NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight CenterP12, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

Z -- REPAIRS TO HIGH PRESSURE PIPING SYSTEM SOL IFB MSFC 8-97-3 POC Contact Chuck Hamlin, GP56-L, 205-544-0347/Contract Specialist, or Harry B. Craig, GP56-I/Contracting Officer WEB: Internet Link to MSFC Business Opportunities Page, http://msfcinfo.msfc.nasa.gov/midrange/presol/notices/notices.html. E-MAIL: Point of Contact, Charles.S.Hamlin@msfc.nasa.gov. This project consists of providing labor, equipment, and all materials to perform installation, cleaning, and testing of the following approximate lengths of new XX STR C.S., stn. stl. valves, and auxillary hardware for 5, 000 psig (34, 500 kPa) GN2 and 3, 500 psig (25, 000 kPa) air: 15 m of 15-mm tubing; 1130 m of 40-mm pipe; 800 m of 80-mm pipe; and 18 m of 100-mm pipe -- Installation of the pipe will be above and below grade, under roads and paved areas, and in open trenches; numerous connections to existing facilities; removal of existing manholes and construction of new manholes -- Worksite is the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, AL -- The standard industrial classification code for this procurement is (1711) -- Period of performance is 360 calendar days -- Estimated price range is between $500, 000 and $1, 000, 000.00 -- Firms responding to this ad will be provided the solicitation package with drawings and specifications -- No solicitation packages will be issued 10 days prior to scheduled bid opening -- Bid packages containing specifications and drawings are available at the non-refundable cost of $50.00 -- Payment must accompany the request and be made only in the form of a certified check or money order -- Money orders or certified checks should be made payable to "NASA Cashier MSFC, " and should be marked with the IFB number - -- Personal and company checks are not acceptable -- The bid opening date will be contained in the solicitation -- All requests for the solicitation package must be in writing -- This is a Small Business Set-Aside -- An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from bidders, potential bidders, 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 bidders, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes -- Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Susan M. Smith at 205-544-0012 -- Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Thomas S. Luedtke at 202-358-2090 -- Before consulting with any ombudsman, interested parties must try to resolve their concerns with the contract specialist or the contracting officer -- DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION. (0354)

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