SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- DATA ACQUISITION UNITS
- Notice Date
- 11/16/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135
- ZIP Code
- 44135
- Solicitation Number
- NNC08ZDS006L
- Response Due
- 12/7/2007
- Archive Date
- 11/16/2008
- Point of Contact
- Glen M. Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone 216-433-2885, Fax 216-433-2480, Email Glen.M.Williams-1@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Glen M. Williams
(Glen.M.Williams-1@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Comments are to be forwarded to John E. Thomas only via electronic or facsimile transmission at the numbers listed below. Do NOT call the Primary point of contact listed on this notice. This notice is issued by the NASA/GRC to post a draft Statement of Work via the internet, and solicit responses from interested parties. Prospective offerors are invited to submit written or verbal comments or questions to: John E. Thomas, email: John.e.thomas@nasa.gov, phone:(216)433-2658 Fax: (216) 433-6382, no later than December 7, 2007. See the attachments which contain the draft SOW and Specifications. The anticipated type of procurement action is to obtain commercially available units that are configured to meet NASA's specific function. Some units will also need to undergo spaceflight qualification (i.e.environmental) testing prior to delivery. Flight units will also need to undergo acceptance testing (3 line items: commercial unit, commercial units spaceflight qualified, commercial units acceptance tested prior to flight). A 4th line item for 3 workstations and a 5th line item for technical support are also anticipated. An indefinite delivery indefinite quantity type contract is anticipated with minimum and maximum number of data acquisition units over a 5 year period will be specified. The contractor is expected to be able to either perform itself or subcontract out the environmental and space flight qualification testing. The following information is requested: Please identify if there is anything unclear in the SOW/Specification documents. Will having TBD's (specs portions to be finalized after award) pose a problem with proposing a firm fixed price for performance? Will having technical support priced by the hour pose a problem? (the actual amount of technical support is unknown and is anticiapated to be procured by the hour with a not to exceed number of hours specified in the actual procurement.) Do you normally provide some number of technical support hours inlcuded in the price with the items? It is assumed that a slightly modified commercial item will be procured, however, if the specifications attached indicate that a commercial item procurement is not possible, please inform us. Do any requirements in the CEI Spec or SOW pose a significant price increase from your commercially available hardware? Does any of the testing in the CxP 70036 (ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE TESTING REQUIREMENTS (CEQATR) need to be better defined? Are there any verification methods that may be changed to reduce cost, schedule while still maintaining assurance of required performance? Please provide rough-order-of-magnitude of MTBF data for individual boxes (acknowledging that this will depend on configuration)? What methods are needed for calibration of hardware used 1 year or more after purchase to ensure hardware accuracy? Is return for calibration required? Does manufacturing use NASA-STD-8739 workmanship standards (http://standards.nasa.gov/default.taf ) to assemble the hardware and train technicians as the specification requires? Are there any problems with compliance with section 5 Packaging of the specification? This section has requirements, although there are no corresponding verifications. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition. When responding reference DAU--NNC08ZDS006L. This presolicitation synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. Respondents will not be notified of the results. 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/GRC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=22 It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite 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.
- Web Link
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http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=22#127827
- Record
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