Construction of a Instrument Development Facility

Added: Jun 12, 2017 3:33 pm NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Construction of a Instrument Development Facility (IDF) (Building 37). The facility is approximately 54,000 sq. ft. two story laboratory/office mixed use building, at the GSFC campus in Greenbelt, Maryland.

As designed, the IDF will be two stories plus a roof level mechanical penthouse. The building's structure will be steel-frame supported by spread concrete footings; the building's exterior will be clad with glass curtain wall and brick veneer. A Class 10,000 Clean Room is included in the construction of the laboratory section. Energy conservation measures include sun shading elements applied to the building's exterior. The building is required to achieve a minimum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 2009 V3 certification of Gold. Associated site work includes roadway improvements, a new parking lot, site lighting, improvements to the existing utility infrastructure, soil erosion and sediment control, storm water management measures, and landscaping.

The resultant contract will be a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The order of magnitude for the procurement is over $10,000,000 and the effort shall be completed within 548 calendar days after the issuance of the notice to proceed. This procurement is a full and open competition. The NAICS Code and small business size standard for this procurement are 236220 and $36.5M, respectively.

The anticipated release date of the draft RFP is on or about September 8, 2017. The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about October 13, 2017, with an anticipated offer due date of approximately 30 days later.

NASA Clause 1852.215-84 (Nov 2011), Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is www.fbo.gov.

Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit a proposal. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site 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). A site visit will be held with the scheduled date identified in the solicitation. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing, via e-mail to the following e-mail address: Chase.A.Lucas@nasa.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.