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43 -- DESIGN, FURNISH AND INSTALL A REPLACEMENT COOLING WATER PUMP DRIVE SYSTEM SERVING ARC-HEATED SCRAMJET TEST FACILITY SOL 1-144-GGL.1306 DUE 092198 POC Sang Lee, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-9570, Fax (757) 864-8863, Email S.H.LEE@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-144-GGL.1306. E-MAIL: Sang Lee, S.H.LEE@larc.nasa.gov. NASA Langley Research Center plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) to Design, Furnish and Install a Replacement Cooling Water Pump Drive System Serving Arc-Heated Scramjet Test Facility. The Contractor shall perform the 1500 horsepower adjustable speed drive system replacement as a "Turnkey" project, providing all materials, labor, and resources to manage, engineer, design, procure, fabricate, inspect, test, deliver, install, commission, and document the complete new drive system. The work shall include the following: (a) Project management including management plans, schedules, submittals, progress meetings, and progress reports; (b) Engineering and design including studies, calculations, analyses, drawings, specifications, and test plans; (c) Equipment procurement including but not limited to the motor, coupling, converter, input isolation transformer, converter building, remote operator station, primary power cable system, and motor power cable system; (d) Site construction including demolition of existing drive system equipment, site preparation, integration of existing equipment, and installation of new drive system equipment; and (e) Drive system commissioning including component and subsystem testing, integrated operational tests, and load tests. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 3561 and 500 employees, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-05. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about 8/21/98 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about 9/21/98. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL of the NASA/LaRC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/class.html Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site and/or the CBD 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). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/num-note.html and http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 08/11/98 (D-SN235721). (0223)

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