SOURCES SOUGHT
X -- NASA / SSC Facility RFI - SSC Facility Description with Pictures
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NASA Stennis Space Center, Office of Procurement, Mail Stop DA00, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 39529-6000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 39529-6000
- Solicitation Number
- NNS16ZDA002L
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2017
- Point of Contact
- Melissa R. Wagner, Phone: 2286881065, Gerald L. Norris, Phone: 2286881718
- E-Mail Address
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melissa.r.wagner@nasa.gov, gerald.l.norris@nasa.gov
(melissa.r.wagner@nasa.gov, gerald.l.norris@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 2016 NASA SSC Facility RFI with Pictures SYNOPSIS: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Stennis Space Center (SSC) is seeking to identify potential industry interest in, and proposed uses for some, agency propulsion test facilities and other related real property assets located at SSC in Mississippi. This announcement describes NASA assets that are currently underutilized as a result of program cancellations, changing needs or transitioning activities. SSC also seeks through this announcement to ensure broad awareness and visibility of the anticipated opportunities for potential partnerships between NASA and industry or non-federal public entities to leverage underutilized Agency facilities and real property to maximize utilization and efficiency. NASA has a variety of partnership models available, as authorized by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 and other legal authorities, including Authorities enacted specifically to support the U.S. commercial space launch industry. These partnership models may grant a partner an interest in specified real property for a specified term, or may provide for the reimbursable provision of services from NASA controlled facilities for which SSC has a current or future need to support NASA's mission. It is NASA's intent to ensure fairness to all Parties and to ensure best value to the Government in granting use of a NASA facility in a manner that optimizes its support for the agency's missions and objectives, and the U.S. national space policy. To meet these purposes, NASA requests written responses to this announcement to assist SSC in achieving the following objectives: • Identify and document specific interest from industry and non-federal public entities in pursuing a partnership agreement with NASA for utilization of the SSC facilities identified in this announcement. • Assess the extent of overall interest by industry and non-federal public entities in using underutilized NASA assets at SSC to engage in activities supportive of NASA's missions and purpose. • Provide data to support SSC's planning for future infrastructure and facility utilization. • Support future determination of how underutilized capacity at SSC may be made available in a fair and responsive fashion to industry and/or non-federal public entities to advance agency and national objectives. BACKGROUND: One of NASA's Strategic Goals is to "Serve the American public and accomplish our Mission by effectively managing our people, technical capabilities, and infrastructure." As Congress and the President direct NASA to continue development of new manned spaceflight programs such as the Space Launch System (SLS), each of the affected NASA field centers are challenged to continually re-scope its infrastructure and facilities footprint to most efficiently support these programs within expected funding levels. SSC capabilities and assets that will become idle or underutilized for near-term NASA requirements may be re-purposed and used by the commercial space industry and others in direct support of NASA's mission and purpose. SSC seeks to strategically identify, develop and align the Center's distinctive space launch testing assets and related capabilities with the emerging commercial space markets. SSC seeks to expand partnerships, customer base and regional economic opportunities consistent with the NASA mission. SSC wishes to promote and enable the widest and fullest utilization of SSC assets and facilities to advance the nation's goals for space exploration and development. These efforts are targeted to accelerate innovation and collaboration in support of new technologies which are applicable to space exploration, as well as to benefit humankind here on Earth where the capabilities will be available to both the commercial and government space services industry. PRIORITY USES FOR AVAILABLE FACILITIES: For the facilities identified in this announcement, NASA intends to give priority consideration to prospective uses and users which align with the following: • Entities which operate or directly support the advancement of space exploration for the U.S. Government at SSC; • Entities which operate or directly support commercial space launch or commercial space user missions, whether or not the U.S. Government is a customer. NASA will consider other technical, operationally compatible uses and users which are determined to directly or indirectly support its missions and purposes if underutilized capacity remains available; or • Entities which directly provide services (e.g., education, insight, access to capital, business development, and related efforts) to entrepreneurs and small businesses that enable and accelerate the growth of emerging technology companies related to the advancement of space exploration. USES THAT NASA WILL NOT CONSIDER: For the facilities identified in this announcement, NASA will not at this time consider responses that: • Fail to show any relevance to NASA's mission or purpose and U.S. Government interests, or fail to demonstrate a need for use of the