RFI will be used for market research analysis and to plan future procurements. Based upon information submitted in response to this RFI, NASA will determine the final content of any future solicitation(s). Submissions will also be evaluated for the purpose of determining whether a future procurement may be conducted as a competitive set-aside or issued under full and open competition (unrestricted). The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), SDV, or HUBZone small business set-aside based on responses hereto for this requirement. A determination by the Government not to procure this requirement, based upon responses to this notice or other market research, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Although all comments received will be carefully reviewed and considered for inclusion in any possible later action, the initiators of this request make no commitment to include any particular recommendations. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation of submissions received. This synopsis should not be construed as a formal Request for Quotation (RFQ) or Proposal (RFP) (solicitation) but, rather a Request for Information (RFI) under the authority of FAR 15.201. Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to make a purchase, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited or be held liable for any information obtained. Submission of any information in response to this RFI is completely voluntary.Responses should be based on the material contained in this announcement and any other relevant information the contractor thinks is appropriate. Comments or suggestions relevant to this requirement are welcome and may also be included in the response.Contractors are welcome to submit any additional documentation that may support their ability to comply with the Governments requirement. Responses shall include the companys specific area of interest in this requirement as being a potential prime contractor, a subcontractor, or other. Submission shall not include any proprietary or confidential business or financial information relating to specific companies. Any questions shall also be submitted via e-mail to the POC listed below, which may be used in the development of the requirements. Response to this RFI shall be submitted and received at SSC no later than September 13, 2013 at 4:00 pm local time (Central), via e-mail only to the POC identified below.Reference the RFI # NNS13ZDA009L in any response. Faxed or telephone correspondence will not be accepted. Point of Contact (POC): All prospective companies are to direct their written electronic correspondence to the attention of: Leanne Olson at leanne.olson@nasa.gov (cc: Gerald Norris at gerald.l.norris@nasa.gov). The government anticipates that a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued under the Commercial Acquisition Procedures and Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13 and any resulting award will be made in the form of a Fixed Fixed Price (FFP) contract. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it and any related documents, will only be issued electronically. They would be accessed and downloaded at the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) Business Opportunities website @ http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/nais/link_syp.cgi and at the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website @ http://www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor these sites for the release of any additional information pertaining to this notice and download their own copy of any resulting solicitation and amendments (if any). Interested firms are advised to be registered via the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and have a completed Online Representations and Certification Application (ORCA) via the System for Award Management (SAM) Gateway at https://www.sam.gov. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note 'B'. Also, see NASA-Specific Note 'A' regarding Commercial Items. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the URL(s) linked below.
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