SOLICITATION NOTICE
68 -- Y BOTTLES OF CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE GAS
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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
- NNL09272774Q
- Response Due
- 11/28/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2009
- Point of Contact
- Gloria C Carney, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-864-7151, Fax 757-864-9774, - C. Tom Weih, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-864-3878, Fax 757-864-8863, />
- E-Mail Address
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Gloria.C.Carney@nasa.gov, Carl.T.Weih@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/LaRC has a requirement for Y-bottles of Carbon Tetrafluoride(CF4) Gas, 5 ea.NASA/LaRC intends to purchase the items from Spectra Gas, as they are the only knownsupplier of high-purity CF4 gas packaged in Y-bottles.The Langley 20-inch March 6 CF4Tunnel is a unique wind tunnel facility in the world that uses CF4 as a test gas toinvestigate the real-gas effects of hypersonic flow around advanced aerospace vehicles.The CF4 Tunnel has supported high-priority agency programs such as Columbia AccidentInvestigation and will be utilized in upcoming Orion testing. It would take substantialduplication of time and money for another company to offer a similar product that wouldmeet this requirements. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon November 28, 2008. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.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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