NASA Procurement Office, Code DA00, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

Y -- REHABILITATION OF BUILDING 4400 SUBSTATION SOL RFO 13-SSC-O-96-6. Due 031396. Contact Point, Susan Dupuis, 601/688-3683, Contracting Officer, Rebecca S. Dubuisson, 601/688-1636. NASA/SSC intends to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) fot he Rehabilitation of Building 4400 Substation. this project provides for the installation of a new 13.8KV Substation and the removal of existing electrical equipment. The work to be performed under this project consists of providing detailed engineering esign and all labor, equipment, material and testing to construct in its entirety this facility. The Specifications and Drawings will be mailed under separate cover to those firms requesting copies. This procurement is 100% set-aside for Small Business Concerns. The SIC for this procurement is 1731. Size standard $7.0M for the past three years. The estimated cost of this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. This solicitation will be released via the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS). All potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation with hardcopies being made available on request, but the closing date will be the same as that required for the NAIS released solicitation. It shall be the responsibility of each offeror to monitor NAIS for solicitation releases as the solictitation will be released as soon as practicable whether prior or subsequent to February 28, 1996. Transmission of requests by internet E-Mail to s.dupuis@ssc.nasa.gov or by facsimile at 601-688-1141 are acceptable. Reference RFO 13-SSC-O-96-6. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. 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 or proposals, the source selection process or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Mr Mark Craig at 601-688-2123. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. (060)

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