SOURCES SOUGHT
M -- TEST FACILITIES OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (TFOM)
- Notice Date
- 4/9/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135
- ZIP Code
- 44135
- Solicitation Number
- TFOM
- Archive Date
- 4/9/2004
- Point of Contact
- Ronald W. Sepesi, Chief - Services And Construction Branch, Phone (216) 433-2792, Fax (216) 433-5489, Email Ronald.Sepesi@grc.nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Ronald W. Sepesi
(Ronald.Sepesi@grc.nasa.gov)
- Description
- The NASA Glenn Research Center has a requirement to consolidate ongoing contracts for test facilities operation and maintenance into a single, integrated work activity. GRC is currently utilizing four separate contracts to accomplish these requirements located at both the main facility as well as the Plum Brook Station. The goal of the TFOM contract is to consolidate these individual contracts into a single, integrated work activity. The current active contracts include: Maintenance, Operations, Recertification, and Engineering (MORE) NAS3-99156 with Gilcrest Electric; Technical and Fabrication Support Services (TFSS) NAS3-99184 with AKIMA, Inc,; Plum Brook Operational Services (PBOS) NAS3-00123 with Plum Brook Operations Group (JV); and the test engineering portion of the Glenn Engineering and Scientific Support (GESS) NAS3-00145 contract with the QSS Group. The technical effort provided under the MORE and TFSS contracts will commence on or about October 1, 2004. The test engineering portion of GESS will commence on or about April 1, 2006. PBOS potential inclusion date has not been finalized. The staffing level would approximate 400 FTE?s when all the potential work activity is added. The successful contractor will have responsibility for all test engineering, operations, and maintenance requirements for the following nine facilities: the 10x10 Supersonic Wind Tunnel, the 8x6/9x15 Wind Tunnel Complex, the Icing Research Tunnel, the lab?s Central Process Systems (CPS), the Aeroacoustic Propulsion Laboratory, the High Temperature Facility, the Space Power Facility, K-Site and the B-2 rocket stand. Operation of these facilities and equipment includes but is not limited to: facility operations (all CPS equipment including wind tunnel drive motors and the refrigeration plant), research hardware test operations, test engineering, facility maintenance, facility engineering, process and system automation engineering, model and facility preparations, model installation, Recertification inspections and engineering, model and facility instrumentation and model removal (see facility outlines below). Additionally, the contractor will be required to provide test engineering and technician support in all the other GRC research test facilities and laboratories to meet GRC?s research testing requirements. Functions the contractor can be expected to provide include: mechanical and electrical test engineering, mechanical and electrical facility engineering, mechanical technicians, electrical and electronic technicians. These additional technicians and engineers will have responsibility to support: research testing, research operations, research and facility instrumentation, facility maintenance, facility operations and engineering. GRC is seeking qualified small business and 8(a) firms to support a set-aside decision. The NAICS code is 541710, 1000 employees. Interested small business and 8(a) firms are requested to submitted company profiles specifically addressing their unique qualifications to perform the anticipated effort. Companies should specifically address 1. ability to manage the work effort in an integrated manner, 2. past experience as a prime or subcontractor in managing similar facilities or other complex efforts, 3. a listing of contracts similar in nature over the past 3 years (including points of contacts with telephone numbers). Profiles shall not exceed 10 pages. Five copies of the profiles are requested by May 5, 2003. Question concerning this requirement should be addressed to Ron Sepesi 216.433.2792 or Ronald.W.Sepesi@nasa.gov Technical question can be addressed to Jeff Swan 216.433.5434 Company profiles should be provided to: NASA Glenn Research Attn: Ronald Sepesi, MS 500-312 21000 Brook Park Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44135 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. 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. A detailed description of the Facilities to be operated under the proposed contract includes: 8-by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel The facility enables the collection of data and validate CFD (computational fluid dynamics) prediction codes for shock patterns related to the sonic boom of baseline and modified aircraft to study concepts that will allow quiet, efficient, and capable long-range supersonic flight. 