Upgrade Vehicle Assembly Building 325 Ton Crane at Kennedy Space Center, FL

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Other than Small (OTS), Small Businesses (SB), Small Disadvantaged (SDB) Businesses, 8(a), Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB),  Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Businesses for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for a potential construction project to design, install, and test upgraded controls and interfaces, power feed and distribution systems, and actuation and braking systems on a 325-ton overhead bridge crane located in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC).  The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone Small business set-aside acquisition based on responses provided to this Sources Sought Synopsis.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is:

333923 - Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees or less. Note: Concerns performing major rebuilding or overhaul activities do not necessarily have to meet the criteria for being a “manufacturer” although the activities are classified under a manufacturing NAICS code.

Estimated award date for this contract is May 2021, with a project period of performance of approximately 365 days.  The estimated award amount is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. 

This project will be procured using the two-phase design-build selection procedures in FAR Part 36.3

SCOPE OF WORK

The scope consists of upgrading controls and interfaces, power feed and distribution systems, and actuation and braking systems on a 325-ton overhead bridge crane located in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.  The work includes replacing the hoist and travel brakes, the crane power feed rail, the E-Stop system, all operator interface devices, hook rotation system, hoist weighing system, motor controls, PLC Systems, Tachometers and Encoders, UPS, and power distribution system.  The scope will include design, installation, testing, and other incidental related work.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT

Interested business firms having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed all aspects of the effort described herein are requested to submit a capabilities statement demonstrating experience in projects similar in size, content, and complexity to the work described in the Sources Sought Synopsis.  

The capability package shall be no more than eight (8) pages in length and printed in not smaller than 12 point type.

The capabilities statement package shall include, as a minimum the following:

A one page cover sheet referencing Source Sought Notice “80KSC20ZCS006L” Capabilities Statement – “Upgrade Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) 325 Ton Crane” at Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899.

1. Company Name, DUNS Number, Address, Description of Principal Business Activity, and Primary Point of Contact (E-mail address and phone number).

2. Provide your firm’s number of employees and state whether your firm is a large or small business in NAICS Code 333923.  State your firm’s principal business activity; and specifically identify if you are a VOSB, WOSB, HUBZone small business, or an 8(a) small business. 

3. Financial Capability – Provide bonding capacity of your firm, a copy of the most current Balance Sheet and Income Statement, and the firm’s average annual revenue for the past 3 years.

4. Experience – Provide the number of years in business and a listing of relevant work performed in the previous 5 years. Relevant work for the purposes of this Notice can be defined as, but not limited to, the following:

              The contractor shall have demonstrated construction experience in the manufacturing and construction of                        new 150 Ton or greater overhead traveling crane with Fault tolerant complex controls and associated systems                  to include procurement, design, installation,  activation, testing, and documentation experience.

              The contractor shall have demonstrated experience with implementing construction modifications to existing                  overhead traveling cranes with. single fault tolerant complex controls and associated systems to include                              procurement, design, installation, activation, and testing. 

Capability packages must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Anthony M. Caruvana, NASA Contracting Officer, at the following address: anthony.m.caruvana@nasa.gov on or before 10/2/20. NASA/KSC will review all responses that comply with the submission instructions using the following criteria: breadth, depth and relevancy of experience as it relates to the work described above. NASA does not plan to respond to individual responses and does not intend to post information or questions received to any website or public access location. 

DISCLAIMER:  

This Sources Sought Synopsis is for planning purposes only, subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled “Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes”. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or Request for Quotation, and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. Moreover, the Government will not pay for the information submitted in response to this Notice, nor will the Government reimburse an offeror for costs incurred to prepare responses to this Notice. This invitation to submit capability packages is for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for a potential KSC acquisition.  Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.

No solicitation exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on the beta.sam.gov website (https://beta.sam.gov/). Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of any synopsis and/or solicitation.

Failure to respond to this notice does not exclude any interested party from future consideration which may be announced or solicited by NASA.