SOLICITATION NOTICE
60 -- FIBER CABLE
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 335929
— Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.M, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG12414833L
- Response Due
- 12/9/2011
- Archive Date
- 11/30/2012
- Point of Contact
- Agnes L. Smith, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-286-9129, Fax 301-286-1720, Email Agnes.L.Smith.1@gsfc.nasa.gov - Karen M. Place, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-6843, Fax 301-286-1720, Email Karen.M.Place@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Agnes L. Smith
(Agnes.L.Smith.1@gsfc.nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for 500 meters of FON1413 fiber cable 400 UM, 100meters of optical fiber and Welbull testing on fiber.NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc. only. Flexlite cable manufactured by W. L. Gore is the only optical fiber cable approved forspace flight environments at GSFC and NASA and it is the only cable that meets allperformance requirements as well as being reliable for space flight envireonments. Extensive performance testing and environmental qualification have been performed overthe past several years on this cable. This testing represents five years of research toachieve a qualified optical fiber cable for space applications. The Flexlite product isrecognized as a standard space flight cable by the NASA Parts and Packaging Program forNASA missions.Authority is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) Onlyone responsible source.This procurement will be processed using FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.This synopsis shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will theGovernment pay for the information solicited. 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 December 9, 2011. 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.NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The installation Ombudsman is NancyA. Abell, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Code 100, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, Phone 301-286-5867,Fax 301-286-1714, e-mail address: Nancy.A.Abell@nasa.gov.
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