Pressurant Tanks for the propulsion system for the Europa Clipper Mission

NASA/GSFC has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for pressurant tanks for the propulsion system for the Europa Clipper Mission. The Europa Clipper Mission is being formulated and implemented by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA/GSFC is supplying the propulsion subsystem for the mission, and this procurement is for the build and test of two flight pressurant tanks, and 1 spare pressurant tank, with an option for an additional spare tank. The pressurant tanks are part of the propulsion subsystem.

The Solicitation number was revised from 80GSFC17R0025 to 80GSFC18R0025 to address the change in the FY.  The due date for proposals is January 22, 2018.  All questions regarding the solicitation should be submitted to the Contract Specialist Alpana Jenne by January 8, 2018. 

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

This procurement will be a full and open competition. The anticipated Small Business goals for this procurement are as follows: Total Small Business Goals 6%; Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDB) 2.0%; Women Owned Small Business Concerns (WOSB) 1.0%; Historically Black Colleges & Universities 0.5%; HUBZone Small Business Concerns 0.5%; Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (VOSB) 1.0%; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern 0.5%.

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).