NASA Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) (№10447191)

100% Set-Aside for Small Business applies to this procurement.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration"s (NASA) Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has a continuing need for providing fabrication and development of GSE, test equipment, and other hardware which includes mechanical, electrical, and fluids hardware necessary to support ground systems processing of flight hardware for a 5 year ordering period. While the contract is being established primarily to meet KSC"s needs, it will also be made available to other NASA centers should they have needs of this nature. The contractor will be responsible for the management and integration of multi-discipline projects such as access and handling platforms, umbilicals, fluid service panels, and electrical cable and enclosure fabrication. The Contract will be a Multiple Award IDIQ contract for fabrication services consisting of the following disciplines:

1. Mechanical GSE, examples of which are:
Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) umbilicals, umbilical hinges, Structural Supports, Lifting Frames, Launch Mounts, Hold-down Posts, Special Test Equipment, and Special Tools.
2. Fluids GSE, examples of which are:
Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen valve skids, umbilical retract panels, Water Servicing Panels, Environmental Control Systems, Hypergolic Panels, Pneumatic Panels, Cryogenic Control Panels, Special Test Equipment, and Special Tools.
3. Electrical GSE, examples of which are:
Cable manufacturing, enclosure fabrication, Circuit Board manufacturing, and Rack mounted Assemblies.

The maximum aggregate IDIQ contract value will not exceed $250000000 with a minimum work guarantee of $3000 per IDIQ contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 339999, All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing with a size standard of 500 employees.

The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or around mid-April with an anticipated offer closing date of mid-June. The firm date for receipt of bids or proposals shall be stated in the RFP.

All responsible Small Businesses may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.

An ombudsman has been appointed - See NASA Specific Note "B".

The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement shall 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/KSC Business Opportunities page is https://procurement.ksc.nasa.gov/procure/ciao.htm

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All contractual and technical questions must be submitted by email to the POC below. Telephone questions will not be accepted.