SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- INDIVIDUAL TRIP AVIATION WEATHER FORCAST SERVICE
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BJ
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ05102085R
- Archive Date
- 7/15/2006
- Description
- NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following Commercial services for individual trip aviation weather forecasts for NASA/JSC aircrews. NASA/JSC Aircraft Operations Division operates a fleet of aircraft, currently including 32 T-38's, 5 G-II59's, 2 B747's, 1 G-159, 2 WB-57F?s, and 1 DC-9. The contractor shall provide a 24 hour-a-day aviation weather forecasting service. Approximately 800 flights per month are flown with an average of 300 to 400 weather forecast briefings being derived from the aviation weather forecast service contractor. This service shall include a toll-free, direct telephone access number for NASA/JSC aircrews to obtain an unlimited number of accurate aviation weather forecasts for domestic United States operations. The requirement is for locally-based (Houston, Texas) aviation weather forecast service familiar with the weather patterns of the Houston-Gulf Coast area. The contractor shall also provide an in-house software access program which will enable JSC aircrews to obtain accurate and current weather information for flight planning. The information displayed is required to be printable to enable aircrews to carry a hard copy. In addition to these services, the contractor shall provide other services on an as-ordered basis. The cost for these services will be paid for on an as-used basis. These services include fuel contracting arrangements, domestic and international high frequency (HF) phone patch services, computerized flight plansk, flight plan filing for domestic and international trips, messages, provide hotel reservations, airport handling and diplomatic permit services for international flight, and international and domestic Telex services. The base period of performance will be one year starting November 1, 2005. There will be two 1-year options. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541990 and $6,000,000.00, respectively. The anticipated release date of RFP NNJ05102085R is on or about August 1, 2005 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about August 29, 2005. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/JSC Business Opportunities page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the 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 may be viewed at the following URLs linked below. All contractual and/or technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or FAX) to Eric Schell or Alice Jean Pursell no later than August 12, 2005. Telephone questions will not be accepted.
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