NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

B -- BLAST VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT SOL 10-02498-tak DUE 092899 POC Theresa A Keane, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-3294, Fax (301)286-0356, Email Theresa.A.Keane.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Lourdes F. Carson, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-4309, Fax 301) 286-0357, Email Lourdes.F.Carson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#10-02498-tak. E-MAIL: Theresa A Keane, Theresa.A.Keane.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA intends to contract with a qualified vendor to conduct a Blast Vulnerability Assessment. Technical Requirement The objective of this work is to provide NASA Headquarters a documented blast vulnerability assessment of its current facility and site configuration. Conceptual recommendations to reduce vulnerability and risk shall be identified. The blast consultant or firm selected to perform this work shall provide a minimum of five years demonstrated work experience in the practice of blast engineering. Contractor personnel should have formal training in structural dynamics and should have demonstrated experience in performing similar assessments for similar facilities. The Blast Assessment shall be completed no later than two months after the order is delivered to the contractor. Payments will be made in accordance with various work milestones to be determined once the contract has been awarded. Scope of Work The contractor performing the blast assessment shall provide the following: 1. The contractor shall conduct an on-site survey of the facility. The contractor shall meet with appropriate security and facility representative(s) during this on-site visit to clearly identify the assets and functions for the facility under assessment. If needed, the contractor shall conduct interviews with other appropriate members of the security and facility staffs, review architectural and structural drawings, visually inspect the structural/architectural features of the facility and examine the in-place security systems. 2. As a minimum, a preliminary threat assessment shall be performed in order to postulate aset of likely explosive threat locations. The contractor shall provide us with a minimum of six (6) attack scenarios most likely to occur at this location. The explosive charge size shall be based on the sizes required by the Interagency Security Community (ISC) Security Criteria or the GSA Security Criteria. The threat locations should be based on intelligence provided by the facility's staff, the on-site survey, the contractors previous experience in vulnerability assessments for other facilities and historical data from past explosive events. 3. The contractor shall analyze primary structural and architectural components consistent with the threat scenarios determined in the threat assessment. Three-dimensional analytic models shall be used to predict the type and extents of damage from the explosive threats considered. We also request that you provide computer-simulated graphs and drawings for each scenario outlining the potential damage to the building. The output from the analytic model shall be simpleand concise enough so that non-technical people (i.e., managers, security professionals, non-engineers, etc) can readily understand the consequences related to occupant and structural vulnerabilities associated with the considered explosive events. 4. The contractor shall document the findings in a concise report and provide an outbriefing to the appropriate security and facility personnel. In this report the predicted damage from the threats shall be presented in both a graphical and tabular manner. In addition, the contractor shall provide conceptual measures to improve the security from a blast resistant perspective. The government will provide the contractor with the following: 1. The government will provide the appropriate assistance for the contractor to conduct an effective on-site survey. This may include, but is not limited to arranging meetings with key security and facility personnel and providing access to portions of the building that may not be open to the general public. In addition, the contractor shall be allowed to take photographs of items that are critical in performing an effective blast assessment of the facility. 2. The government will provide structural and architectural drawings of the facility. 3. A technical point of contact will be provided to the contractor during the duration of this effort so that the contractor may responsively meet the government's needs in a reasonable period of time. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 97-12. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 8999 and $5.0 respectively. The quoter shall state in their quotation their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to HQ is required within 60 days ARO. Delivery of all deliverables shall be FOB Destination. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Quotations for the items(s) described above are due by September 28, 1999 and may be mailed or faxed to Theresa Keane/210.H, Headquarters Procurement Office, Greenbelt MD 20771, 301-286-0356, and include, solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Quoters are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Forms/Index.html to submit a quotation. Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1. Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 are as follows: [DELETE IF NO ADDENDA]. The Representations and Certifications required by FAR 52.2l2-3 may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/sats/ FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference: 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, and 52.225-3. Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing by September 17, 1999 to Theresa Keane, Code 210.H, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771. Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merits, price and past performance; other critical requirements (i.e., delivery) if so stated in the RFQ will also be considered. Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation, for selection purposes, technical, price and past performance are essentially equal in importance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer (see FAR 52.212-1(b). Quoters must provide copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their quote. See above for where to obtain copies of the form via the Internet. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". It is the quoter's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of amendments (if any): http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/class.html. Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Posted 09/07/99 (D-SN376825). (0250)

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