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

59 -- REPLACE MAIN SUBSTATION SWITCHGEAR CIRCUIT BREAKERS SOL 9-BJ33-T07-6-05B DUE 061596 POC Contract Specialist: Betty Holt, (713) 483-4175 Contract Officer: R. J. Etchberger, (713) 483-8530 NASA /Johnson Space Center (JSC) plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) to Replace Main Substation Switchgear and Circuit Breakers. This competitive procurement ranges between $500,000 and $1,000,000, and will be conducted under the NASA Midrange Pilot Test Program, approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. This total small business set-aside will use Standard Industrial Code 3613, and will require the delivery of four (4) 145 KV, 2000 AMP SF6 gas insulated circuit breakers with 63 KA interrupting capability and one (1) 15 KV, 750 MVA switchgear lineup with a remote operator panel. The switchgear lineup shall consist of eleven (11) cubicles with seven (7) 1200 AMP, 750 MVA vacuum circuit breakers and two (2) 2000 AMP, 750 MVA circuit breakers. The remote operator panel shall be manufactured by the switchgear manufacturer and will be functionally tested with the switchgear prior to its FOB-Destination shipment to JSC. 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 bids/ proposals, the source selection process, or the ajudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation Ombudsman, Susan H. Garman, 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 and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. This RFO document 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, for the JSC Procurement home page is: ''http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bd2/''. 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. Hard copies may be viewed at the JSC Industry Assistance Office, Building 111, or at various plan rooms, identified in this RFO. The closing date shall be the same as the solicitation released on the Internet. The RFO will be released on or about 06/15/96. If there are any questions, the Contract Specialist may be contacted via E-mail at ''bholt@ja1.jsc.nasa.gov'', or by phone at 713-483-4175 or the Contracting Officer, R. J. Etchberger, may be contacted via E-mail at ''retchber@ja1.jsc.nasa.gov'', or by phone at (713) 483-8530. (0169)

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