NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the design, development, testing, manufacturing, and evaluation (DDTM&E;) and sustaining engineering (SE) necessary to certify, deliver and maintain Extravehicular Activity (EVA) equipment, Flight Crew Equipment (FCE), Crew Health and Conditioning Systems (CHeCS), Extravehicular Robotics (EVR) equipment, Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS) equipment, and Active Thermal Control Systems (ATCS) equipment, including ground support equipment (GSE). These categories will subsequently be referred to as Crew, Robotics and Vehicle Equipment (CRAVE).
This acquisition was previously announced under solicitation number 9-BH13-93-03-16P {Crew, Robotics, and Vehicle Equipment (CRAVE)}. The CRAVE procurement will now be conducted using 2 separate solicitations. Solicitation NNJ04047146R will be reserved for competition among educational institutions, nonprofit institutions and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers and will be known as "B-CRAVE-Restricted". The authority allowing for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3) as contemplated by the provisions of FAR 6.302-3 which states that "full and open competition need not be provided when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center." Only proposals from organizations classified as an educational institution, a nonprofit institution or federally funded research and development center that could potentially perform at least 51% of the CRAVE requirements will be accepted in response to NNJ04047146R. Teaming arrangements will be acceptable for the remaining 49% of the CRAVE requirements.
Another solicitation containing the same CRAVE requirements is also being issued for full and open competition. This solicitation shall be known as "A-CRAVE-Unrestricted" and will retain the solicitation number 9-BH13-93-03-16P.
It is estimated that the minimum contract value will be $15,000 and the maximum contract value will not exceed $48M.
Information (such as reference library documentation) pertaining to the CRAVE acquisitions (A-CRAVE-Unrestricted and B-CRAVE-Restricted) can be found at:
http://jsc-web-pub.jsc.nasa.gov/bd01/crave/default.asp
A list of potential offerors for both A-CRAVE-Unrestricted and B-CRAVE-Restricted is being posted with this notice and can also be accessed from the CRAVE acquisition web site.
The anticipated contract type chosen for this acquisition is Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and/or Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Delivery Orders.
Multiple IDIQ contract awards may be made.
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26.
The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541330 and $23M, respectively.
An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B".
The solicitation and any documents related to this 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. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/JSC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin;=73
Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site 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). Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax). Telephone questions will not be accepted.
