Office of Protective Services Ladder/Tower Unit Vehicles

This solicitation, identified as RFQ 80NSSC26Q0010, is issued by the NASA Shared Services Center under FAR Part 12 for the procurement of two new, unused Ladder/Tower Unit vehicles for the Office of Protective Services, with one unit destined for the Stennis Space Center Fire Department in Mississippi and the other for the Ames Research Center Fire Department in California. The vehicles must be of current production manufacture, never titled, registered, leased, or used in emergency response prior to delivery, and must meet stringent technical specifications outlined in Attachment 1, including a tandem axle rear-mount design, a 300-500 gallon water tank, a 2000 GPM fire pump, an aerial ladder system, and specialized equipment for ventilation, salvage, rapid intervention, elevated utilities, and rope rescue operations. Interior specifications require seating for four, a medical cabinet, a thermal imaging camera holder/charger, and a tablet mount. All submissions must include completed and signed Standard Form 1449 and adhere strictly to the required templates for Technical Quote (Attachment 3), Past Performance (Attachment 4), and Pricing (Attachment 5), with the technical proposal limited to two pages and past performance limited to five references, each no more than two pages. Offers are due by June 26, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central Time, submitted electronically to Erin Brayson, and must include the solicitation number, FOB destination, proposed delivery schedule, discount and payment terms, warranty details, taxpayer identification number, and any special commercial terms. The NAICS code is 336120 with a size standard of 1,500 employees, and offerors must declare their size status. Delivery of both units is required no later than September 15, 2026, under FOB Destination terms. The contract will be awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis to the offeror deemed most advantageous to the government, evaluated through a pass/fail gate process: technical acceptability and past performance must both be rated acceptable or better for further consideration, after which price and other factors are weighed in a comparative analysis. Required clauses include restrictions on subcontractor sales, payment by electronic funds transfer, accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, security prohibitions, liquidated damages of 0.5% of the invoiced value per calendar day of delay, and mandatory representations regarding child labor, confidential agreements, and federal