VICI Tras Gas Analyzer
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80NSSC26939549Q
- Agency
-
Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- 8(a) Sole Source
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 7E20 IT and Telecom - End User: Help Desk;Tier 1-2,Workspace,Print,Output,Productivity Tools (HW/Perp SW)
- Place of performance
- United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's Shared Services Center is conducting a sole-source 8(a) procurement for one VICI Tras Gas Analyzer and installation services, with capabilities statements due by 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on August 3, 2026. The notice announces NASA's intent to award to VALCO INSTRUMENTS CO INC as the sole provider under FAR 12.102(a), but invites other organizations to submit written capabilities and qualifications demonstrating why this procurement should proceed competitively instead. The analyzer is a complete chromatographic unit with dual PDHID detectors, 7U chassis, model 8000 interface, touch screen control, and Data Apex Clarity software, configured for helium purification and external Deoxo trapping. Installation services include up to two days of onsite setup and training at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, with optional training at the vendor's Houston facility during Factory Acceptance Testing at no additional cost; additional onsite time is billed at $250 per hour in 4-hour increments. Performance spans 20 weeks from order receipt at Kennedy Space Center. The procurement is classified as analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (NAICS 334516) and will use FAR Part 12 commercial procedures. NASA FAR Supplement Clause 1852.215-84 (Ombudsman) applies. Contact McKenzie Hanson, Procurement Specialist, McKenzie.M.Hanson@nasa.gov.
Notice text
Synopsis:
NASA/NSSC has a requirement for VICI Tras Gas Analyzer.
NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to VALCO INSTRUMENTS CO INC under the authority of FAR 12.102(a). It has been determined that VALCO INSTRUMENTS CO INC is the sole provider of VICI Tras Gas Analyzer
NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
The Government intends to acquire Commercialitems or services using the provisions, clauses and procedures prescribed in FAR Part 12 for Commercial
The NAICS Code for this procurement is 334516.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on 8/3/2026. 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 FAR Supplement Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf .
Primary Point of Contact:
McKenzie Hanson
Procurement Specialist
McKenzie.M.Hanson@nasa.gov
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SATPC0042144 Tab 04 4 SOW REDACTED.pdf |
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