SOURCES SOUGHT
M -- TEST FACILITIES OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING
- Notice Date
- 11/26/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135
- ZIP Code
- 44135
- Solicitation Number
- TFOME
- Response Due
- 12/16/2013
- Archive Date
- 11/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Richard W Amiot, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-433-6836, Fax 216-433-5489, Email Richard.W.Amiot@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Richard W Amiot
(Richard.W.Amiot@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GRC is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for the follow-on to the Test Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Engineering (TFOME) Contract. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the follow-on to the Test Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Engineering (TFOME) Contract. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541712, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) with a size standard of 500 employees. Background and General Requirements: The NASA Glenn Research Center has a requirement for test facilities operation, maintenance and engineering. The requirements are located at both the main campus at Lewis Field as well as Plum Brook Station. The current contract is Test Facilities, Operations, Maintenance and Engineering (TFOME) NNC05CA95C with Sierra Lobo, Inc. The successful contractor will have responsibility for all test engineering, operations and maintenance requirements for the following facilities and systems: Facility operations will include the respective Wind Tunnel Drive Systems as well as the Refrigeration Plant. Lewis Field also includes the Small Multipurpose Integrated Research Facility, Electric Power Laboratory, Power Systems Facility, Research Combustion Laboratories, Zero Gravity/Space Experiments Laboratory and the Altitude Combustion Stand. Additionally the contractor will be responsible for test engineering, operations and maintenance of the Space Power Facility and the Spacecraft Propulsion Facility at Plum Brook Station as well as providing operations and maintenance support to the Plum Brook Institutional Systems. The contractor will be required to provide test engineering and technician support in all the other GRC research test facilities and materials laboratories to meet GRCs research testing requirements. Operation of these facilities and equipment includes but in not limited to: facility operations, research hardware test operations, test engineering, facility maintenance, facility engineering, process and systems automation engineering, model and facility preparations, model installation, model and facility instrumentation and model removal. Manufacturing and Fabrication of unique aeronautics and space related flight and ground support hardware will also be required. Functions the contractor can be expected to provide include: mechanical and electrical test engineering, mechanical and electrical process systems engineering, mechanical technicians, electrical and electronic technicians, tool & die makers, machinists. These technicians and engineers will have responsibility to support: research testing, research operations, research and facility instrumentation, facility maintenance, facility operations and engineering, manufacturing and fabrication. Requested Response: Interested offerors should submit their capability responses by DECEMBER 16, 2013. Responses received after December 16, 2013 may not be considered. Company profiles should be provided to: NASA Glenn Research Center Attn: Richard Amiot, MS 60-1 21000 Brook Park Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44135. Responses may also be e-mailed to Richard.W.Amiot@nasa.gov. Responses should be limited to no more than TEN (10) pages. These pages should consist of: (1)A COVER letter (no longer than three pages) which briefly describes your company, succinctly addressing, but not necessarily limited to, the number of years in business, current contracts, points of contacts, contract length, type of work performed, performance as a prime or subcontractor, the number of employees you have now and over your last three business years, and your demographics. For your demographics, indicate whether you are: a)Small, b) Small Disadvantaged (SDB), c) 8(a), d) Woman-owned (WOSB), e) Veteran Owned (VOSB), f) Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), g) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, or h) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI). (2)No more than SEVEN pages describing your capability and experience to perform the described work effort. Questions concerning this requirement should be addressed to Richard Amiot 216.433.6836 or Richard.W.Amiot@nasa.gov. Technical questions can be addressed to John Schubert 216.433.2605 or John.F.Schubert@nasa.gov. No solicitation exists: therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. Examples of the Major Facilities to be operated under the proposed contract include: 8-by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel The 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel (8x6 SWT) is an atmospheric tunnel with perforated stainless steel walls that provide boundary layer control during transonic operations. It is the only transonic propulsion wind tunnel at NASA. Aircraft such as the Advanced Turboprop, the National Aerospace Plane, the Advanced Tactical Fighter, the Joint Strike Fighter and the High Speed Civil Transport have been tested in this facility. 9x15 Low Speed Wind Tunnel The 9- by 15-Foot Low Speed Wind Tunnel (9x15), housed in the return leg of the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel, provides a unique facility for testing large-scale hardware in a continuous subsonic air stream. The test section is 9 ft. high and 15 ft. wide by 28 ft. long and provides airspeeds from 0 to 175 mph. The facility is used to evaluate aerodynamic performance and acoustic characteristics of nozzles, inlets, and propellers and to test short and vertical take-off and landing aircraft systems. Abe Silverstein Supersonic Wind Tunnel The Abe Silverstein Supersonic Wind Tunnel (10x10) was designed to test supersonic propulsion components such as inlets, nozzles, and engines. The facility is also ideally suited for launch vehicle tests and other fuel burning applications. It can operate as either a closed loop system (aerodynamic cycle) or open-loop system (propulsion cycle) and can reach test section speeds ranging from Mach 2.0 to 3.5. Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory This facility is an acoustically treated geodesic dome. The 130-ft-diameter dome is 65-ft high and acts as a noise barrier, protecting adjacent Glenn buildings and surrounding residential communities from the high levels of noise. The dome's two-foot thick fiberglass wedges located on the walls and floor provide an anechoic environment for acoustic measurement of aeropropulsion components. Ice Research Tunnel The Ice Research Tunnel (IRT) has played a substantial role in developing, testing, and certifying methods to prevent ice buildup on aircraft. The facility can produce continuous airspeeds from 50 to 350 kts and temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius year-round, controllable to within 0.5 degree Celsius. Supercooled water droplets between 15 and 50 microns and controllable water content can be produced to form an icing cloud. Space Power Facility The Space Power Facility (SPF) houses the world's largest space environment simulation chamber, measuring 100 ft. in diameter by 122 ft. high. In this chamber, large space-bound hardware can be tested in a severe environment similar to that encountered in space. The facility can sustain a high vacuum; simulate solar radiation via a 4-MW quartz heat lamp array, solar spectrum by a 400-kW arc lamp, and cold environments with a variable geometry cryogenic cold shroud. Spacecraft Propulsion Facility (B-2) NASA's Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility is the world's only high altitude test facility capable of full-scale rocket engine and launch vehicle system level tests. The facility supports mission profile thermal vacuum simulation and engine firing. The engine or vehicle can be exposed for indefinite periods to low ambient pressures, low-background temperatures, and dynamic solar heating, simulating the environment the hardware will encounter during orbital or interplanetary travel. Propulsion Systems Laboratory (PSL) The Propulsion Systems Laboratory is NASA's only ground-based test facility that can provide true flight simulation for experimental research on air-breathing propulsion systems. Altitudes to 90,000 ft. and Mach numbers to 3.0 in one cell and 6.0 in the other can be simulated continuously. PSL is capable of performing research focused on the physics of ice crystal icing to support new engine development to meet newly proposed engine certification requirements. Zero Gravity Research Facility (Zero-G) The Zero Gravity Research Facility provides a near weightless or microgravity environment for a duration of 5.18 seconds. This is accomplished by allowing the experiment vehicle to free fall, in a vacuum, a distance of 432 ft. (132 m). The facility can provide a microgravity test environment for a fraction of the cost conducting an experiment in space and provides the best gravity levels of any of NASAs ground based low gravity facilities. Engine Research Building (ERB) With 152,235 square feet of floor space and housing more than 60 test rigs, the massive Engine Research Building (ERB) is the largest and most adaptable test facility complex at NASA Glenn. Almost half of the rigs support aeronautics programs in four general areas of research -- turbomachinery, combustion and aerochemistry, aeropropulsion, and aerodynamic fluid flow. Electric Propulsion Laboratory (EPL) The Electric Propulsion Laboratory (EPL) supports research and development of spacecraft power and electric propulsion systems. EPL features two very large space environment chambers; intermediate and smaller environment simulation chambers for testing small engines or components; bell jars used for small-scale development and component testing; and support areas. Research Combustion Laboratory (RCL) The Research Combustion Laboratory (RCL) develops aerospace propulsion technology by performing tests on propulsion components and materials. Altitudes up to 137,000 feet can be simulated. The Small Multi-Purpose Research Facility, or SMiRF, evaluates the performance of the thermal protection systems required to provide long-term storage (of up to 10 years) of cryogenic propellants in space. Cryogenic Components Laboratory (CCL) The Cryogenic Components Laboratory (CCL) is a new, state-of-the-art facility for research, development and qualification of cryogenic materials, components and systems. CCL specializes in cryogenic research utilizing liquid hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. The CCL is a complex of buildings and systems that is ideally suited for high-energy, high-risk development of cryogenic systems. Flight Research Building (Hangar) The NASA Glenn Flight Research Building is located at the NASA Glenn Research Center with aircraft access to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The facility is heated and spacious, 165 feet by 250 feet, and is large enough to hold numerous aircraft of various sizes. The facility houses the Learjet Model 25 and Twin Otter Icing Research Aircraft. Aircraft Operations at the NASA Glenn Research Center flies, maintains, and modifies the aircraft listed below for scientific research and aeronautical test purposes. Power Systems Facility (PSF) The Power Systems Facility (PSF) developed, tested and validated the electrical power systems for the International Space Station. PSF houses test beds where scientists and engineers verify critical design concepts, test prototype hardware and software, and system validation in real-time simulations and under actual loading and operating conditions. Structural Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) Structural dynamic testing is performed to verify the survivability of a component or assembly when exposed to vibration stress screening, or a controlled simulation of the actual flight or service vibration environment. Environmental stress screening, or workmanship vibration, is used to identify latent manufacturing defects of components prior to being incorporated into larger assemblies. Vibration testing is also used to verify design margins of assemblies and characterize the internal dynamic responses of a test article. Materials Research Laboratory Support Research areas include advanced materials and coating systems for aerospace propulsion and power, computational methods, materials processing and characterization, multifunctional and adaptive structures, structural mechanics and life prediction methodology for application of advanced materials in propulsion and space structures, structural dynamics and impact mechanics, aeroelasticity, drive systems, seals, and tribology for aeropropulsion and space exploration.
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