NASA acquisition of nitrogen and oxygen 4 of 4

NASA/KSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following commercialitems: Approximately 581,000 tons of liquid nitrogen and oxygen. Note: This estimatereflects the total combined liquid nitrogen and oxygen requirement over a contemplated5-year performance period with liquid nitrogen accounting for 79 percent of therequirement. Applicable performance specifications: MIL-PRF-27401 (Rev. E), PropellantPressurizing Agent, Nitrogen; MIL-PRF-25508 (Rev. G), Propellant, Oxygen; andMIL-PRF-27210 (Rev. G), Oxygen, Aviators Breathing, Liquid and Gas. The planned RFPwill be in support of the following NASA Centers/Responsible Sites: Glenn ResearchCenter, Goddard Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center,Michoud Assembly Facility, and Stennis Space Center. Requirements will be structured byContract Line Item Number (CLIN) for each individual location and requirement, and CLINswill be individually competed unless otherwise specified in the resultant RFP. TheGovernment anticipates award of multiple contracts.NASA/KSC contemplates award of 5-year (includes base and option periods), fixed-pricerequirements contract(s) with economic price adjustment (EPA) resulting from the plannedRFP. EPA formulas will be provided by the Government and will use indices published bythe United States Department of Labor. Note: Use of the Government-provided formulaswill be mandatory. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 325120 and 1,000, respectively.Prior to release of the FINAL RFP, NASA/KSC plans to issue a DRAFT RFP to seek industrycomments. NOTE: POTENTIAL OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT THE DRAFT RFP IS NOT A SOLICITATIONAND NASA/KSC IS NOT REQUESTING PROPOSALS. The anticipated release date of the DRAFT RFPis on or about February 13, 2009. Prospective offerors are invited to submit comments onALL aspects of the DRAFT RFP, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions,and evaluation approach. Moreover, in accordance with NASA Federal AcquisitionRegulation Supplement 1815.201(c)(6)(A), prospective offerors are also requested toidentify any unnecessary and/or inefficient requirements. INDUSTRY COMMENTS IN RESPONSETO THE DRAFT RFP ARE DUE MARCH 1, 2009. Submission of comments shall be via email toMarcus Orr at Marcus.C.Orr@nasa.gov. All responses MUST reference the solicitationnumber in the subject line of the email.Note: The anticipated release of the FINAL RFP is targeted for March 13, 2009 with ananticipated offer due date April 12, 2009. All responsible sources may submit an offer tothe FINAL RFP, which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed.See NASA Specific Note "B".The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over theInternet. These documents 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/KSCBusiness Opportunities page is<http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=76>. Prospectiveofferors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. IT IS THE OFFEROR'SRESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR THE INTERNET SITE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE SOLICITATION ANDAMENDMENTS (IF ANY). POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWNCOPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS (IF ANY). Any referenced notes may be viewed atthe following URLs linked below.