NASA, Procurement, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

Y -- OUTSIDE PLANT FIBER AND COPPER CABLES, KSC INDUSTRIAL AREA, PHASE XVI SOL RFO 10-97-0013 DUE 022597 POC Shelly Whittaker, Contract Specialist, OP-ESO-A, 407-867-7230 The work to be performed under this project consists of providing the labor, equipment, materials and other tasks to procure, install, splice, terminate and test fiber optic and copper cables at Kennedy space Center, FL. Cabling shall be installed in the existing underground duct bank and manhole system, as well a direct burial. TASK 1: 1 -- 144 fiber cable, est. distance 3300'. TASK 2 (Broken into three separately priced OPTIONS as follows: TASK 2A: 1 -- 1800 pair, #24 cable feeds with direct buried cable installed in Task 2B, est. distance 4300'. (Task 2B must be completed before Task 2A can be completed) TASK 2B: Install all GFE cable. 1800 pair cable, est. distance 4213' and 600 pair cable, est. distance 780'. TASK 2C: New 1200 pair #24 AWG cable, est. distance 1500'.TASK 3: Eliminated from project. TASK 4: 1 -- 36 fiber cable, est. distance 9000'. TASK 5: 1 -- 36 fiber cable, est. distance 6167'. Also, 1 -- 200 pair 22 AWG copper cable, est. distance 1875'. TASK 6: 1 -- 36 fiber cable, est. distance 700'. Work also includes but is not limited to: Field investigation to establish exact length requirements, a complete and detailed Testing Plan and Procedure prior to installation, complete test data upon completion of installation, provide complete and updated as-built drawings at completion. Plan to issue solicitation package on or before 1-25-97. -- Magnitude of project is between $250,000 and $500,000. -- Period of Performance:540 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. (0008)

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