Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

Z -- PRESOLICITATION - REPLACE UTILITY ANNEX PUMPS AND CONTROLS SOL RFO 10-96-0009 DUE 042096 POC Shelly Whittaker, Contract Specialist, OP-ESO-A, 407-867-7230 Roy Colvin, Contracting Officer. This project consists of replacing three fire pumps and the obsolete 125 VDC fire pump control system, refurbishing the three diesel engines wiich drive the fire pumps, and adding new return (test) piping from the fire pumps' discharge to an existing 1 million gallon water reservoir. The three pumps are located in the VAB Utility Annex at LC-39. Other systems affected by this project include compressed air, fuel oil, cooling water and electrical power. All of these systems will require temporary or permanent modifications. However, these systems are being modified only to facilitate installation of the new fire pumps, control system, return (test) piping, and refurbished fir pump engines and not to otherwise change their function. Construction Magnitude is $500,000 to $1,000,000. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. All responsible small business sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. This procurement will be conducted under the NASA Midrange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. Point of Contact for solicitation package is Mail Code: ATS-PRO, phone (407) 867-2851 or FAX 407-867-9187. Questions can be addressed to Shelley Whittaker, Contracting Officer, OP-ESO-A, KSC, FL 32899 or by Internet E-mail to: shelly.whittaker-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov. Projected RFO issue date is 3-20-96. Projected RFO bid opening date is 4-20-96. Award is subject to availability of funds. Documents related to this procurement are available over the internet. The document are in Rich Text Format and Word for Windows Format and reside on the World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as MOSAIC/Netscape. The WWW address or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the KSC Procurement Home Page is: http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/procurement/procurement.html''. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition -- The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them -- When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern --The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of quotes, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes -- Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Mr. J.A. Thomas at 407-867-2355. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Mr. Thomas S. Luedtke at 202-358-2090. (0060)

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