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

Z -- RESTORATION OF SSC LOCK SOL RFO 13-SSC-O-96-21. DUE 090596. 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) for the Restoration of SSC Lock at John C. Stennis Space Center, MS. This project provides for providing all the labor, materials, and equipment necessary to transport stop logs from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Stennis Space Center; conduct underwater inspections; install stop logs; install tainter valve bulkheads (upper end of gates only); dewater the lock; remove and dispose of accumulated silt, sand, and debris; refill the lock; remove the stop logs and bulkheads; and return stop logs to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. While the lock is dewatered, the work consist of preparing areas for painting; painting them; removing and replacing timbers from the lock; and other miscellaneous work as shown on the construction drawings EMI 96NJBB, documents 1-28, and specification 200CL-G008. During the dewatered time, other contractors will be performing work on the working parts of the lock system. The successful contractor will co-ordinate with other contractors during this period in conjunction with NASA. The performance period is 270 calendar days with a 60-day dewatered period for the lock. All work is to be done in accordance with the specification and drawings. The specification and drawings will be mailed under separate cover to those firms requesting copies. The SIC for this procurement is 1629. Size standard $17.OM for the past three years. The estimated cost of this project is between $250,000 and $500,000. 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 solicitation will be released as soon as practicable whether prior or subsequent to August 14, 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-96-21. 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 of 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. (222)

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