SOLICITATION NOTICE
69 -- HANDS ON AIR ROCKET EXHIBIT FOR NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY VISITOR CENTER
- Notice Date
- 7/19/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 712110
— Museums
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 210.W, WallopsIsland, VA 23337
- ZIP Code
- 23337
- Solicitation Number
- NNG10347857Q
- Response Due
- 8/3/2010
- Archive Date
- 7/19/2011
- Point of Contact
- Joan L Murden, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-824-1352, Fax 757-824-1974, Email Joan.L.Murden@nasa.gov - Sheryl B. Lewis, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-824-1493, Fax 757-824-1974, Email Sheryl.B.Lewis@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Joan L Murden
(Joan.L.Murden@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC plans to issue an RFQ for the following Commercial item:NASA/GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center has a requirement for a hands-on airrocket exhibit to demonstrate to visitors, including students, the principles of rocketpropulsion. The exhibit will include two plastic 1-liter bottle 'rockets' that travelalong guy wires. Compressed air is pumped into each rocket by pressing it onto the airnozzle at the base of the unit. When the rockets are released, the air shoots them upwardalong the wire track, demonstrating how the principle of action and reaction is appliedto rocket propulsion. The side-by-side rockets allow multiple users the opportunity torace each other. This unit will include an on board, noise dampening air compressorcapable of processing clean, dry compressed air at a minimum of 80 PSI. The exhibitgraphic must explain to the public how to operate the exhibit and provide a descriptionof the principle of action and reaction. In addition, the exhibit (both its constructionand operation) must be safe for use by visitors of all ages.Dimensions: 32W x 122L x 72HDry compressed air at 80 PSI minimumNoise reduction air compressor contained within exhibitPower 115VAC, 15 ampMust support use by approximately 30,000 visitors annuallyNASA/GSFC intends to purchase the exhibit from Oregon Museum of Science and Industry ofPortland, Oregan, in accordance with 6.302-1(a)(1)10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - only oneresponsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.Oregon Museum of Science and Industry manufactures a rocketry exhibit that is unique indesign which meets the finished product requirements as well as being compatible withother existing visitor center exhibits. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capablilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon August 3, 2010. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competative 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 with the discretion ofthe government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.An Oombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note 'B'.
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