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38 -- PURCHASE/DELIVERY OF A 150 TON ALL-TERRAIN HYDRAULIC CRANE WITH TRADE-IN. SOL 9-WSRE-W10-7-6P DUE 011397 POC Contract Specialist: Lindsey D. Irby, (505) 524-5139 Contract Officer: Vernon J. Brown, (505) 524-5134 NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for purchase of a new commercial model hydraulic all-terrain Crane with a minimun capacity of 150 tons.The Crane must be capable of lifting 22 tons at a minimum radius of fifty feet, meet all current OSHA safety requirements, have a boom length of at least 140 feet and be equipted with anti-two block protection and an electronic overload safety system and will include operator training. Less trade-in of a P&H mobile 100 ton crane,mfg. 1964,s/n M20A-596,with approxmately 150 feet of boom. 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. 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, Brian Duffy at (281) 483-6050. 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. 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/" 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 RFO will be released on or about 01/13/97. If there are any questions, the contract specialist may be contacted via E-mail at lirby@wstf.nasa.gov or by phone at (505) 524-5139 or the contracting officer may be contacted via E-mail at vbrown@wstf.nasa.gov or by phone at (505) 524-5134. (0351)

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