NASA Procurement Office, Code DAOO, Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS 39529-6000

Z -- HEAVY LIFT -- TANK AND VESSEL SOL RFO-13-SSC-0-97-27 DUE 062497 POC Elaine J. Powell, Contract Specialist, Phone (601) 688-1651, Fax (601) 688-1141, Email elaine.powell@ssc.nasa.gov -- Harold G. Taulbee, Contracting Officer, Phone (601) 688-1640, Fax (601) 688-1141, Email harold.taulbee@ssc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/SSC/date.html#RFO-13-SSC-0-97-27. E-MAIL: Elaine J. Powell, elaine.powell@ssc.nasa.gov. NASA/SSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) to provide equipment and labor to lift two high pressure cylindrical vessels (T9219 and T9220) and one spherical vessel (T9218) from existing foundations at Test Stand (TS) 116, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Alabama, transport the vessels to Stennis Space Center (SSC), Mississippi, by barge and set into place on existing foundations or structure. Approximate weight -- 250 tons each. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. This procurement is 100% Set-Aside for small business concerns. The estimated price range is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The solicitation will be released as soon as practicable whether prior or subsequent to May 23, 1997 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about June 24, 1997. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. The Specifications and Drawings will be mailed under separate cover to those firms requesting copies. These documents will be in ASCII or RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/SSC Business Opportunities home page is procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/SSC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site 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). Hard copies may be obtained from the identified point of contact; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as the solicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the Internet. Transmission of requests by internet E-mail to elaine.powell@ssc.nasa.gov or by facsimile at (601) 688-1852 are acceptable. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer, or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Mr. Mark Craig at (601)688-2123. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at (202)358-2090. (0126)

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