Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Propellant Latch Valve

The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission project office at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is responsible for the satellite development, launch and operations.

NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the design, development, fabrication, and delivery of two (2) latch valve Flight Unit(s), plus one (1) spare unit for PACE mission.

The Government anticipates a release date for the Request for Proposal (RFP) in late July 2018 with an anticipated offer due date in late August 2018.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR part 12.

This procurement will be a full and open competition.

It is anticipated the resulting contract will be a Firm-Fixed-Price contract.

The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 336415 and 1,250 employees, respectively.

All responsible sources may submit an offer when applicable, 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 https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html

The solicitation and any documents related to the procurement will be available over the internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application.

It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this Internet site (www.fbo.gov) for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

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