59 -- PIRANI GAUGE VACUUM SENSORS

Notice Date

April 24, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

ZIP Code

35812

Solicitation Number

8-1-1-E2-D3570

Response Due

May 9, 2001

Point of Contact

Becky LaRue, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-5665, Fax (256) 544-8434, Email becky.larue@msfc.nasa.gov -- Lynn P. Southgate, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-0303, Fax (245) 544-8434, Email Lynn.Southgate@msfc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Becky LaRue (becky.larue@msfc.nasa.gov)

Description

NASA/MSFC intends to issue a sole-source solicitation for Pirani Gauge Vacuum Sensors qualified for use on the International Space Station to Sen Tran Company, 53 Santa Felicia Dr., Goleta, CA 93117. This procurement is made pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, which implements the authority for 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) for acquisition of supplies or services from only one source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Competition is impractical for the following reasons: 1. Sen Tran is the sole supplier of Pirani Gauge Vacuum Sensors which have been flight qualified for use on the International Space Station United States Laboratory and Japanese Module. 2. The learning period required by another contractor to duplicate the expertise and experience gained by Sen Tran through previous work and delivery of substantially similar Pirani Gauge Vacuum Sensors would be detrimental to the progress of the first MSRR-1 program in both cost and schedule. 3. No other manufacturer possesses the necessary expertise and experience to build and qualify a Pirani Gauge Vacuum Sensor for the Material Science Research Rack (MSRR-1) prior to the scheduled start of assembly of the Vacuum Access System (VAS) on December 30, 2001. 4. A late delivery of the sensors will impact the start of assembly of the Vacuum Access System (VAS), a critical system of MSRR-1 which is currently scheduled for launch on February 10, 2003. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on May 9, 2001. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. See Note 22. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html

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Record

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