Facilities support services BPA

Added: Oct 15, 2012 7:25 pm This is a Request for Information (RFI) and not a solicitation. Please note that a solicitation for this effort does not exist and should not be requested. This RFI is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. Respondents will not be notified of the results, a Pre-solicitation Synopsis will not be issued. NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) intends to enter into one or more General Construction Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) under which the Government may award individual orders with a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) not to exceed $25,000. Historical data indicates the average FFP per order under the existing General Construction BPAs is approximately $3,900. Orders that may be placed under the proposed BPAs will generally require the BPA holder to furnish all management, labor, equipment and/or materials necessary for the performance of minor construction, modification, repair and/or rehabilitation of facilities at ARC or facilities for which ARC is responsible. Specific work requirements will be included in the individual orders. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR 13.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). BPAs will only be issued to small businesses in the following: (1) Small business; (2) Small disadvantaged businesses; (3) Women-owned small businesses, including economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Woman-owned Small Business (WOSB) Program. (4) HUBZone small businesses; (5) Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses; (6) Veteran-owned small businesses. Additionally, BPAs may be issued utilizing the following NAICS codes, which are not all inclusive: 561210 Facilities Support Services; 238990 Building and Property Specialty Trade Services. In order to be considered for award, firms must have an established credit card account, comply with ARC Credit Card Program procedures, have a valid Duns Number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) For more information on SAM visit www.sam.gov. In addition, firms must submit their capabilities and qualifications by submitting in writing Technical Capabilities that demonstrate skills, experience, and dependability, ability to provide quality supplies or services at consistently low prices, and as well as their capability to perform numerous purchases at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. This information must be received by the point of contact (below) no later than 10:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time, on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. NASA, Ames Research Center, ATTN: Rhonda LaBron, Acquisition Division, Code JAC, Building 241-1, Room 258, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001. Oral communications are not permissible and will not be acceptable in response to this notice. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the NASA/ARC Business Opportunities website (see Internet Address above under the General Information section) for amendments (if any) to this RFI. Potential offerors will be responsible for download of amendments and any other pertinent documents. An ombudsman has been appointed - See NASA Specific Note "B". NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.