NASA Langley Research Center, Industry Assistance Office, MS 144 Hampton, Va. 23681-0001

99 -- GENERAL AND PRECISION FABRICATION POC Industry Assistance Office, Mail Stop 144, Hampton, VA 23681-0001 (804) 864-2461. Firms are being sought to furnish the necessary management, qualified personnel, equipment, supplies and materials to provide general and precision fabrication support at the Contractor's facility and NASA-LARC. This includes the manufacture, rework, or modification of research and support hardware, facility modifications and/or repairs such as wind tunnel models requiring repair, rework, or modification, structural members or assemblies to be tested or studied, specimens of materials to be manufactured, modified, or reworked in preparation for testing. Materials to be worked include but are not limited to aluminum, steel, stainless steel, copper, carbon, composites, plastics, fiber reinforced resins, polymers, ceramics, wood, and advanced state-of-the-art metallic, polymeric, and hybrid composite materials. Responding firms shall at times be required to provide up to 100% dimensional inspections on manufactures or modified hardware with its supporting documentation. The Contractor shall be required to provide special processes such as thermal processing, numerical control (NC) machining (4 or 5 axis), precision coordinate measuring, ultrasonic cleaning, welding, nondestructive testing, tubing and instrumentation installation and high pressure heated or vacuum pressing. Associated documentation to verify and support special processes will be required. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined as follows: (1) Any item, other than real property, that is of a type customarily used for nongovernmental purposes and that: (a) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the general public, or (b) Has been offered for sale, lease, or license to the general public, (2) Any item that evolved from an item described in paragraph (1) of this definition through advances in technology or performance and that is not yet available in the commercial marketplace, but will be available in the commercial marketplace in time to satisfy the delivery requirements under a Government solicitation, (3) Any item that would satisfy a criterion expressed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this definition, but for--a) Modifications of a type customarily available in the commercial marketplace, or (b) Minor modifications of a type not customarily available in the commercial marketplace made to meet Federal Government requirements. Such modifications are considered minor if the change does not significantly alter a commercial item's function or essential physical characteristics. Minor is not defined by the specific dollar value or percentage basis of the change, (4) Any combination of items meeting the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this definition that are of a type customarily combined and sold in combination to the general public, (5) Installation services, maintenance services, repair services, training services, and other services if such services are procured for support of an item referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this definition, and if the source of such services--(a) Offers such services to the general public and the Federal Government contemporaneously and under similar terms and conditions, and (b) Offers to use the same work force for providing the Federal Government with such services as the source uses for providing such services to the general public, (6) Services of a type offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace based on established catalog or market price for specific tasks performed under standard commercial terms and conditions. This does not include services that are sold based on hourly rates without a fixed catalog price for a specific service performed, (7) Any item, combination of items, or service referred to in paragraphs (1) through (6), notwithstanding the fact that the item, combination of items, or service is transferred between or among separate divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor, or (8) A nondevelopmental item, if the procuring agency determines that the item was developed exclusively at private expense and has been sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis, to multiple State and local governments. You are requested to advise if you currently provide goods or services to the general public that coincide with this definition and provide literature which you believe meets or can be modified to meet the description. Further, if the requirement is considered to be commercial, provide any standard commercial terms and conditions, including any quality assurancepractices that would normally apply to this requirement. Firms having the capabilities described above are invited to submit complete information to NASA LARC, Industry Assistance Office, MS 144, Hampton, VA 23681-0001. Information should include: (a) The total number of employees and professional qualifications of personnel specifically qualified in the areas outlined above, (b) contracts performed or being performed in the above- stated areas (provide contract number, points of contact, telephone number, etc.), (c) current financial statements (Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement), (d) Capability Statement, and (e) any other available descriptive literature. 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 deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resulting solicitation for the requirement. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this procurement is 8731 and the small business size standard is 1000 employees. Firms responding should indicate whether they are a socially or economically disadvantaged business firm, an 8(a) firm, a small business, and/or woman-owned business. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside or 8(a) set-aside based on responses hereto. Closing date for submission of responses is 14 days from date of publication of this announcement. In responding reference SS250. (0334)

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