SOURCES SOUGHT
61 -- BATTERY CHARGE DISCHARGE EQUIPMENT
- Notice Date
- 11/21/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 335911
— Storage Battery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
- ZIP Code
- 32899
- Solicitation Number
- NNK14ZMS001L
- Response Due
- 12/19/2013
- Archive Date
- 11/21/2014
- Point of Contact
- Christopher A Zuber, Contract Specialist, Phone 321-867-2115, Fax 321-867-1166, Email Christopher.Zuber@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Christopher A Zuber
(Christopher.Zuber@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA Kennedy Space Center is hereby issuing a Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of seeking sources and soliciting information from private industry on Battery Charge/Discharge Equipment (BCDE). This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition. This RFI is used solely for information planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI. The information provided in responses to this RFI will not be made public in an effort to protect any propriety company information. Nonetheless, respondents should clearly and properly mark any propriety or restricted data contained within its submission so it can be identified and protected. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned, and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. Potential vendors should review all documents; a summary of the information is as follows: The Vendor would provide a piece of equipment that will be capable of charging and discharging four (4) each 36VDC, 21.6 Amp Hour Li Ion Battery Units (referred to as BUs) with a maximum input current of 3 Amps. This piece of equipment will be referred to as the Battery Charge/Discharge Equipment (BCDE) hereafter. This BCDE will communicate to the four Li Ion batteries through a RS-422 serial data bus to retrieve the temperature and cell voltage data from the batteries and be capable of sending commands to each BU. A piece of equipment is requested that will be capable of charging and discharging four (4) each 36VDC, 21.6 Amp Hour Li Ion Battery Units (referred to as BUs) with a maximum input current of 3 Amps. This BCDE will communicate to the four Li Ion batteries through a RS-422 serial data bus to retrieve the temperature and cell voltage data from the batteries and be capable of sending commands to each BU. Attachment for Requirement: 1.) Mobile Launcher (ML) Battery Charge / Discharge Equipment (BCDE) Summary. Pages 5 2.) Design Package - Mobile Launcher (ML) Battery Charge / Discharge Equipment (BCDE) Supporting Space Launch System Core Stage Battery Units Pages 74 (EAR99) Access Granted through www.FBO.gov All responses to this RFI shall be submitted to Christopher Zuber, no later than 4:00PM EST December 19, 2013. Please use reference number NNK14ZMS001L in any response. The response may be sent as one printed hardcopy or electronically as single Microsoft Word.doc and/or Microsoft EXCEL.xls file for each response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below. In addition to whatever information the responder chooses to provide, each RFI response shall include a cover sheet with the following information: 1. RFI Solicitation Number and Title 2. Responding Organization (including address, POC and phone number) 3. A brief synopsis of the RFI response in less than 20 words 4. Section number your response is addressing 5. Potential partnerships (industry, international, US government agencies) 6. Whether your company would be available for a site visit Additional information to be added as applies: Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are large, or any category of small business*, number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phone number). IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT EXPORT CONTROL DOCUMENTATION: (EAR 99) This RFI contains Export Controlled documentation. Access to RFI details will only be granted through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) www.FBO.gov requests. Please register on FBO site to obtain all RFI information. Note: Sources that have not previously registered for access to Export Controlled documentation in FBO will first need to submit documentation to the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office. See http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/Default.aspx for details on required documentation. Please ensure the company address submitted on the DD2345 is EXACTLY the same as the address registered in SAM (www.SAM.gov); any deviation in address with cause the form to be returned to the contractor for correction. This complete process can take a few weeks and can only be done through the mail due to original signature. Since electronic transmission is not permitted by the Joint Certification Program (JCP), it is advised that interested parties submit their documentation to JCP as soon as possible. Certification by JCP is valid for a 5-year period. Once approved by the JCP, sources will then need to contact FBOs Federal Service Desk to have their registration updated with export control access (JCP certified) and complete the process https://www.fsd.gov/. This takes approximately 3 days to complete the process. Once your FBO registration has been updated, please submit your request for access for the documentation of this requirement using your Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). For more information please see the Vendor User Guide sections in reference to Request Explicit Access to View a Document, Viewing Export Controlled Documentation or Explicit Access and Export Controlled Documents as applicable, found on the FBO website at https://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide_v1.7.pdf. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/KSC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=76 It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.
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