Phase change material heat exchangers

Added: Jul 20, 2012 5:00 pm NASA/JSC has a requirement for investigating the use of ice/water as the Phase Change Material (PCM) for Constellation space vehicle heat exchangers. NASA/JSC intends to purchase the items from Energy Science Laboratories, Inc. Energy Science Laboratories, Inc. (ELSI) is uniquely capable of performing the required work. It important that these products are developed by ESLI so that their performance can be tied back to the original baseline heat exchangers. Purchasing these products from any other vendor would reset the technology development timeline because a new baseline would have to be established. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to latoy Jones at latoy.j.jones@nasa.gov not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on July 27, 2012. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. 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 .