Number: 14104542
Country: United States
Source: Federal Business Opportunities
NASA/Johnson Space Center (JSC) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Design, Development, Manufacturing, and Testing of the Ventilation Loop Fans for the Exploration Portable Life Support System (xPLSS) in support of NASA"s next generation space suit, the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU). The xPLSS being developed for the xEMU will offer many significant advantages over the current EMU PLSS, such as additional safety features, improvements in performance, and two fans that circulate 100% oxygen throughout the ventilation loop of the xPLSS. Deliverables for this effort will include a Preliminary Design Review, Pre-Manufacturing Review, Full Drawing Set, CAD Models, Electrical De-rating Analysis and Radiation Assessment, as well as Stress and Thermal Analyses.
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and 1250, respectively. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.
The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about August 28, 2018 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about October 12, 2018.
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.
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).
All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail). Telephone questions will not be accepted.
The due date for responses is October 15, 2018.
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. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).
The due date for responses is not extended.
