National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Glenn Research Center (GRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for “Vacuum Facility 3 Cold Wall & LN2 Supply Lines”.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) GRC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for Vacuum Facility 3 Coldwall & LN2 Supply Lines. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov. Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Interested firms having the required capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement described herein should submit a capability statement of no more than five (5) pages indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort.

NASA is purchasing a liquid nitrogen (LN2) thermal shroud, LN2 control valve and vacuum insulated supply and mechanically insulated vent piping for Vacuum Facility 3 (VF-3). Previous relevant experience is required.

Please see attached Statement of Work (SOW) for requirements.

The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.

All responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Contracting Officer Linda Nabors at linda.m.nabors@nasa.gov no later than May 25, 2023 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time. Please reference 80GRC023CA026 and “Vacuum Facility 3 Cold Wall & LN2 Supply Lines” in any response.

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only 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.

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