MODIFICATION
68 -- Gaseous Bulk Helium
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Defense Logistics Agency, Logistics Operations, Defense Energy Support Center - Missile Fuels, Building 1621-K 2261 Hughes Avenue, Suite 128, Lackland AFB, TX, 78236-9828
- ZIP Code
- 78236-9828
- Solicitation Number
- SP0600-05-R-0329
- Archive Date
- 10/1/2005
- Description
- The Government intends to execute an unrestricted procurement for delivery of 677,423 pounds of commercial Propellant Pressurizing Agent, Gaseous Bulk Helium, NSN 9135-01-525-1620, Type I, Grade A, IAW MIL-PRF-27407B, dated 25 Aug 97. The procurement will be in support Operation Iraqi Freedom. The requirement is expected to result in multiple four-year and nine month fixed priced IDIQ type contracts. The area of performance is expanded from Germany, Turkey, and the Middle East to include any company with a facility or fill point that is logistically positioned anywhere in Europe or the Middle East near U.S. Air Bases that are equipped with C-17 accessibility. The Contractor(s) will provide all production supplies, management, tools, equipment, labor, and any raw materials necessary for the manufacture and delivery of Gaseous Bulk Helium. The product shall be delivered either FOB Origin or FOB Destination. The government solicits Industry for a Turn-Key operation in Europe or the Middle East for production of helium to be delivered in any or all of the following types of containers: (1) In government owned tube bank trailers (compressed gas semi trailers), (2) In contractor owned tube bank trailers, (3) In government owned High Pressure Cylinder Assemblies (HPCA?s), (4) In contractor owned cylinder assemblies, and/or (5) In a combination of all types of containers. Contractor-owned equipment must be built/manufactured in compliance with the Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements and certified for air transportation. The contractor(s) will be required to provide tractors to transport tube bank trailers and/or flatbed trailers with cylinder assemblies to the customer via freight forwarder if necessary. The contractor is also responsible for pickup of the empty tube bank trailers or cylinder assemblies from a central location within country and movement back to contractor facility for service and filling. When requested by Delivery Order, the Contractor(s) will pick up DOT certified and airlift able bulk trailers or cylinder assemblies from the nearest aerial port, transport them to their fill plant to be filled, and transport them back to the aerial port for airlifting to customer destination. The requirement includes services for renting contractor-owned containers, evacuating and purging government-owned trailers and cylinders, repairing/replacing valves in trailers and cylinders, repairing HPCAs, and repairing trailer chassis to include tire replacement. The performance period shall be from 01 Jan 06 through 30 Sept 10. Subject solicitation will be issued on or about 14 Sep 05 and posted to the FedBizOpps web page at (http://www.fedbizopps.gov/). If you do not have internet access, a hard copy of the solicitation may be requested. Only written, emailed or faxed request for solicitation received directly from the requestor are acceptable. Mail requests to Defense Logistics Agency, Logistics Operations, Defense Energy Support Center ? Missile Fuels, Building1621-K, 2261 Hughes Ave, Suite 128, Lackland AFB, TX 78236-9828. Overnight Mailing Address: Attn: Betty Hoge, Defense Energy Support Center DESC MK, Building 1621-k, 1014 Billy Mitchell Blvd., San Antonio, Texas 78226. Potential offerors should contact the contract specialist identified above for additional information and/or to communicate concerns. For questions regarding Small Business or Small Disadvantaged Business Affairs, contact Mrs. Kathy Williams of the DESC Small Business Office at 1-800-523-2601 or 703-767-9465
- Place of Performance
- Address: The area of performance is expanded to include any company with a facility or fill point that is logistically positioned in Europe or the Middle East near U.S. Air Force Bases equipped with C-17 accessibility.
- Record
- SN00890963-W 20050911/050909211604 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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