Status Report

NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – Commercial – NEXT C

By SpaceRef Editor
August 4, 2014
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Synopsis – Aug 01, 2014

Draft Document – Posted on Aug 01, 2014 

General Information

  Solicitation Number: NNC14515408R

  Posted Date: Aug 01, 2014

  FedBizOpps Posted Date: Aug 01, 2014

  Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No

  Original Response Date: Aug 22, 2014

  Current Response Date: Aug 22, 2014

  Classification Code: A — Research and Development

  NAICS Code: 541712

Contracting Office Address

NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135

Description

NASA/GRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – Commercial (NEXT-C) Acquisition.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.

NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541712 and 1,000, respectively.

All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.

The Draft RFP is attached. The anticipated release date of the Final RFP is on or about 09/04/2014 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about 10/14/2014. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html .

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 Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin= .

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).

The Government asks that all interested parties review the enclosed documents and provide comments and suggestions no later than 4:30 PM on 08/22/2014. Comments and suggestions on the DRFP will be considered by the Government for the final RFP. Specifically, the Government is requesting comments and suggestions on any areas of the DRFP that are believed to add unnecessarily burdensome costs and/or requirements.

All questions are due no later 4:30 PM on 08/18/2014. Questions will be answered with Q&A’s posted in intervals throughout the DRFP review process.

All correspondence must be submitted in writing via email to both Jeffrey.D.Hoyt@nasa.gov and Jason.R.Siewert@nasa.gov . Any questions or comments via telephone will not be answered or responded to.

If your organization wishes to be listed as an interested party for either prime or subcontracting purposes, please provide company name, point of contact, email address and phone number. The Government will release this information at the conclusion of the DRFP posting period.

Point of Contact

  Name: Jeffrey D Hoyt

  Title: Contract Specialist

  Phone: 216-433-5576

  Fax: 216-433-2480

  Email: jeffrey.d.hoyt@nasa.gov

  Name: Jason R Siewert

  Title: Contracting Specialist

  Phone: 216-433-5212

  Fax: 000-000-0000

  Email: jason.r.siewert@nasa.gov

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