SOLICITATION NOTICE
91 -- KSC ACQUISITION OF LIQUID OXYGEN IN SUPPORT OF STS-135
- Notice Date
- 5/18/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
- ZIP Code
- 32899
- Solicitation Number
- NNK11384490Q
- Response Due
- 6/1/2011
- Archive Date
- 5/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Nicole M. Rivera, Contracting Officer, Phone 321-867-3523, Fax 321-867-1188, Email Nicole.Rivera@nasa.gov - Marco Pochy, Contracting Officer, Phone 321-867-8567, Fax 321-867-1188, Email marco.l.pochy@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Nicole M. Rivera
(Nicole.Rivera@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/KSC has a potential requirement for liquid oxygen, 99.85% purity, in supportof the STS-135 launch in July, 2011. The estimated quantity for this requirement is 700Tons.NASA/KSC intends to purchase the items from the current liquid oxygen supplier, Praxair,Inc. The current contract expires on June 30, 2011. Multiple launch scrubs could requirecontinuous tanker deliveries between the contract transition dates (June 30 and July 1).Operations with the current supplier during this critical time period will ensure themaximum amount of propellant is available to support launch countdown. In addition, basedon the previous acquisition for the same product and industry knowledge, Praxair, Inc. isthe only known supplier capable of delivering 30/tankers/day at 99.85% purity.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 6/1/11. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose ofdetermining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis.Adetermination 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.NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The installation Ombudsman is KelvinM. Manning, kelvin.m.manning@nasa.gov
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