SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF LITHIUM-MANGANESE DIOXIDE BATTERY
- Notice Date
- 7/21/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BH
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ06161689Q
- Response Due
- 8/2/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/21/2007
- Description
- This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for testing to assess the safety characteristics of the Saft and Ultralife D Lithium-Manganese Dioxide (LiMnO2) cells and to help determine which lot of cells should be qualified and accepted for flight. The following tests are required: (a) Over-discharge: After discharging to 0.0V, over-discharge cell until an additional 150% of the cell?s rated capacity has been removed from the cell; (b) Charge Tolerance: Charge cell at a rate of 0.65A for a period of a week then discharge the cell; (c) External Short: Apply loads of 50mOhms and 7A until cell failure or activation of PTC; (d) High-Temperature Exposure and Heat-To-Vent: Expose cell to 160?F for a period of 2 hours then raise chamber temperature until cell vents; (e) Vent and Burst Pressure: Determine vent and burst pressure of cell by test. Please see the attached Statement of Work for further details. The Statement of Work can be viewed at: http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/NNJ06161689Q/sow.doc The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 05-11. The NAICS Code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 541380 and size standard of $11,000,000, respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this procurement. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, shall not be later than 4 weeks after authority to proceed. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Offers for the items(s) described above are due by August 2, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time to NASA/Johnson Sapce Center, Projects Procurement Office, Attn: BH2/Mary Thomas, 2101 NASA, Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058; Fax number 281-244-0995, and must include, solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Offerors are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://server-mpo.arc.nasa.gov/Services/NEFS/NEFSHome.tml Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 (JAN 2006), Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, which is incorporated by reference. If the end product(s) offered is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the offeror shall so state and shall list the country of origin. FAR 52.212-4 (SEPT 2005), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items is applicable. FAR 52.212-5 (FEB 2006), Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference: 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52,222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-3, 52.225-13, and 52.232-34. The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ The NFS may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm All contractual and technical questions must be in writing to Mary Thomas(email: mary.f.thomas@nasa.gov) not later than July 26, 2006, 1:00 p.m. local time. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Selection and award will be made to that offeror whose offer will be most advantageous to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merit, price, and past performance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer. (SEE FAR 52.212-1(b)). Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items with their offer. These may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/eps/Templates/Commercial_Greater_Than_25K.doc . These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of solicitation amendments (if any): http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73 . Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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