99263 ECS Sources Sought - For OP 20200204.docx

Upgrade Environmental Control System (ECS), Launch Complex (LC) 39B

Contracting Office Address

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

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Upgrade Environmental Control System (ECS), Launch Complex (LC) 39B

INTRODUCTION

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Other than Small (OTS), Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Veteran Owned-Small Business (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the potential construction project to Upgrade the Environmental Control System (ECS) at, Launch Complex (LC) 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 238220 “Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors” with a size standard of $16.5 million.

Estimated award date for this contract is June 2020, with a project period of performance of approximately 500 calendar days. Estimated award amount is more than $10,000,000.

SCOPE OF WORK

The work includes but is not limited to the following:

The Upgrades of the Environmental Control System (ECS) at LC 39B. The upgraded ECS will provide conditioned clean purge air to various compartments of the new Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle. The scope includes replacement of the existing cooling tower, relocation of existing ductwork, heaters, chambers, and instrumentation, addition of new heaters, chambers and high pressure ducts, replacement of filter housings and valves, revising existing gaseous nitrogen piping including replacement of heritage aluminum gaseous nitrogen piping with stainless steel, modification of existing controls systems hardware utilizing existing Allan Bradley PLC-based controls system architecture, installation of new humidifiers, and incidental related work.

All equipment will be installed at and in the vicinity of KSC Building J7-337 (Launch Pad 39B). Existing piping and ducts will be replaced and/or relocated, requiring careful removal and demolition. Electrical equipment supporting the ECS will be modified to accommodate the new equipment. New ducts will be installed to interface with the Mobile Launcher.

Replacement of the existing cooling tower, demolition of the existing cooling tower, construction of a support frame, procurement of a packaged cooling tower including fill, fans, gear boxes, pumps, valves, piping, access platform, and handrails.

Control System work will require fabrication of system cables that include signal-level I/O and AC and DC distribution and control, and will utilize heavy-duty cables and MIL-SPEC connectors required to meet various KSC and MIL standards.

This facility will be undergoing other construction modifications during the performance of this construction project and close coordination with the Government’s team will be required.

Specifically, this project consists of, but is not limited to:

A. Upgrade of the LC 39B Environmental Control System.

1. Replacement of existing cooling tower including replacement of all components.

2. Fabrication and installation of high pressure (~ 10 psig) air-tight flanged single wall and dual wall ductwork with insulation.

3. 60Hz power modifications to switchgear and motor control centers.

4. Fabrication of custom heavy duty connector type control cabling and installation between instrumentation / control devices and remote IO and/or power distribution cabinets.

5. Fabrication and installation of ~150 psig stainless steel gaseous nitrogen piping.

6. Fabrication and installation of structural steel service platforms.

B. Contractor will be required to closely coordinate all sub-contractor’s trades and create and maintain a 3-D coordination model to aid in production of shop drawings, placement of equipment and execution of work with the existing and new work.

C. Contractor will be required to provide testing results of each system (cooling tower performance, ductwork leak and proof tests, maximum system performance requirement test, and operations validation) and provide full support to operate the system for the Government’s witnessed Commissioning including testing.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT

It is requested that interested business firms having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed all aspects of the effort described herein, submit to the contracting office a capabilities statement demonstrating ability to perform the services listed above.

The capability package shall be no more than ten (10) pages in length and printed in not smaller than 12 point type.

The capabilities statement will consist of a:

1 page cover sheet referencing Source Sought Notice “NNK20ZCS003L”, Capabilities Statement – “Upgrade Environmental Control System (ECS), LC39B”.

And 4 pages discussing:

1. Company Name, DUNS Number, Address, Description of Principal Business Activity, Primary Point of Contact (E-mail address and phone number).

2. Business size and number of employees. Specifically state whether your firm is a large or small business in 238220. Description of principal business activity; number of employees; and specifically identify if you are a HUBZone small business, a service-disabled veteran owned small business, an economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, or an 8(a) small business.

3. Financial Capability – Provide bonding capacity of your firm and the most current Balance Sheet and Income Statement, and the firm’s average annual revenue for the past 3 years.

4. Experience – Provide the number of years in business and listing of relevant work performed in the previous five (5) years. Relevant work for the purposes of this Notice can be defined as, but not limited to, the following:

a. Projects involving the coordination and installation of complex multi-discipline industrial process projects involving air and/or GN2.

b. Projects involving high pressure large volume (prefer >750 lbm/min dry air) airflow (process air systems).

c. Projects involving the modification and/or replacement of switchgear, motor control centers and other 60Hz power components

d. Projects involving the modification of Allan Bradley PLC-based process control systems including fabrication of MIL-Spec cables.

Remaining pages can be used to further elaborate on pertinent experience information.

Capability packages must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Julius Williams, NASA Contracting Officer, and Jesus Lugo, NASA Contracting Officer, at the following email address: christopher.m.williams@nasa.gov , jesus.lugo@nasa.gov on or before (15 calendar days) February 20, 2020 NASA/KSC will review all responses that comply with the submission instructions using the following criteria: breadth, depth and relevancy of experience as it relates to the work described above. NASA does not plan to respond to individual responses and does not intend to post information or questions received to any website or public access location.

DISCLAIMER:

This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only, subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled “Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes”. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or Request for Quotation, and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. Moreover, the Government will not pay for the information submitted in response to this Notice, nor will the Government reimburse an offeror for costs incurred to prepare responses to this Notice. This invitation to submit capability packages is for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for a potential KSC acquisition. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.

No solicitation exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on BetaSam Website (https://beta.sam.gov/). Interested firms are responsible for monitoring these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Failure to respond to this notice does not exclude any interested party from future consideration for proposals which may be announced or solicited by NASA.