requested SSC asset that cannot be met more appropriately by the private sector at offsite (non-SSC) locations; • Are deemed incompatible with the current SSC Master Plan, land use policies, environmental conditions, or pose a potential negative impact on NASA's mission; or • Requires any proposed transfer of title to Government land or facilities. GOVERNMENT'S RIGHT TO APPLY CRITERIA: NASA reserves the right to apply criteria for assessing the "best fit" for alternative uses and users which may be considered for the facilities identified in this announcement. Such criteria may include, but are not limited to: • Alignment with NASA's mission, purpose and the long-term development objectives and plans for SSC; • Benefit to SSC, NASA and other U.S. Government interests; • Alignment of the proposed use and/or occupancy need dates with a facility's intended purpose, configuration and availability dates; • Assessment of the financial capability of the proposed user; • Assessment of the environmental, safety and security impacts of the proposed use; • Potential for, and degree of, expected positive contribution to the sustainment of SSC's technical workforce; and • Risk to SSC, NASA and other U.S. Government interests. IDENTIFICATION OF FACILITIES ANTICIPATED FOR AVAILABILITY: Propulsion Test Facilities This section of the announcement encompasses test facilities located within the secured and restricted-access test complex area of SSC that is surrounded by a 125,000-acre acoustical buffer zone. Each of the following facilities is located in an area with ample adjacent vacant land suitable for facility expansion purposes if necessary, and each facility would accommodate multiple reconfiguration options to better meet potential partner requirements. Please see the attachment for additional details and images of each of the facilities listed below. 1. A-3 Altitude Test Facility A-3 is a single-position, 300-foot-tall vertical-firing test stand used for simulated altitude testing of large liquid rocket engines and upper stages. The stand and its systems were designed and configured for testing of a 294,000 pound thrust Liquid Hydrogen (LH)/Liquid Oxygen (LOX) engine at 100,000 feet simulated altitude. 2. E-2 Engine/Stage Test Facility - Cell 2 Cell Two of the E-2 Test Facility (E2C2) was originally constructed in 2001 to provide testing for medium thrust rocket engine systems, primarily on small to medium rocket stages. E2C2 is capable of supporting test articles generating up to 324,000 pounds thrust in a vertical orientation. 3. E-4 Test Facility The E-4 Test Facility was partially constructed but has not been completed. The propellant and structural elements of E-4 were designed to support the testing of power packs and engine systems up to 500,000 pounds thrust in the horizontal plane. The facility consists of four concrete-walled cells and an associated concrete foundation; a Signal Conditioning Building; and a 12,825 square feet metal building with a high bay, shop area, and test control rooms. Supporting Infrastructure Roadway and/or barge access is available to each of these test stands. SSC's 125,000-acre acoustical buffer zone enables unlimited testing without disturbing the surrounding communities. SSC can also accommodate the provision of additional facility space outside of the propulsion test complex for requirements related to a respondent's interest in one of the test facilities listed above, as well as access to large tracts of land within the SSC boundaries suitable for development of new complimentary facilities. Current and planned available space includes office space, conditioned light industrial/manufacturing space, unconditioned industrial/warehouse space, and space suitable for buildout to suit a variety of uses. Up to 220,000 ft2 of contiguous buildout space is available, in addition to multiple smaller building areas located within the SSC footprint. Respondents should include any potential related facility space requirements as part of their Statement of Interest as described below. AVAILABILITY OF SUPPORT SERVICES: Entities making appropriate use of any of these facilities will have the ability to access the extensive SSC on-site support infrastructure through a demand services arrangement, which includes, but is not limited to the following: • Rocket propulsion system testing (engine system, stage/vehicle, component & subsystem); • Shop facilities (weld, machine, carpenter, electrical, plumbing, component cleaning and certification, etc.) • Laboratory services (sampling, cleanliness certification, instrumentation cleaning & calibration, etc.) • Information technology services; • Medical clinic and fire protection services; • Environmental and industrial health services; • Security and privacy zones; • Cafeterias; and • Institutional services (janitorial, mail, shipping/receiving, storage, etc.). ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: As NASA's programs and missions are further defined, the agency continues to assess and identify which agency assets are required to meet existing and future agency requirements. Therefore, under remote circumstances the facilities identified in this announcement that are anticipated to be partially or fully available for other users may subsequently be deemed by NASA as unavailable due to the agency's own facility needs. The Government may apply selection criteria and make the facilities and their related assets available only if deemed in the Government's best interests. NASA reserves the right to proceed with development and negotiation of one or more proposed partnership agreements with respondents to this announcement, without further notice, if it determines that it has met the purposes, intent and objectives identified in this announcement. NASA is not