SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- INCREASE VALUE FOR CONTRACT NNA11AA23B FOR AVCOAT THERMAL PROTECTIONMATERIALS
- Notice Date
- 11/6/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 327999
— All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001
- ZIP Code
- 94035-0001
- Solicitation Number
- NNA11AA23B-INCR-AMD
- Response Due
- 11/21/2014
- Archive Date
- 11/6/2015
- Point of Contact
- Marianne Shelley, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-4179, Fax 650-604-3020, Email marianne.shelley@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Marianne Shelley
(marianne.shelley@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/ARC intends to increase the potential contract value of NNA11AA23B (Avcoat materials and associated engineering services) with Textron Systems of Wilmington, MA on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 USC 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Avcoat is Textrons proprietary thermal protection material, thus no other contractor can supply the material and the associated engineering expertise currently required by NASA. In February 2011, NASA ARC awarded Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract NNA11AA23B to Textron Systems under which delivery orders are issued for orders of its proprietary heat shield material Avcoat. NASA has a continuing and increased requirement for Avcoat thermal protection materials and associated engineering services to support NASAs continued heat shield development programs. The heat shield protects the space vehicle and its occupants during re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. Avcoats predecessor was the thermal protection material used on the heat shields of the Apollo space vehicles in the 1960s to 1970s and successfully protected those vehicles during the intense heat of atmospheric entry and return from the moon.In March 2009, as a result of several competitive procurements, and after extensive testing and evaluation of many TPS candidate materials, NASA selected Avcoat as the heat shield material for the Orion space vehicle. The Textron Avcoat heat shield is already installed on the Orion EFT-1 launch vehicle scheduled for launch in December 2014.Another orbital flight test is scheduled for 2017. As a result of these plans, the requirement for continued testing of Avcoat has increased to the point where the current contract value has almost reached its maximum threshold. The contracts five year period of performance will remain unchanged. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Notwithstanding this stated intent, interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:00 PM Pacific Time on November 21, 2014. Such communication of capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_library/Omb.html. Information about major upcoming ARC procurement actions is available at http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eis/admin/admin.cgi?center=ARC
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