Lower Wing / Elevon Heater Carriages

The contract solicitation seeks small business vendors to fabricate test hardware components for the Lower Wing and Elevon Heater Carriages under a firm-fixed-price arrangement, with performance required at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The award is set aside exclusively for total small businesses under NAICS code 333998, and all offerors must be registered in SAM.gov with a valid UEI and CAGE code. The solicitation mandates delivery of fabricated parts—including linear rails, brackets, weldments, and assemblies—within 12 weeks of contract award, with early delivery preferred. The contractor must adhere to NASA-provided design drawings, submit a manufacturing process plan and quality plan to ensure dimensional compliance, and comply with export control regulations including ITAR and EAR. Access to controlled technical data is restricted to personnel capable of receiving encrypted emails and handling Controlled Unclassified Information, with all individuals subject to personal identity verification per HSPD-12 standards. Contract administration is managed by the NASA Shared Services Center in Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, with payment terms of NET 30 and delivery governed by F.O.B. Destination. Proposals must be submitted via email to Tracy Bremer by July 28, 2026, and must include contact information, UEI/CAGE code, delivery timeline, and technical documentation. The evaluation will be based on a best value trade-off considering price, fabrication duration, past performance with three verifiable references, and technical acceptability, not on a lowest price technically acceptable basis. All items are subject to duty-free entry provisions, require specific government markings including “UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,” gross weight, and estimated value, and are exempt from military packaging standards. The contract includes clauses addressing government property, accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, unauthorized obligations, and a NASA-specific code of conduct, with deviations applied to several clauses. No contract value is disclosed, as pricing is to be submitted competitively by vendors, and the award will not include contract options or extensions.