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

M -- FACILITY OPERATING SERVICES AT JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS SOL 13-SSC-P-99-01 DUE 030199 POC James D. Huk, Contract Specialist, Phone (228)688-1045, Fax (228)688-1141, Email james.huk@ssc.nasa.gov -- James D. Huk, Contract Specialist, Phone (228)688-1045, Fax (228)688-1141, Email james.huk@ssc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/SSC/date.html#13-SSC-P-99-01. E-MAIL: James D. Huk, james.huk@ssc.nasa.gov. NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC) will issue the final Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 13-SSC-P-99-1 on or about January 28, 1999 for the recompetition of the Facility Operating Services (FOS) contract at SSC. The anticipated closing date for receipt of the Past Performance proposal is March 1, 1999 with the anticipated closing date for receipt of the Executive Summary, Mission Suitability, and Cost proposals on March 29, 1999. This contract includes Facility Engineering Services, Operation and Maintenance Services, Institutional Services, and Logistics Services. Specific types of services are: Plant Engineering and Construction Services, Engineering Documentation, Pressure Systems Engineering, Environmental Services, Energy Management Control Systems, Fuel Supply Systems, Fluid Component Processing Facility, Non-destructive Engineering Laboratory, Machining, Welding, Roads and Grounds Maintenance, Food Services, Medical Services, Public Affairs Services, Education Services, Multimedia Services, Acquisition Services, Shipping, Receiving, and Warehousing. These activities are required to support SSC's mission in the areas of rocket propulsion testing, research and development in propulsion test technologies, scientific and applied research in space technology development, utilization and commercialization programs to support NASA's strategic enterprises, particularly in the areas of earth and environmental sciences, remote sensing and data interpretation and support to various programs of twenty-three resident agencies at SSC. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code and size standard for this acquisition are 8744 and $20.0 million, respectively. This acquisition is unrestricted. Award of a cost-plus-incentive-fee, performance-based, completion type contract is anticipated. The period of performance for the FOS under this contract will be seven (7) years with a three-year base period and four (4) one-year priced option periods. This acquisition includes the requirement for a Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 19.201(b). Reference is made to Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-10 which appeared in the Federal Register on December 18, 1998 and can be accessed at http://www.arnet.gov/far/. Since the time of release of the Draft RFP, it has been determined that the evaluation of Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) concerns will consist only of SDB concerns within the Targeted Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Major Groups as determined by the Department of Commerce. The 15% SDB goal in the Draft RFP remains the same in the final RFP. However, this 15% SDB goal now consists of 5% for SDB concerns within the Targeted SIC Major Groups and 10% for SDB concerns within other SIC Major Groups. Pursuant to FAR 19.703 (a), as specified in FAC 97-10, eligibility for participating in the Small Business Subcontracting Program requires that a concern represent itself as a small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or woman-owned small business concern. Prime contractors are allowed to accept subcontractor self-certifications through June 30, 1999. The requirement for prime contractors to ensure that subcontractors are on SBA's web site as being certified is not applicable until July 1, 1999. The RFP and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) format and/or in WinZip compressed file format. The files 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/SSC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/SSC/class.html. It is the offeror's responsibility to closely monitor this site and/or the Commerce Business Daily for the release of the RFP, amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the RFP and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/notes.htm. The Government does not intend to reimburse anyone for expenses incurred in connection with the review of the RFP. No Pre-Proposal Conference is planned since an Initial Orientation Briefing and Observation Period (which included site tours) was conducted during November 1998. The FOS Homepage http://sscftp1.ssc.nasa.gov/fos/ provides information on the Technical Reference Library, Source List, and Schedule of Events. Vendors who are interested in being placed on the Source List for RFP 13-SSC-P-99-1 are requested to send the following information: name of vendor, complete address, e-mail address (if available), telephone number, facsimile number, and company size. This information should be sent to the attention of the Contract Specialist, James D. Huk. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". Posted 01/13/99 (D-SN287862). (0013)

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