NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 212, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Z -- FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES (FOMS) SOL RFP5-51132-106 POC Cheryl LeFebvre, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-9896, Fax (301)286-0247, Email Cheryl.A.LeFebvre.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Cynthia Tart, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-7663, Fax (301)286-0247, Email Cynthia.L.Tart.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFP5-51132-106. E-MAIL: Cheryl LeFebvre, Cheryl.A.LeFebvre.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to release DRAFT Request for Proposal (DRFP) RFP5-51132-106 on or about March 31, 1999, for the Facility Operations and Maintenance Services (FOMS) contract at GSFC located in Greenbelt, Maryland. This contract will include services for operations and maintenance of all GSFC facilities and collateral equipment and other related functions. The work shall include: planning and implementation of a comprehensive maintenance program covering electrical, mechanical, plumbing, utility services and responding to trouble calls. Critical to this process will be the ability to apply modern maintenance management techniques such as Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategies to determine the optimum mix of preventive, predictive, reactive and proactive maintenance practices. Another important responsibility of the Contractor will be the operation and maintenance of automated Management System (CMMS). Also included, are services to perform Plant Engineering and Planning and Construction Coordination and Quality Assurance (QA). These services are currently being performed under separate contracts. The Government anticipates phasing-in these requirements during the Base Year of the contract. Plant Engineering and Planning provides for the support of the GSFC physical plant and site utilities restoration, repair, rehabilitation, modification, and operation and maintenance programs. Construction Coordination and QA provides for basic work planning and scheduling services and oversight to construction activities. The successful offeror will provide supervision, personnel, labor, supplies, replacement parts and materials, tools, equipment, conmmunication devices, transportation and management strategies necessary to perform these services. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8744 and $20M, respectively. This acquistion is a Section 8(a) Program set-aside. Award of a cost-plus-award-fee, performance-based contract is anticipated. The anticipated period of performance will be for five years, including a two-year base period and one-three year option. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". he 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, or 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/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned 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 (ifany). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 03/12/99 (D-SN307899). (0071)

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