NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

68 -- LIQUID OXYGEN AND LIQUID NITROGEN FOR MSFC SOL IFB10-990059 DUE 100899 POC Steven E. Parker, Contract Specialist, Phone (407) 867-7358, Fax (407) 867-1188, Email steven.parker-1@ksc.nasa.gov -- Bob R. Pirkle, Contracting Officer, Phone (407) 867-4989, Fax (407) 867-2825, Email Bob.Pirkle-1@ksc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/KSC/date.html#IFB10-990059. E-MAIL: Steven E. Parker, steven.parker-1@ksc.nasa.gov. This notice is part of a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes Step 1 of a 2-Step Sealed Bid solicitation; information to determine the offerors technical capability to meet the requirement is requested in this notice. A written solicitation will be issued at a later date, only to those offerors deemed technically capable in Step 1. The written solicitation will consitute Step 2 and require offerors to submit firm prices in the form of a Sealed Bid. This notice is being issued as an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for Liquid Oxygen (IAW MIL-PRF-25508F) and Liquid Nitrogen (IAW MIL-PRF-27401D) products. Delivery of products by over-the-road, bulk cryogenic tanker trucks is required. The average tonnage required per tanker is 25 tons. Delivery of products to Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, FOB destination is required. The BestEstimated Quantities (BEQ) per year are 6,000 tons of liquid oxygen and 40,000 tons of liquid nitrogen. A fixed-price, requirements type contract is planned. Under this arrangement, the Kennedy Space Center will award the contract and personnel at the Marshall Space Flight Center will issue funded delivery orders and receive shipments in accordance with the contract. Requests for Shipment will be placed with a minimum of 48 hours notice prior to the required delivery time. Prospective offerors are requested to provide the following information to determine technical capability for Step 1. 1. Discuss you production, storage and distribution facilities, including types and amount of product produced per day (in tons for each product), storage capacities (in tons for each product), plant locations (primary and back-up), transportation fleet (no. of tanker-trucks, age, capacities, driver staff), one-way distance and transit time to delivery point, and turn-around time for refilling a tanker and returning to the delivery point. 2. Discuss your quality management systems and safety program, including your top level mission statement and/or goals. Complete quality/safety directives/operating procedures are not required, but may be referenced. Discuss the level of corporate commitment to quality and safety. 3. Past Performance -- discuss any contracts you have performed in the last 3 years to provide the MIL-SPEC products to government and/or commercial customers. For each contract, provide the type of product delivered, quantity per year and length of service to that customer. Provide current addresses and phone numbers for up to three customers. The provisions and clauses in the IFB are those in effect through FAC 97-12. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 2813 and 1000 employees respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Step 1 offers for the items(s) described above are due by October 4, 1999 at 4:00pm EDT and must include all the information to determine technical capability requested above. Step 1 offers may be sent via email, fax (407-867-1188), or U.S. Mail to Steven Parker, Contracting Officer, Code OP-OSO, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899. If the end product(s) offered is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the offeror shall so state and shall list the country of origin. Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than October 4, 1999. Selection and award will be made to the lowest priced offeror in Step 2, following the determination of technical capability in Step 1. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of solicitation amendments (if any): http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/KSC/class.html Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments, including the Step 2 solicitation. Posted 09/09/99 (D-SN378420). (0252)

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