NASA Procurement Office, Code DAOO, Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS 39529-6000

A -- ROCKET ENGINE AND ROCKET ENGINE COMPONENTS DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING SOL 13-SSC-O-97-18 POC James R. Ashcraft, Contract Specialist, Phone (601) 688-1641, Fax (601) 688-1141, Email james.ashcraft@ssc.nasa.gov -- Harold G. Taulbee, Contracting Officer, Phone (601) 688-1640, Fax (601) 688-1141, Email harold.taulbee@ssc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/SSC/date.html#13-SSC-O-97-18. E-MAIL: James R. Ashcraft, james.ashcraft@ssc.nasa.gov. NASA intends to modify existing contract number NAS13-614 with Boeing North American Inc., Rocketdyne Division, 6633 Canoga Avenue, Canoga Park, CA 91309-7922, to provide rocket engine work to include the assembly/disassembly, repair, modification, functional checkout, handling, and installation of rocket engine elements into the test stand at Stennis Space Center. The above work definition will cover only those elements (components, engines and systems) that the contractor has developed and/or sponsors. -- The agency intends to issue a modification on a non-competitive basis with Boeing North American Inc., Rocketdyne Division based on unique design requirements under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 ( c ) (1),supplies or services required are available from only one source or a limited number of sources and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. Interested firms have fifteen (15) days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the fifteen (15) days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable. Transmission by facsimile to 601-688-1641 or by internet e-mail to james.ashcraft@ssc,nasa.gov are acceptable. No solicitation document exists and requests for such a document will not be considered. This request is not to be construed in anyway as a commitment of Government funds. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of all NASA/SSC acquisitions. 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 valuation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Mr. Mark Craig at 601-688-2123. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. (0105)

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