SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- PROPELLANT LOADING SERVICES FOR THE LADEE SPACECRAFT
- Notice Date
- 10/21/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001
- ZIP Code
- 94035-0001
- Solicitation Number
- NNA12102111R
- Response Due
- 11/4/2011
- Archive Date
- 10/21/2012
- Point of Contact
- Jeffrey S. Brown, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-4696, Fax 650-604-0912, Email jeffrey.s.brown@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Jeffrey S. Brown
(jeffrey.s.brown@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is hereby soliciting information about potentialsources to provide propellant loading and contingency offloading services for NASAsLunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission in mid 2013 at NASAsWallops Flight Facility (WFF).The contractor shall provide the personnel, procedures, materials, equipment, commoditiesand services required to load approximately 52 kg of Monomethylhydrazine (MMH) andapproximately 83 kg of Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON-3) and pressurize flight tanks withHelium (He). The contractor shall procure, sample, and analyze the propellants andpressurant prior to shipping them to WFF.NASA ARC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small,Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), ServiceDisabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/MinorityInstitutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competitionand/or small business subcontracting goals for Propellant Loading Procurement. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), ServiceDisabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto.No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sitesfor the release of any solicitation or synopsis.Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business;average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether theyare large, or any category of small business, number of years in business; affiliateinformation: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, primecontractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customerscovering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers,contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phonenumber). Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-typeservice. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as acommitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemedfully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. All responses shall be submitted to the point of contact identified below no later thanNovember 4, 2011. Please reference NNA12102111R in any response. Any referenced notesmay be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN02610838-W 20111023/111021233929-6a6bd1d60793b769fedb6839ea3bf600 (fbodaily.com)
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