46 -- DEONIZED WATER SERVICES

Notice Date

December 22, 2000

Contracting Office

NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BJ

ZIP Code

00000

Solicitation Number

9-BJ2-Z66-0-62Q

Response Due

January 19, 2001

Point of Contact

Jennifer L. Krause, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-8269, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email jennifer.krause1@jsc.nasa.gov -- Richard W Bennett, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-1872, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email richard.w.bennett1@jsc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Jennifer L. Krause (jennifer.krause1@jsc.nasa.gov)

Description

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; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This notice is being issued as a Request for Offer (RFO) for the supply of high quality deionized water from February 28, 2001 to February 28, 2002 at various locations throughout Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX and NASA-owned property at Ellington Field in Houston, TX. The contract will include a four-year option. Deionized water should be supplied through polishing tanks. The total number of polishing tanks to be supplied at any given time varies between 100 and 300. The contractor will assume all responsibility for initial installation and timely exchange of exhausted deionizer tanks. Most of the water under this contract will be pre-treated through a government-owned reverse osmosis system. However, the contractor is required to analyze the water at each location and develop a detailed contamination profile. The profile will be used to prescribe the type and number of polishing tanks needed to meet the government's requirements. These requirements include, but are not limited to, a maximum of 18 megohm-cm resistivity at 25 C. Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government based on a 200 tank installation. Further details may be found in the attached Statement of Work @ URL http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/jsc/documents/9BJ2Z66062Q/DIcontract.doc The following are conditions and requirements that the contractor must meet: 1. The contractor must provide supporting documents to show that the company has been in the business of servicing deionization systems for the last five years. 2. The contractor should have local water testing facilities and technical support personnel capable of providing service as needed. 3. The contractor should have an EPA approved documented regeneration process. 4. The contractor should have stringent resin requirements to ensure that the highest water quality. 5. The government will visit the contractor's site to inspect all facilities. Technical contact for this procurement is .Mr. Joseph Gardner. Mr. Gardner can be reached via telephone at (281)483- 3190 or via e-mail at joseph.gardner1@jsc.nasa.gov. The provisions and clauses in the RFO are those in effect through FAC 97-19. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The NAICS Code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 325199 and 1,000 respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to Johnson Space Center and Ellington Field is required during February 13 -27, 2001.. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The contract start date is February 28, 2001. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Offers for the items(s) described above are due by 1:00 p.m. on January 19, 2001 and must 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. Offerors 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 offer. Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1. If the end product(s) offered is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the offeror shall so state and shall list the country of origin. FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference: 52.215-5, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.232-33, 52.222-37, 52.232-34, 52.11-6, 52.252-1, 52.219-22, 52.233-2, 52.237-1, 52.247-45, 52.223-9, 52.225-13, and NASA FAR Supplement 1852.204-74, 1852.210-70, 1852.214-70, 1852.215-84. The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ The NFS may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than January 5, 2001. 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 solicitation 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)). Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their offer. These may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/midrange/ . These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of solicitation amendments (if any): http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=73 Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). See Note(s) 1. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html

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