NASA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

Z -- LC-39 CROSS COUNTRY FIREX WATER PIPELINE REPLACEMENT SOL RFO 10-97-0008 DUE 122096 POC Shelly Whittaker, Contract Specialist, OP-ESO-A, 407-867-7230. The subject project consists of providing all labor, equipment and materials needed to install new 20-inch high pressure cross country firex water pipelines from the LC-39 Launch Operations Area Firex Water Pumping Station to connection points adjacent to the base of Pads A and B. Plan to issue solicitation package on or before 11/20/96.--Magnitude of project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.--Period of Performance: 550 calendar days after notice to proceed.--Point of contact for solicitation package Mail Code: ATS-PRO, 407-867-2851 or FAX request 407-867-9187.--All responsible sources may submit a bid/proposal 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 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. (0320)

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