9'x15' Low Speed Wind Tunnel Unique in testing large-scale hardware in a continuous subsonic air stream, the 9- by 15-Foot Low Speed Wind Tunnel is a significant asset to the aeropropulsion community and Nation. With the ever-increasing demand for reducing aircraft noise, the importance of the 9- by 15-Foot Low Speed Wind Tunnel is greater than ever. Offering state-of-the-art acoustic capabilities, the facility is a vital part of the Nation's aeronautics research plans. Programs supported in this facility include a variety of commercial aircraft propulsion systems, the High Speed Civil Transport, and the Advanced Tactical Fighter, the Joint Strike Fighter, and other military STOVL aircraft applications. Abe Silverstein Supersonic Wind Tunnel The test section is 10 ft, high by 10 ft. wide by 40 ft. long and can accommodate large-scale models, full-scale engines and aircraft components. The 10x10 was specifically designed to test supersonic propulsion components such as inlets and nozzles, propulsion system integration, and full-scale jet and rocket engines. It can operate as a closed-loop system (aerodynamic cycle) or open-loop system (propulsion cycle), reaching test section speeds of Mach 2.0 to 3.5 and very low speeds from 0 to Mach 0.4. Gust and Mach plates are sometimes installed to expand local Mach number conditions between Mach 1.5 and 4.1. There is also a continuous operation across the entire speed and altitude regime, offering users greater flexibility and productivity during testing. Aeroacoustic Propulsion Laboratory The Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory (AAPL) is an acoustically treated geodesic dome that houses the Nozzle Acoustic Test Rig (NATR), Small Hot Jet Acoustic Rig (SHJAR), Active Noise Control Fan (ANCF), and Powered Lift Rig (PLR). The 130-ft diameter dome is 65-ft high and acts as a noise barrier for adjacent buildings and nearby communities. For researchers, the dome provides an anechoic testing environment for acoustic measurements of aeropropulsion components. Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility The Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site) is a space-environment test chamber 25 ft in diameter with a 20 ft-diameter door. The design and construction of this facility allows large-scale liquid hydrogen (LH2) experiments to be conducted safely. Control and data systems are located in a separate, remote building and electrical control systems include explosion-proof hardware. Hypersonic Tunnel Facility The HTF is a blow-down, non-vitiated, free jet wind tunnel that is capable of simulating Mach 5, Mach 6, and Mach 7 true enthalpy conditions. The primary performance differentiator between the HTF and other hypersonic free jet facilities is its non-vitiated (clean) flow. Icing Research Tunnel The Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) is NASA Glenn's busiest facility. Built at the end of World War II, the IRT was instrumental in developing and testing ice protection systems for piston- and propeller-driven aircraft. Since that time, the IRT has been updated with a larger fan motor, more efficient heat exchanger and turning vanes, improved fan blades, computerized tunnel controls, and electronic data acquisition, storage, and processing. Space Power Facility The Space Power Facility (SPF) houses the world's largest space environment simulation chamber measuring 100 ft. in diameter by 122 ft. high. The facility was designed and constructed to test both nuclear and non-nuclear space hardware in a simulated Low-Earth-Orbiting environment. Although the facility was designed for testing nuclear hardware, only non-nuclear tests have been performed throughout its history. Some of the test programs that have been performed at the facility include high-energy experiments, rocket-fairing separation tests, Mars Lander system tests, and International Space Station hardware tests. The SPF is located at the NASA Glenn Research Center at the Plum Brook site. Spacecraft Propulsion Facility (B-2) NASA's Spacecraft Propulsion Facility (B-2) is the world's only facility capable of testing full-scale upper-stage launch vehicles and rocket engines under simulated high-altitude conditions. The engine or vehicle can be exposed for indefinite periods to low ambient pressures, low-background temperatures, and dynamic solar heating, simulating the environment the hardware will encounter during orbital or interplanetary travel.
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