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S -- SAFETY AND FIRE SERVICES SOL 9-BJ32-T36-9-10P DUE 071999 POC Frances L. Mahan, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-2338, Fax (281) 483-0567, Email frances.1.mahan1@jsc.nasa.gov -- Duane Emmons, Contract Officer, Phone (281) 483-6009, Fax (281) 483-0567, Email duane.emmons1@jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/date.html#9-BJ32-T36-9-10P. E-MAIL: Frances L. Mahan, frances.1.mahan1@jsc.nasa.gov. NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offers (RFO) using NASA FAR Supplement Part 1871.6, MidRange Procurement Procedures, Best Value Selection, for safety and fire services at the JSC site, JSC operations at Ellington Field, Houston, Sonny Carter Training Facility, and various other NASA locations. The SIC is 8731, standard size is 1,000 employees. The primary scope of the effort to be performed under this contract includes but is not limited to the following: perform detailed engineering design reviews of design construction, plan, specifications, and submittals for JSC projects; interpret NFPA, OSHA, DOD, NEC, UBC, NASA and JSC codes and safety requirements as they relate to systems, structural and architectual fire protection measures, and fixed fire protection measures and systems; review sprinkler system hydraulic calculations to determine adherence to aforementioned requirements as well as current consensus standards; perform safety and fire protection surveys and studies of JSC projects, including structures, test configurations, hazardous operations, and construction sites and determine hazards and degree of fire risk, and whether or not they meet established practices; perform mishap investigations, including verification of corrective actions and development of lessons learned; provide 24-hour per day 7 day per week, emergency response capability to engage first-aid, rescue activities, and liaison activities with the Houston Fire Department at the scene; develop information for preplanning fire fighting emergency response operations; conduct fire and emergency drills; provide preventative maintenance and repairs for the fire suppression, detection, and alarm systems, including heat, smoke, and flame detectors and sprinklers; develop, coordinate, and conduct safety training, including classroom, individual videotape, and satellite transmitted courses for NASA by operating the NASA Safety Training Center; develop and coordinate mass communication for safety information at JSC and throughout the NASA community; operate the JSC Safety Learning Center; plan, develop, document and maintain control of safety requirements, implementation procedures, safety plans, investigation files, mishap records, procurement requirements, goals and objectives; and plan, organize, implement, analyze and disseminate information using optimal information handling technologies with the intent of assuring rapid access to data and information in support of safety and fire protection objectives such as the indentification of favorable or unfavorable data trends and lessons learned for use as motivational awareness information. Proposers must possess extensive knowledge of OSHA, DOD, NFPA, NEC, UBC and NASA safety and fire protection requirements. JSC is a highly unique and complex site which demands leading-edge safety personnel, who are knowledgeable of and qualified to deal with the critical nature of unique spaceflight hardware, aeorospace training and testing facilities and spaceflight ground support facilities at all JSC locations and various NASA locations. Prior to award of this contract, the apparent winner must be licensed in accordance with the fire alarm rules and regulations for the State of Texas as defined by the Texas Insurance Code and the Texas Commission on fire Protection. Furthermore the offerors must have as members of key personnel at minimum a Certified Safety Professional and/or Professional Engineer. NASA JSC intends to award a one-year contract with 2 one-year options. The provisions and clauses in the RFP are those in effect through FAC 97-11. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. This procurement is a small business set-aside. See Note 1, and will be award through the Small Business Adminstration's 8(a) Program. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 1,000, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9 . The anticipated release date of RFP 9-BJ32-T36-9-10P is on or about June 28, 1999 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about July 28,1999. All qualified and responsible sources which are 8(a) certified in SIC CODE 8731 may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) 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/JSC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet 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). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 06/01/99 (D-SN337409). (0152)

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