precluded from entering into agreements with other Federal entities for use of the SSC facilities identified in this announcement regardless of expressions of interest and proposed use that may be received from industry or non-federal public entities. NASA is under no obligation to proceed with any partnering arrangements with regard to the anticipated availability of the underutilized facilities at SSC. With that said, NASA/SSC is issuing this RFI with as broad an intent as possible to identify any and all potential users of the identified SSC assets. If there are no potential users of these assets identified, and if NASA determines that the facility is going to become idle with no known current or future NASA mission support requirement, but still of value in support of NASA's purpose and the national space policy if used by others, NASA may decide to divest the agency of the asset by transfer to another Federal agency, or to others through established real property disposition processes administered by the General Services Administration (GSA). This announcement does not preclude the Government's option to dispose of the identified facility should it determine that there is no current or future need related to a NASA mission or purpose, and that it is in the Government's best interest to dispose of the facility rather than to retain it. Such disposal may include, but not limited to: • Declaring facility improvements excess to the Government's needs and disposing in accordance with the established processes of the General Services Administration (GSA); • Deconstruction of the facility to enable re-development of the site at some future date; or • Abandonment in place. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The purpose of this RFI is to determine industry's level of interest in the facilities, as noted above. This RFI is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for any information solicited. Since this is a RFI, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. SSC will make all facilities available for site visits by appointment. Interested parties should contact Don Beckmeyer (see contact information below) to schedule a site visit. Interested parties are limited to a maximum of five (5) authorized individuals per company/organization at a scheduled site visit. When requesting a site visit, interested parties shall submit the following registration information for each of the aforementioned individuals via email to the Points of Contact (POCs) listed in the Instructions for Responses: Company Name Each Individuals First & Last Name E-mail Address Telephone Number (including area code) Citizenship All interested parties shall proceed to the SSC Visitor Entrance with a valid picture ID (state-issued drivers licenses must be REAL ID Act compliant). Foreign Nationals are permitted with pre-approved authorization. Please respond early if you feel it is absolutely necessary for a foreign national to accompany your team on the site visit, as the process nominally requires 30 days advance notice. There is no guarantee that the request will be approved. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONSES: Potential users interested in one or more of the described SSC assets shall submit statements of interest electronically, via e-mail, to the Points of Contact (POCs) listed below. The statement of interest shall consist of a one to two page summary and additional pages of supporting detail, as needed. Responses shall contain a minimum font size of 12. To facilitate a prompt review, the one-page summary shall clearly identify facility use and planned utilization of assets in support of the intended purpose noted previously. The one page summary shall include: • Company information. Specify organization name, address, primary POC and telephone number, business size and type, and product or service line; • Assets. Identify the specific asset requirements and their proposed use; and • Timetable. Identify when the assets are needed for the proposed use and for what duration. Responses may be submitted at any time following the release of the RFI. Responses will be accepted as long as the RFI remains open; however, review and consideration of the responses will be made as they are received at SSC. Please reference this RFI in any response. Interested Parties that responded to the earlier (May 2015) version of the SSC Facilities RFI are strongly encouraged to resubmit a response to this RFI if they have continued interest in one or more of the facilities indicated in their original response. Respondents are cautioned to mark any information confidential that is considered proprietary by the respondent. All electronic responses should be sent to the POC, identified below, with the message line "Response to SSC Request for Information" and should include the RFI number. Any questions you may have are to be submitted in writing, via email, to the POCs listed below. POINTS OF CONTACT Name: Don Beckmeyer Title: Manager, Strategic Business Development Phone: 228-688-3788 Fax: 228-688-3240 Email: Don.H.Beckmeyer@nasa.gov Alternate POC Name: David Coote Title: New Business Development and Planning Phone: 228-688-1056 Fax: 228-688-6083 Email: David.J.Coote@nasa.gov Contracting Office Address: NASA Office of Procurement, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000 Name: Melissa Wagner Title: Contract Specialist Phone: 228-688-1065 Email: melissa.r.wagner@nasa.gov Name: Gerald Norris Title: Contracting Officer Phone: 228-688-1718 Email: gerald.l.norris@nasa.gov
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- Place of Performance
- Address: John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 39529, United States
- Zip Code: 39529
- Zip Code: 39529
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