SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- SOLE SOURCE TO CANBERRA FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES ECAM
- Notice Date
- 2/17/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
- ZIP Code
- 32899
- Solicitation Number
- NNK375123Q
- Response Due
- 2/23/2011
- Archive Date
- 2/17/2012
- Point of Contact
- Allen J. Miller, Contract Specialist, Phone 321-867-3308, Fax 321-867-4848, Email Allen.J.Miller@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Allen J. Miller
(Allen.J.Miller@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sole Source Notice for commercial service items prepared in accordancewith the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information includedin this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are beingrequested and a written solicitation will not be issued.This notice is being issued as a Sole Source Request for Quotation (RFQ) to CanberraIndustries, Inc., CT, to procure Technical Support Services for thirty EnvironmentalContinuous Air Monitors (ECAMs) in support of the Mars Science Lab (MSL) mission asspecified in the attached Statement of Work (SOW).NASAA/KSC intends to purchase these services from Canberra. It would take a substantialduplication of time and effort for another company to provide comparable ECAM support,and those costs are not expected to be recovered through competition. Canberra has satisfactorily conducted system verification & validation tests previouslyon fifteen (15) of these ECAM systems that are in use at NASA KSC and now would be askedto conduct these tests again on the original 15 units plus the 15 new units recentlypurchased from the vendor. Monitoring units must be able to communicate with the mastercontrol site at the Radiological Control Center. The proprietary Canberra ECAM RadHawksoftware enables communication with the monitoring unit and a graphical user interfacefor querying each of the systems individually and displaying overall status of thenetwork. This software has also been further customized by the vendor to enablecommunications and data transfer with the US Department of Energy radiological monitoringdatabase system which would be the primary source of radiological information for healthand safety decision-making in the event of a launch area accident. Purchase of supportservices from competing system vendors would not be practical and would directly impactability to meet launch readiness dates. Training, calibration and setup costswould haveto be coordinated between two different suppliers, increasing cost of the service andtime spent in coordinating the work.The authority for this action is the test program for commercial items (section 4202 ofthe Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996), and 10 USC 2304(c)(1). The Government intends to acquirea commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their quotation or capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 2:00p.m. local time on February 23, 2011. Such detailed capabilities and qualifications mustdemonstrate in writing the ability to meet this requirement and will be evaluated solelyfor the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on acompetitive basis. 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.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsiblesources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An Ombudsman hasbeen appointed. See NASA Specific Note 'B'. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2005-47.The NAICS Code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 334519, 500employees respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status forthis procurement.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9Offers for the items(s) described above are due by February 23, 2011, 2:00PM (EST) toNASA-KSC, Attn: allen.j.miller@nasa.gov, OP-LS, KSC, FL 32899 or allen.j.miller@nasa.gov. Response via email is preferred.Offers must include, solicitation number, FOB destination to KSC, proposed deliveryschedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayeridentification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and besigned by an authorized company representative. Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 (JUN 2008), Instructionsto Offerors-Commercial, which is incorporated by reference. If the end product(s) offered is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in theclause entitled 'Buy American Act -- Supplies,' the offeror shall so state and shall listthe country of origin.FAR 52.212-4 (JUN 2010), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items is applicable. FAR 52.212-5 (JAN 2011), Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes orExecutive Orders-Commercial Items is applicable and the following identified clauses areincorporated by reference: (1) 52.233-3, Protest after Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553). (2) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Pub. L. 108-77,108-78)(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that theContracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference toimplement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercialitems: 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). XX 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JUL 2010)(E.O. 13126). XX 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). XX 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (MAR 2007) (E.O. 11246). XX 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of theVietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (SEP 2006) (38 U.S.C. 4212). XX 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (OCT 2010) (29U.S.C. 793). XX 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of theVietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (SEP 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212). XX 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies (FEB 2009) (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d). XX 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (E.o.s.,proclamations, and statues administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of theDepartment of the Treasury). XX 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central ContractorRegistration (May 1999) (31 U.S.C. 3332). 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.htmSelection and award will be made to that offeror whose offer will be most advantageous tothe Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merit,price, and past performance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail toallow evaluation of their offer. (SEE FAR 52.212-1(b)). Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212-3, OfferorRepresentations and Certifications - Commercial Items with their offer. These may beobtained via the internet at URL:http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/eps/Templates/Commercial_Greater_Than_25K.doc. Theserepresentations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultantcontract.An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note 'B'.Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It isthe offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release ofsolicitation amendments (if any):http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=76.Potential offerors willbe responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitationand amendments (if any).Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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