NASA LaRC is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for Force Measurement Support Service (FMSS).
No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.
The goal is to provide high quality force measurement and strain gage instrumentation for NASA programs and projects by providing services to produce, calibrate, repair and utilize these instruments in a wide range of environments (e.g. from cryogenic to high temperature ranges). The proposed contract will be a performance-based contract to include services typical of engineering design, drafting, fabrication, instrumentation, repair, design of experiments, statistical methods, calibration using NIST traceable standards, evaluation and estimation of existing or new force and strain measuring instruments.
Tasks shall be performed both on and offsite of NASA LaRC as needed during normal business hours (7:30 am - 4:00 pm) and 24/7 for exigency requirements as needed. The contractor shall electronically interface with NASA LaRC personnel using computer codes of standard file formats (e.g. AutoCAD, PROEngineer, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project, and Lab View and the LASIRS web-based work request entry system).
Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a capability statement of 10 pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein.
Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, and/or woman-owned; number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phone number). Technical questions should be directed to: Shirley Jones at 757-864-9742 or email at Shirley.M.Jones@nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Lisa Harvey at 757-864-2444 or Lisa.M.Harvey@nasa.gov
Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.
This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement.
The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based on responses hereto. All responses shall be submitted electronically ONLY to Shirley Jones at Shirley.M.Jones@nasa.gov no later than February 11, 2008. Please reference NNL08-ForceMeasurement in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
