Agency-wide Acquisition of Liquid Hydrogen

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.

This notice is issued by NASA/Kennedy Space Center to post a draft Schedule of Supplies to solicit responses from interested parties. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition.

The NASA/KSC Office of Procurement intends to issue a combined synopsis/solicitation for the procurement of liquid hydrogen, as detailed in the attached Schedule of Supplies.

The Government intends to issue the combined synopsis/solicitation under FAR 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in conjunction with the procedures of Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation and any resulting award will be made in the form of Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Requirements contract with awards to multiple offerors.  It is likely that award will be made using the lowest-price-technically-acceptable source selection process (as described in FAR 15.101-2).

The total contract duration will be five years, which will consist of a two-year base and three one-year options. The base period of performance is from December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2024, with a potential total period of performance through November 30, 2027.

It is anticipated that this action will be issued as unrestricted. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 325120 and 1000 employees respectively. 

It is anticipated that a combined synopsis/solicitation will be issued via the Government Point of Entry website https://www.sam.gov no later than April 30, 2022.

This presolicitation synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. The Government may not respond to questions/concerns submitted. The Government will use the information to finalize the synopsis/solicitation as necessary.

All responses, comments or questions shall be submitted electronically via email to the Contracting Officer,  Hillary Heard, at Hillary.P.Heard@nasa.gov, no later than February 17, 2022 at 4:00 pm EST. When responding reference sources sought no. NNK22ZOS003L.

THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT (Attachment 1, Schedule of Supplies) IS AN INFORMATIONAL DRAFT ONLY AND MAY CHANGE WHEN THE SOLICITATION IS RELEASED.

NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition is Mr. Burton Summerfield who can be reached by telephone at (321) 867-4598 or via email at burton.r.summerfield@nasa.gov.

If a solicitation is released, then it and any additional documents will be available on www.Sam.gov. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.