NASA, Johnson Space Center, BJ33, Houston, TX 77058-3696

Y -- REPAIR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN BUILDING 17 SOL 9-BJ33-T13-6-08B DUE 053196 POC Contract Specialist: Frances Davidson, (713) 483-4176 Contracting Officer: R. J. Etchberger, (713) 483-8530 NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for the replacement of the existing primary heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment with new modernized HVAC equipment in Building 17 at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) This procurement is being conducted under the NASA/JSC MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. This procurement is a total small business set-aside under Standard Industrial Code 1711. Planned release of the RFO contract is 5/31/96 with bid opening opening schedule 7/17/96; 1:00 p.m. central daylight time. The estimated construction range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 and shall be completed within 300 calendar days after Notice to Proceed. The project consists of a base bid and one additive alternate as follows: Base Bid: The work includes replacement of casings, structures, valves, coils, dampers, and filter assemblies, of six (6) existing air handling units (AHU's). The work also includes disconnecting the areas, that require 24 hours cooling, from the main AHU's and installing new fan coil units to cool these areas. Additive Alternate 1: The work consists of converting the existing constant volume HVAC system into a variable air volume (VAV) system. The work includes replacing the existing constant volume mixing box controls with VAV controls, and providing variable speed drives for four (4) of the main AHU's. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offers and potential offerors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer, the Source Evaluation Board, 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 proposals, the source selection process, or the ajudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Susan H. Garman at 713-483-0490. Concerns, issues, and disagreements which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. The solicitation (except for drawings and specifications) and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC or NETSCAPE. The WWW address, or URL, of the JSC Procurement home page is: ''http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bd2/'' The specifications and drawings must be purchased from Ridgway's, Inc., Attn: Bill Dement, 5711 Hillcroft, Houston, TX 77036, Phone 713-787-1224, FAX 713-974-4945. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for solicitation release. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation. The closing date shall be the same as the solicitation released on the Internet. If there are any questions, the contracting specialist may be contacted via E-mail at fdavidson@ja1.jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (713) 483-4176 or the contracting officer may be contacted via E-mail at retchberger@ja1.jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (713) 483-8530. (0152)

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