SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NASA SOUNDING ROCKET OPERATIONS CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 210.W, WallopsIsland, VA 23337
- ZIP Code
- 23337
- Solicitation Number
- NAS5-98020
- Response Due
- 8/4/2008
- Archive Date
- 7/18/2009
- Point of Contact
- Pamela J Taylor, Contracting Officer, Phone 757-824-1068, Fax 757-824-1974, - Mickey Merritt, Contract Officer, Phone 757-824-1592, Fax 757-824-1974
- E-Mail Address
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Pamela.J.Taylor@nasa.gov, Mickey.M.Merritt@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility proposes to extend the period of performance for5 months on on the existing NASA Contract NAS5-98020 originally awarded February 1, 1999as a 10 year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) CPIF/AF contract. Theservices are intended to continue the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract. Thiscontract implements the sounding rocket missions for the NASA Sounding Rocket Program. This includes the formulation, design, fabrication, testing and launching of suborbitalrockets. This extension is intended to provide continuity for the sounding rocketmissions required for the annual 2009 Poker Flat, Alaska cold weather campaign.Subsequent to this five month non-competitive contract extension, NASA/GSFC/WFF intendsto award a new contract based on a competitive acquisition (synopsis posted July 18,2008).The Draft RFP for this follow-on competitive acquisition is currently anticipatedto be released in the month of September, 2008.NASA/GSFC/WFF intends to purchase these services on a noncompetitive basis from NorthropGrumman in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, "Only oneor a limited number of responsible sources and no other types of supplies or serviceswill satisfy agency requirements." Northrup Grumman maintains the specialized expertiseand capability to provide continuity of services to design, accomplish and complete thiscritical, multi-mission annual campaign.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.See Note26.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 12:00 p.m. local timeon August 4, 2008. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed efforton a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solelywithin the discretion of the government.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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