Gaseous nitrogen ready storage vessels

The NASA/SSC Office of Procurement intends to issue a Best Value Request forProposal (RFP) for the procurement of 32 each Gaseous Nitrogen Ready Storage Vessels forthe A3 Altitude Test Stand at NASA/Stennis Space Center. The work to be performed underthis project consists of the design, fabrication, inspection, testing and delivery toStennis Space Center (SSC), MS, at the A-3 Site, thirty-two (32) each 1000 CFWV (cubicfeet water volume) net gaseous nitrogen (GN2) ready storage vessels. Each vessel shallbe National Board Registered and ASME code stamped per ASME Code Section VIII, Div 1 orDiv. 2. Each vessel shall be horizontally mounted, cylindrical type single wallconstruction with hemispherically shaped heads. Suitable saddle supports for 34 vesselsshall be provided for stacked location on concrete pads. Concrete pads will be providedby NASA, and ALL other support components (including anchor bolts and nuts) are to beprovided by the vessel fabricator. Each vessel shall be suitable for the stationary,exposed above ground storage of gaseous nitrogen. This requirement will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside Commercial SimplifiedAcquisition Procedures (SAP) in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. It is anticipatedthat only one award will be made for this requirement, and any resulting award shall bemade in the form of a single award firm fixed price (FFP) contract. The desired periodof performance or lead-time for delivery is 20 months from the effective date of contractaward. This period of performance shall be no longer than 24 months. The desired andfirm delivery dates will be identified in the RFP.The NAICS Code and Small Business Size Standard are 332420 and 500 employees,respectively. The Government reserves the exclusive right to award to other than the low offeror onthis "Best Value" procurement. The anticipated issue date of subject RFP is on or about January 16, 2009 with ananticipated closing date of February 17, 2009. All contractual and technical questionsmust be submitted in writing on or about January 26, 2009. Telephone questions will notbe accepted. The firm date for receipt of written questions and proposal due date will bestated in the subsequent RFP. Specifications and drawings will only be made available on CDROM. Requests for copiesshall be made by email to the Bid Distribution Office: jennifer.l.parker@nasa.gov or youmay fax your request to (228) 688-6024. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement (with the exception of thespecifications and drawings) will be available over the internet. These documents will bein Microsoft Office format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may beaccessed using a WWW browser application. The internet site, or URL, for the NASA/SSCBusiness Opportunities page ishttp://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=64 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It isthe offeror's responsibility to monitor the internet site for the release of thesolicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible fordownloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). A CDROMcontaining the specifications and drawings may be obtained from the Bid Distributionoffice; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as thesolicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the internet. Any referenced notescan be viewed at the following URL: http://code210.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".