600, 000 gallon LH Sphere Recommission, Fill / Replenish, and Decommission

The NASA/SSC Office of Procurement intends to issue a sole source contract to Praxair Inc. for the procurement of a services to recommission, fill / replenish, and decommission the 600,000-gallon liquid hydrogen sphere currently located on Stennis Space Center. Praxair Inc. owns the 600,000-gallon sphere. The estimated period of performance of performance will be one year. The estimated value is $1.7M.

There will be only one award made for this requirement. This is a sole source commercial acquisition under the authority of FAR Parts 6.302-1 and 10 U.S.C 2304 (c). The Government believes only one responsible source can provide the services that will satisfy the Agency's requirements. This notice of intent is not a Request for Quote / Proposal (RFQ / RFP) for competition. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, in response to this pre-solicitation notice, to the identified point of contact not later than 3:00 p.m. (local time) on August 7, 2019, which shall be considered by the agency. Submissions will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

It is anticipated that this action will be issued as unrestricted. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 811310 and $7.5M respectively. FOB is destination. It is anticipated that a solicitation will be issued to Praxair Inc. on or about August 9, 2019 with their response due NLT 3:00 p.m. August 26, 2019. You may request a copy of the solicitation or submit any questions regarding this acquisition in writing to the Contract Specialist at melissa.r.wagner@nasa.gov (cc: charles.j.heim@nasa.gov) not later than 3:00 pm (local time) on August 7, 2019. An ombudsman has been appointed; the installation Ombudsman is Mr. John Bailey at john.w.bailey@nasa.gov.

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