SOURCES SOUGHT
M -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC BALLOON FACILITY ANDENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE BALLOON PROGRAM
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561210
— Facilities Support Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 210.W, WallopsIsland, VA 23337
- ZIP Code
- 23337
- Solicitation Number
- 4200398723
- Response Due
- 7/26/2011
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2012
- Point of Contact
- Mickey Merritt, Contract Officer, Phone 757-824-1592, Fax 757-824-1974, Email Mickey.M.Merritt@nasa.gov - Cheryl W Johnson, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-824-1607, Fax 757-824-1974, Email Cheryl.W.Johnson@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Mickey Merritt
(Mickey.M.Merritt@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. NASA/GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility ishereby soliciting information about potential sources capable of performing the operationand maintenance of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) and engineeringservices to support the NASA Balloon Program. CSBF is a Government-owned facilitylocated in Palestine, Texas, with permanent ballon staging facility at Fort Sumner, NewMexico. The Contractor will be required to provide facility operation and maintenancefor the CSBF, operational balloon flight support including launching, tracking, andrecovery of scientific balloons and payloads, and engineering services for operationalsupport, quality control, and balloon research and development, located at the CSBF,Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) located at Wallops Island VA and at the Contractor'sfacility. It is anticipated that performance will be for a minimum of five years and a maximum often years commencing on March 1, 2013.NASA anticipates the award of a performance basedcontract for these services. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sitesfor the release of any solicitation or synopsis.Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet theabove requirement should submit a capability statement of ten (10) pages or lessindicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein. Responsesmust include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annualrevenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are large, orany category of small business*, number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (ifpotential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering thepast five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type,dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phone number). *NASA is seeking capabilities from all categories of SB for the purpose of determiningthe appropriate level of competition and/or SB subcontracting goals for thisrequirement.'Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-typeproduct. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as acommitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemedfully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based onresponses hereto. All responses shall be submitted to Mickey.M.Merritt@nasa.gov no laterthan July 26, 2011. Please reference 4200398723 in any response. Any referenced notesmay be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/NASA/GSFC/OPDC20220/4200398723/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02494752-W 20110713/110711234540-ef8f3fb179e2ac95672dc2607e0303d6 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |