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

68 -- NITROGEN, GASEOUS SOL RFP10-99-0018 DUE 070999 POC Steven E. Parker, Contract Specialist, Phone (407) 867-7358, Fax (407) 867-1188, Email steven.parker-1@ksc.nasa.gov -- Bob R. Pirkle, Contracting Officer, Phone (407) 867-4989, Fax (407) 867-2825, Email Bob.Pirkle-1@ksc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/KSC/date.html#RFP10-99-0018. E-MAIL: Steven E. Parker, steven.parker-1@ksc.nasa.gov. NASA-KSC intends to contract on a sole-source basis for gaseous nitrogen requirements (GN2) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), located on the Atlantic Coast of East Central Florida. The required GN2 must meet or exceed MIL-PRF-27401D, Type 1, Grade B. The approximate quantity of GN2 required per year is 1,900,000 thousand standard cubic feet. NASA expects to award a contract to commence on October 1, 1999, with an 21 month basic period of performance and 2 option periods for 6 additional months each. The incumbent contractor is Air Liquide America Corp of Houston, TX, under Air Force contract F41608-94-D-0297. Air Liquide operates an air separation facility adjacent to KSC that feeds into the KSC/CCAS GN2 pipeline. Portions of this pipeline are owned by Air Liquide and the government, respectively. Air Liquide is the identified sole-source for this contract. A description of this pipeline can be viewed at the following internet website: http://www-lo.ksc.nasa.gov/services/propellants/gn2pipeline.htm The government will consider offers from sources other than Air Liquide. It is assumed that any source other that Air Liquide would require at least 12 months to construct the necessary infrastructure (on-site or near-site) to supply GN2 into the pipeline. The government will consider making sufficient government property available for a contractor to build the necessary facilities to supply GN2 into the government-owned portion of the pipeline for a subsequent contract. Posted 04/13/99 (D-SN319174). (0103)

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