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68 -- LIQUID PROPELLANT NITROGEN SOL 1-132-DAE.1317 POC C. Tom Weih, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-3878, Fax (757) 864-8863, Email C.T.WEIH@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-132-DAE.1317. E-MAIL: C. Tom Weih, C.T.WEIH@larc.nasa.gov. NASA/LaRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the supply of Liquid Propellant Nitrogen for the National Transonic Facility. The liquid nitrogen shall be Type II, Grade B, and in accordance with specification IAW MIL-P-27401C dated 20 January 1975. The nitrogen shall be supplied on a delivery order basis with the following parameters: 1) An order will never be less than 50 tons per day, 2) An order will never exceed 1,000 tons per day for up to 3 business days, 3) An order will never exceed 4,500 tons over 5 business days, 4) An order will never exceed 7,000 tons over 10 business days. A business day is defined as Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. NASA will allow up to a 22-day recovery period after each supply of nitrogen prior to issuing the next delivery order. The nitrogen shall be supplied at a rate no faster than 45 tons per hour and no slower than a rate of 32 tons per hour. The nitrogen shall be supplied via pipeline to the NTF storage vessels identified as the 900,000 gallon "storage tank," 250,000 gallon "run tank," and two 28,000 gallon storage vessels at the Third Meter Cryo-Tunnel. An indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, fixed-price supply contract is contemplated with a total potential period of performance of 5 years, commencing November 1, 1999. The anticipated maximum amount of nitrogen to be supplied over the 5-year period is 350,000 tons. The anticipated minimum amount of nitrogen to be supplied over the 5-year period is 164,000 tons. This procurement will be conducted on a full and open competitive basis. An RFP for this procurement will be available approximately July 12, 1999 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about August 27, 1999. The solicitation 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, or PowerPoint 4.0) 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/LaRC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/class.html For those without Internet access, the RFP may be requested by E-mail from b.c.maddrea@larc.nasa.gov, or from the Bid Distribution Office at (757) 864-2547. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. A pre-proposal conference is contemplated and the date, time, and location will be announced in the solicitation. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 2813 and 1,000, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C3. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/num-note.html and http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 06/11/99 (D-SN341915). (0162)

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