NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 218, Wallops Island, VA 23337

56 -- STONE SOL RFQ228-00935-710 DUE 082099 POC Diane W. Jester, Contract Administrator, Phone (757) 824-1290, Fax (757) 824-1974, Email Diane.W.Jester.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Mickey Merritt, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)824-1592, Fax (757)824-1974, Email Mickey.M.Merritt.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFQ228-00935-710. E-MAIL: Diane W. Jester, Diane.W.Jester.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ)228-00935/710 for Stone for constructing a stone seawall. Construction of the seawall including design, location, permitting, and stone placement onto the seawall, and verification of seawall cross-section are being performed by NASA. This contract is to provide for the supply, hauling, handling, unloading, and stockpiling of stone in accordance with NASA staging and construction needs. The base quantity of stone required is sixty thousand tons (60,000 tons) with a possible increase to one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) tons as needed. NASA anticipates uniform deliveries of the base bid quantity over an approximate three (3) year period. The contractor shall submit a proposed schedule of delivery for NASA approval prior to initiation of the work. Transportation may be by railroad, truck, or barge utilizing existing infrastructure. Securing access to rail off loading areas or improvements to waterways needed for the mode of transport to be utilized are the responsibility of the contractor. All stone shall be sound, durable, and free from seams, cracks, and other structural defects. Stone shall be of igneous or metamorphis origin. The inclusion of objectionable quantities of dirt, sand, clay, and rock fines will not be permitted. Each stone shall weigh from five hundred pounds (500#) to six thousand pounds (6,000#). At least fifty percent (50%) of the stone delivered shall weigh more than three thousand pounds (3,000#), up to ten percent (10%) of the stones delivered may weigh between five hundred pounds (500#) and two thousand pounds (2,000#). Neither the breadth nor the thickness of any piece of stone shall be less than one-third of its length. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR PART 12. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Numbered Note 21. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 1429 and 500, Employees. The DPAS Rating for this procurment is DO C9. The anticipated release date of RFQ 228-00935/710 is on or about August 23, 1999 with an anticipated quote due date of on or about September 6, 1999. All qualified responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their request for a copy of the Request for Quotation (RFQ). Posted 08/09/99 (D-SN365024). (0221)

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