The NASA/SSC Office of Procurement intends to issue a Best Value Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement of 1 each 96 Inch High Pressure Industrial Water Rubber Seated Butterfly Valve for delivery to John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The work to be performed under this requirement consists of providing all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for the design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and delivery of the 96 Inch, 300 psig water rubber seated butterfly valve, ASTM A395 or ASTM A536 ductile iron (or an approved equal). The valves shall comply with codes referenced in the RFP and shall be suitable for both the flow and holding of water as described in the RFP. FOB is destination.
This requirement will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside Commercial Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. It is anticipated that only one award will be made for this requirement, and any resulting award shall be made in the form of a single award firm fixed price (FFP) contract. The estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 9 months from the effective date of contract award. The firm delivery date shall be identified in the RFP.
The Government reserves the exclusive right to award to other than the low offeror on this "Best Value" procurement.
The anticipated issue date of subject RFP is on or about January 13, 2009 with an anticipated closing date of February 16, 2009. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing on or about January 23, 2009, to carol.l.west@nasa.gov or by fax 228-688-3529. Telephone questions will not be accepted.
The firm date for receipt of written questions and proposal due date will be stated in the subsequent RFP.
The RFP and any related documents will only be issued electronically and will be available via the internet. These documents may be accessed and downloaded at the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) Business Opportunities website @ http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/nais/link_syp.cgi or at the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website @ http://www.fbo.gov . Offerors unable to access the RFP at this address may contact the Contracting Office for assistance.
*** Prospective offerors shall notify this office, in writing, via e-mail to carol.l.west@nasa.gov of their intent to submit an offer. Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any associated documentation or amendments. Offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and specification. ***
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