Jet Propellant Thermally Stable (JPTS) Jet Fuel

Amendment 001: The purpose of this amendment is to extend the response time. All comments, questions, and responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Jenni Schnarr at jennifer.schnarr@nasa.gov , no later than 2:00pm Pacific Standard Time (PST), January 16, 2025. Please reference 80AFRC26SS0001 in any response.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for production of Jet Propellant Thermally Stable (JPTS) jet fuel in support of NASA’s ER-2 Airborne Science Program (ASP) aircraft.

The fuel shall be in compliance with the attached draft Military Detail Specification (MIL-DTL)-25524H(USAF) dated 08 October 25. For this RFI, assume the Air Force Petroleum Office (AFPET) shall perform qualification and conformance inspections per paragraph 4 of the draft specification for NASA and that the Government will provide Jet Fuel Additive No. 5 (JFA-5). In addition to the production of the fuel, AFRC is seeking storage options.

The annual production amount is estimated to be 125,000-gallons and duration of production ten years. FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES ONLY, please include an estimated cost (Rough Order Magnitude only) for this work.

NASA 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) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for JPTS fuel production requirement.

As such, capability statements must include anticipated subcontracting goals for the following categories: Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Businesses to include 8(a) firms, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) to include Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB).

The Government reserves the right to set aside this requirement for any of the socioeconomic categories based on the 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. There is no page limit, but please keep your responses concise and focused only on the requested information for this Sources Sought. Please advise if the requirement is considered a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial product and commercial service is defined in FAR 2.101, Definitions.

All comments, questions, and responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Jenni Schnarr at jennifer.schnarr@nasa.gov , no later than 2:00pm Pacific Standard Time (PST), January 16, 2025. Please reference 80AFRC26SS0001 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.