NASA/GRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for TEST FACILITIES, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND ENGINEERING (TFOME). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) requires a contractor to partner with the Engineering and Technical Services Directorate (E&TSD;) to provide operations, engineering and maintenance support services for GRC’s research facilities and laboratories. The two organizations within E&TSD; responsible for test facilities operations, maintenance, and engineering are the Research Testing Division (RTD) and the Plum Brook Management Office (PBMO). The RTD and PBMO are responsible for management, test engineering, technician support, test operations, and maintenance of the GRC’s research test facilities located at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio and Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. In essence, the RTD and PBMO contain the test resources to support GRC's test facilities and laboratories. The organizations work in a collaborative fashion with a myriad of customers - internal and external to GRC - to accomplish testing milestones across Aeronautics and Space program areas. They ensure that the test facilities are maintained properly, are available as required to support the testing requirements, and are state-of-the-art in terms of their capabilities.
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26.
This procurement is an 8(a) set-aside.
The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541710 and 1,000 employees, respectively.
All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.
The anticipated release date of the FINAL RFP is on or about 6/30/04 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about 8/30/04.
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/GRC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin;=22
Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer by returning the form attached to the RFP Cover Letter. 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.
