SOLICITATION NOTICE
68 -- LIQUID NITROGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSONIC FACILITY
- Notice Date
- 4/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 144, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton, VA 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- NNL06153354R
- Response Due
- 5/31/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/13/2007
- Description
- NASA/LaRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for furnishing a Liquid Nitrogen Supply System for the National Transonic Facility (NTF). The supply system shall be of the air separation type with a nitrogen liquefier, providing only liquid nitrogen via a pipeline at a purity level defined by MIL-PRF-27401D as Type II, Grade B. The plant shall be located on NASA Langley Research Center Government property, Hampton, VA, using Government provided power, and operated by existing on-site Contractor personnel. The minimum plant capacity shall be 370 Tons per day, using new equipment. The design life and efficiency of the plant shall be equivalent to a state-of-the-art merchant plant, and shall incorporate automation and configuration to permit operation with a minimum number of personnel. This requirement is for: (1) Plant Engineering and Design consisting of:- all labor, materials and support necessary for the engineering and design of a complete Liquid Nitrogen plant, labor and resources to develop the Liquid Nitrogen plant drawings, equipment specifications, and supporting analyses. (2) Plant Equipment, consisting of procuring and manufacturing equipment, factory testing, and off-loading at the site. (3) Site Modification and Preparation, including renovations of NASA Langley Building 1241 as required by the contractor?s design. (4) On-Site Construction, including mobilization, site construction labor and materials required to install and connect the plant equipment. (5) Commissioning and Start-up, including labor, materials, and replacement parts required to start-up all equipment, perform subsystem tests, perform performance guarantee tests, and transfer an operational plant to the Government. (6) Training, including labor and materials to train operators in all modes of operation and routine maintenance of the plant. (7) Documentation related to the Liquid Nitrogen Supply System and its components. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. This is a full and open competition and IS NOT a small business set aside. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 325120 and 1,000 employees, respectively. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about May 1, 2006 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about May 31, 2006. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement (with the exception of the drawings) 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/LaRC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=23 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. FAR Supplement 1852.215-77 Preproposal/Pre-bid Conference (Dec 1988)(a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract award as a result of the solicitation. Accordingly, offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed. (b) An organized preproposal/site visit will be scheduled and details will be provided in Section L of the RFP. All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax). Telephone questions will not be accepted.
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