NASA Agency-Wide Supply of Gaseous and Liquid Helium

Awarded Vendors: Messer LLC. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $35,215,290.25. Contract Award Date: 2019-10-08.

Awarded Vendors: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $168,003,201.00. Contract Award Date: 2019-09-30.

Amendment 05 is issued to make the following changes:

80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 65, section L.2(b), proposal submission date changed to Wednesday September 4, 2019 at 3:00pm EST.

Changes made to the Terms and Conditions are highlighted in yellow and annotated on the right side of the page with a black bar.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.
Proposal due date also changed on the FBO website.

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Amendment 04 is issued to make the following changes:

80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 30, section H.14 special contract requirement added for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Changes made to the Terms and Conditions are highlighted in yellow and annotated on the right side of the page with a black bar.

Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 23, sections (c)(1), (c)(2), (d)(1), and (d)(2) updated to add clarity of the requirements.

All changes made to Attachment 001-Statements of Work are highlighted in yellow and annotated on the right side of the page with a black bar.

80KSC019R0021- Helium Pricing Spreadsheet, Tab 1, cell E4, unlocked to allow fill-in.

In addition, Amendment 04 provides an updated response to questions submitted, updates are highlighted.

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Amendment 02 is issued to make the following changes:

80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 12, section E.1(b) and page 21 section H.4(b) revised for clarity.
80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, pages 31 through 39, revised to incorporate the current version of FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2019).
80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 43, section K.1, revised to incorporate FAR 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (AUG 2019), as required as a result of changes made within FAR 52.212-5 (AUG 2019)

80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 64, section L.2(b) and page 65, section L, Volume I: SF 1449, updated to reflect that the use of SF 1449 when submitting proposals is optional as outlined in FAR 52.212-1(b)
All changes made to the Terms and Conditions are highlighted in yellow and annotated on the right side of the page with a black bar.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 4, section (e)(1) updated to add clarity of the requirement.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 8, sections (e)(3) and (e)(4) updated to add clarity of the requirements.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 10, section (e)(4) updated to add clarity of the requirement.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 11, section (h)(1) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 14, section (h)(2)(i) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 20, section (h)(2) updated to add clarity of the requirement.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 21, section (e)(2) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 31, section (h)(3) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 35, section (h)(2) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
All changes made to Attachment 001-Statements of Work are highlighted in yellow and annotated on the right side of the page with a black bar.
In addition, Amendment 02 provides a response to the questions submitted.
All other terms and conditions remain the same
Amendment 3 is to add:

80KSC019R0021- Helium Pricing Spreadsheet, Tab 1, row 33, CLIN 026 for LaRC, unit corrected from Scf to Liter.

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Amendment 02 is issued to make the following changes:

80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 12, section E.1(b) and page 21 section H.4(b) revised for clarity.
80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, pages 31 through 39, revised to incorporate the current version of FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2019).
80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 43, section K.1, revised to incorporate FAR 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (AUG 2019), as required as a result of changes made within FAR 52.212-5 (AUG 2019)

80KSC019R0021 - Terms and Conditions, page 64, section L.2(b) and page 65, section L, Volume I: SF 1449, updated to reflect that the use of SF 1449 when submitting proposals is optional as outlined in FAR 52.212-1(b)
All changes made to the Terms and Conditions are highlighted in yellow and annotated on the right side of the page with a black bar.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 4, section (e)(1) updated to add clarity of the requirement.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 8, sections (e)(3) and (e)(4) updated to add clarity of the requirements.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 10, section (e)(4) updated to add clarity of the requirement.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 11, section (h)(1) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 14, section (h)(2)(i) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 20, section (h)(2) updated to add clarity of the requirement.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 21, section (e)(2) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 31, section (h)(3) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
Attachment 001- Statements of Work, page 35, section (h)(2) updated to change delivery timeframe from 48 to 72 hours after ordering.
All changes made to Attachment 001-Statements of Work are highlighted in yellow and annotated on the right side of the page with a black bar.
80KSC019R0021- Helium Pricing Spreadsheet, Tab 1, row 33, CLIN 026 for LaRC, unit corrected from Scf to Liter.

In addition, Amendment 02 provides a response to questions submitted.
All other terms and conditions remain the same

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Amendment 01 is issued to make the following changes:
80KSC019R0021-Solicitation for NASA Agencey-Wide Helium: changes in section L.2(b) paragraphs 2 and 4 to update the proposal due date to reflect the date in the FBO post and to update the question submission due date. Changes are annotated with yellow highlights and a black bar on the right side of the page.
No other changes were made in this amendment..

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the acquisition of the NASA Agency-Wide Supply of Gaseous and Liquid Helium prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Details regarding this solicitation are included in the attachments to this announcement.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP), number 80KSC019R0021, under Acquisition of Commercial Items (FAR Part 12) and Contracting by Negotiation (FAR Part 15), as appropriate for this acquisition. The RFP provides for the award of indefinite delivery (ID) requirements contracts with fixed price delivery orders with a 2 year base period and 3 one year options.

A list of the attachments to this RFP are as follows:
Attachment 001- Statements of Work
Attachment 002- Capability Form

In addition, a separate pricing sheet is also provided.

A list of Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) are provided in Attachment 001 which also includes helium specifications per contract line item number (CLIN), routine and peak requirements, unit of issue, destination, and delivery hours and requirements.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Any award made from this RFP shall require the potential vendor to be certified within the System for Award Management (SAM) and complete the Reps and Certs in the SAM system prior to award at www.sam.gov.

The RFP incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-04.

Delivery is FOB Destination.

This Procurement is full and open; no set-aside will be used.

The NAICS Code and Size Standard for this requirement are 325120 and 1000, respectively.

The following clauses and provisions with addenda as written in the RFP are applicable to this combined synopsis/solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52-212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items.

The proposal due date is August 29, 2019 at 3:00PM eastern time (ET). Details regarding proposal submission are provided in the solicitation.

All contractual and technical questions must be in writing (e-mail) to sherry.e.alexander@nasa.gov or brenda.L.teachworth@nasa.gov . Telephone questions shall not be accepted.

An ombudsman has been appointed; the installation Ombudsman is Mr. Kelvin M. Manning at Kelvin.M.Manning@nasa.gov.

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