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

68 -- HELIUM, GASEOUS AND LIQUID SOL IFB10-97-0025 DUE 060197 POC Steven E. Parker, Contract Specialist, Phone (407) 867-2309, Fax (407) 867-1188, Email Steven.Parker-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov WEB: Kennedy Space Center Procurement Home Page, http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/procurement/procurement.html. NASA/KSC plans to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for Helium that conforms to MIL-P-27407A, Amendment 1, dated 17 JUN 1988, Type -I Gaseous Helium, Grade A and Type II -- Liquid Helium. This IFB will consolidate all the Agency's requirements for Helium, with a contract performance period of 5 years, including options. Delivery will be required to the following destinations; Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA; Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA; Eaton Corporation, El Segundo, CA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; Rockwell International, Downey, CA; Rockwell International, Palmdale, CA; Rocketdyne Division, Canoga Park, CA; National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ; White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruses, NM; Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; Stennis Space Center, MS; Kennedy Space Center, FL; Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; Wallops Flight Facilty, Wallops Island, VA; Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH; Lewis Research Center Plumbrook Station, Sandusky, OH; and other destinations as specified in the IFB. The resultant contract(s) will be a firm-fixed-price, requirements type contract, with delivery orders placed for specific requirements at each destination. Multiple contract awards may result, however, their will only be one contract per delivery destination. Quantities will be defined in the IFB along with a forecast of best estimated quantity per delivery destination -- The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR PART 12 -- The anticipated release date of IFB 10-97-0025 is on or about March 31, 1997 with an anticipated bid opening date of on or about June 1, 1997 -- All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency -- An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B" The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet -- These documents will be in ASCII or RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application -- The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/KSC Business Opportunities page is "http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/procurement/procurement.html" Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer -- It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any) -- Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any) -- Hard copies may be obtained from the identified point of contact; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as the solicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the Internet -- Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm (0034)

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