SOURCES SOUGHT
41 -- REPLACE LIQUID OXYGEN VAPORIZER LAUNCH COMPLEX 39B
- Notice Date
- 3/11/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 238220
— Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
- Contracting Office
- NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
- ZIP Code
- 32899
- Solicitation Number
- NNK13GUMKE_LOX_LC39B
- Response Due
- 3/25/2014
- Archive Date
- 3/11/2015
- Point of Contact
- Randall Gumke, Contract Specialist, Phone 321-867-3322, Fax 321-867-1166, Email randall.a.gumke@nasa.gov - Robert J Glanowski, Contract Specialist, Phone 321-867-7345, Fax 321-867-1166, Email robert.glanowski@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Randall Gumke
(randall.a.gumke@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Replace Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Vaporizer, Launch Complex (LC) 39B Contracting Office Address NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Description SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Replace Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Vaporizer, Launch Complex (LC) 39B INTRODUCTION The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Large, Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for Replace Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Vaporizer, Launch Complex (LC) 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 238220, title Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors, with a size standard of $14.0 million. Estimated award date for this contract is July - August 2014, with a projected period of performance of approximately 365 calendar days. Estimated award amount is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. SCOPE OF WORK The work includes but is not limited to the following: - The replacement of the existing liquid oxygen (LOX) vaporizer located below grade with new above grade natural draft vaporizer unit(s) to be furnished by the government. - Modifications to the LOX storage area site and supporting systems to accommodate the change in vaporizer units. Site work includes concrete slab and concrete pavement work. - All equipment will be installed at the LOX storage area at LC 39B. The existing LOX vaporizer will be replaced and require careful removal and demolition.The existing LOX System will be maintained to a cleanliness level of KSC-C-123 Level 1000A during construction activities. The new system components, including the new vaporizer units, will be cleaned and certified to the same cleanliness level. Piping will be stainless steel.Piping systems will require dye penetrant, radiographic, hydrostatic, and cold shock testing as well as mass spectrometer leak testing. - The LOX storage area grounding will be repaired and upgraded. The existing fire protection system at the LOX storage area will be modified. - Existing abandoned in place piping, supports, fittings and pumps in the area will be demolished. - The LC 39B area will be undergoing other construction modifications during the performance of this construction project. CAPABILITY STATEMENT It is requested that interested business firms having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed all aspects of the effort described herein, submit to the contracting office a capabilities statement demonstrating ability to perform the services listed above. The capability package shall be no more than ten (10) pages in length and printed in not smaller than 12 point type. The capabilities statement will consist of a: 1 page cover sheet referencing Source Sought Notice NNK13GUMKE_LOX_LC39B, Capabilities Statement Replace Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Vaporizer, Launch Complex (LC) 39B. And; 4 pages discussing: 1. Company Name, DUNS Number, Address, Description of Principal Business Activity, Primary Point of Contact (E-mail address and phone number). 2. Business size and number of employees. Specifically state whether your firm is a large or small business in NAICS Code 238220. Description of principal business activity; number of employees; and specifically identify if you are a HUBZone small business, a service-disabled veteran owned small business, an economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, or an 8(a) small business. 3. Financial Capability Provide bonding capacity of your firm and the most current Balance Sheet and Income Statement, and the firms average annual revenue for the past 3 years. 4. Experience Provide the number of years in business and listing of relevant work performed in the previous seven (7) years. Relevant work for the purposes of this Notice requires, but is not limited to, the following: a. Projects involving the installation of or modifications to liquid oxygen systems. b. Projects involving stainless steel cryogenic piping requiring dye penetrant, radiographic, hydrostatic, and cold shock testing as well as mass spectrometer leak testing. c. Projects involving the development of cleaning plans and procedures that achieved particulate and non-volatile residue cleanliness levels certified to Specification KSC-C-123 (generally similar to ASTM G93) Level 1000A. Remaining pages can be used to further elaborate on experience or testing lab information. Capability packages must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Randall Gumke, NASA Contract Specialist, at the following address:randall.a.gumke@nasa.gov on or before (10 working days) March 25, 2014 NASA/KSC will review all responses that comply with the submission instructions using the following criteria: breadth, depth and relevancy of experience as it relates to the work described above. NASA does not plan to respond to individual responses and does not intend to post information or questions received to any website or public access location. DISCLAIMER: This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only, subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or Request for Quotation, and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. Moreover, the Government will not pay for the information submitted in response to this Notice, nor will the Government reimburse an offeror for costs incurred to prepare responses to this Notice. This invitation to submit capability packages is for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for a potential KSC acquisition. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. No solicitation exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in the Federal Business Opportunities Website, FedBizOpps, ( https://www.fbo.gov/ ) and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Services, NAIS, ( http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin /nais/index.cgi ). It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Failure to respond to this notice does not exclude any interested party from future consideration for proposals which may be announced or solicited by NASA.
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