NASA/Lewis Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135

J -- TECHNICAL AND FABRICATION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR R&D PROGRAMS DUE 012299 POC Linda M. Kendrick, Contracting Officer, Phone (216) 433-2407, Fax (216) 433-5185, Email Linda.M.Kendrick@lerc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LeRC/date.html#lmk-1. E-MAIL: Linda M. Kendrick, Linda.M.Kendrick@lerc.nasa.gov. The NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC), Cleveland, Ohio, is seeking qualified small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses (which also includes women-owned businesses), and/or 8(a) firms capable of performing work in a follow-on procurement to the existing LeRC contract NAS3-27351 [Technical and Fabrication Support Services Contract (TAFSS); which provides a full range of technical support services for LeRC in-house R&D programs through the Test Installations Division (TID) and the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED), including installation, operation, modification, and routine maintenance of research facilities and test rigs; performance of experimental research support; and fabrication support for research and facility hardware.] NAS3-27351 is a cost-type level-of-effort contract; it is anticipated that the follow-on contract will be a cost-type mission-based contract with some fixed-price elements. In general, the prospective Contractor will be required to provide all necessary on-site administration, management, operations, wind tunnel support/operation, design, and maintenance, as well as all materials, tools, transportation and equipment to support this contract. The Contractor shall be required to provide TEST FACILITIES SUPPORT [The Contractor shall provide technical support personnel for the research and development activities throughout LeRC. This support shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the build-up, installation, operation, modification, routine maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of research test apparatus and related electronic, mechanical and electrical systems and subsystems, and vacuum system technology]; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH SUPPORT [The Contractor shall provide laboratory support personnel in the processing, preparation, and evaluation of experiments in support of research in specialties such as, but not limited to, tribology, advanced electronics, gears, bearings, lubricants, powdered materials, ceramics, other materials, space shuttle hardware, NASA flight hardware standards, fiber optics, and lasers]; and FABRICATION SUPPORT [The Contractor shall provide technical support personnel for the fabrication required to manufacture and repair experimental research and facility hardware. The support shall include, but is not limited to, precision machining, sheet metal modeling, wood modeling, research instrumentation, welding, piping modification, and dimensional inspection]. While maintaining an on-site workforce, the Contractor will also have to provide emergency call-in personnel during off-hours. The successful contractor will also need to obtain a line of credit or other financing in excess of $750,000. Please note that no solicitation exists at this time; therefore, do NOT request a copy. If a solicitation is issued, a synopsis may be found in the CBD and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is not anticipated to be released until after March 1999. Potential offerors should monitor these sites for release of any solicitation or synopsis. In order to ascertain the method of procurement for the services outlined above, qualified small businesses, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses, and/or 8(a) firms are invited to submit a "capability statement" to the NASA Lewis Research Center. Information to be provided must include, but is not limited to, name and address of firm; size of business; average annual revenue for the past 3 years; number of employees, ownership, and whether they are small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), and/or woman-owned; number of years in business; affiliate information such as parent company or teaming partners; potential services to be subcontracted, if any; and list of customers (government and non-government) covering the past 5 years (highlighting relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement, and points of contact/addresses/and phone numbers). In addition to detailing all relevant technical qualifications, interested firms should also include in their capability statements demonstrative information relative to past performance and experience in managing a large workforce and performing work similar to the technical requirements of this procurement, as described above, particularly concerning aerospace research test facilities and equipment (such as wind tunnels, specialized fuel and oxidant systems, exotic fuels, vacuum test chambers, zero gravity drop towers, "clean rooms", etc.). Interested firms should also demonstrate their ability to finance a large service contract, particularly as this applies to the required financing cited above. Capability statements should be no longer than 15 pages in length. The proposed Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this follow-on procurement is 8744 with a size standard of $20 million. Interested firms should submit their Capability Statements [to assure they are properly routed, PLEASE MARK THEM "TAFFS FOLLOW-ON"] to Linda Marie Kendrick, 21000 Brookpark Road, Mail Stop 500-305, Cleveland, Ohio 44135. [Telephone 216-433-2407] Any inquiries should be made directly to Ms. Kendrick. Capability Statements should be submitted no later than January 22, 1999. Capability Statements received after this date may not be considered. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Please note that the NASA Lewis Research Center has not yet made a decision as to whether this procurement will be set aside and that it reserves the right to determine the appropriate method of procuring the above services based upon its analysis and evaluation of the Capability Statements. Posted 12/21/98 (D-SN282383). (0355)

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