Professional services to automate the steam system in tunnel #4 at LARC.

Synopsis:

NASA/LaRC has a requirement for Professional services to automate the steam system in tunnel #4 at LARC.
NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to Robert E. Mason and Associates, Inc 5101 Craig Rath Blvd Midlothian, VA 23122 under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). It has been determined that Robert E. Mason and Associates is the sole provider of Professional services to automate the steam system in tunnel #4 at LaRC. LaRC has invested in a number of Emerson Products, including DeltaV, Machinery Health Manager, Meridium, Valvelink, Device Manager and the WirelessHART mesh infrastructure for water and sanitary meters. In addition, the center has implemented a number of products from Emerson solution partners - these include IBM Maximo (Computerized Maintenance Management System - CMMS) and OSIsoft Pi (Historian). The services being requested are additions and upgrades to Emerson products already deployed on center: DeltaV, Vibration Analyzers, and Meridium. R.E. Mason is the only certified Emerson business partner authorized in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Langley Research Center (LARC).
The Government intends to acquire commercial items and services using the provisions, clauses and procedures prescribed in FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13.
The NAICS Code for this procurement is 423430
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 8:00 A.M. CT on May 3rd 2017. 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.

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 .

Primary Point of Contact:
Abby LoGiudice
Procurement Specialist
Abby.r.logiudice@nasa.gov

Secondary Point of Contact:
Karen Arits
Contracting Officer
karen.l.artis@nasa.gov