Place of performanceHouston, TX, 77058, United States
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NASA is soliciting offers for Hypoxia Chamber Services to investigate physiological and cognitive effects of mild hypobaric hypoxia for the Artemis Program. Offers must be submitted electronically by September 10, 2026, with technical acceptability and past performance weighted higher than price. [2]
Key points
Services include infrastructure, personnel, and operational support for hypoxia studies. [2]
Technical Acceptability and Past Performance are more important than Price. [2]
Watch items
Responses must be submitted via email by September 10, 2026. [2]
Quoters must submit a price quotation using Attachment C. [1]
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By November 30, the Contractor shall revise the report, or document its rationale for the agency. (f) (1) The Contractor shall require each first-tier subcontractor providing services under this contract, with subcontract(s) each valued at or above the thresholds set forth in (a)(2), to provide the following 4.1703 detailed information to the Contractor in sufficient time to submit the report: (i) Subcontract number (including subcontractor name and unique entity identifier); and (ii) The number of first-tier subcontractor direct-labor hours expended on the services performed during the previous Government fiscal year. (2) The Contractor shall advise the subcontractor that the information will be made available to the public as required by section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010. (End of clause) NFS Clauses Incorporated by Full Text 1852.237-73 Deviation - Release of Sensitive Information (a) As used in this clause, “sensitive information” refers to information, not currently in the public domain, that the contractor has developed at private expense, that may embody trade secrets or commercial or financial information, and that may be sensitive or privileged, the disclosure of which is likely to have either of the following effects: (1) to impair the Government’s ability to obtain this type of information in the future; or (2) to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained.
Government under any patent or be construed as affecting the scope of any license or other right otherwise granted to the Government. (End of clause) 52.204-14 - Service Contract Reporting Requirements. (a) Definition.
In addition to these structured measures, test operators and the attending medical officer will document all symptoms reported during the study, whether elicited during scheduled assessments or spontaneously communicated by participants.
Sep 2006 (End Of Section) Page 19 of 20 80JSC026Q00080003 Evaluation Factors for Award FAR Clauses Incorporated by Reference Number Title Effective Date 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options.
Quoters shall submit one price quotation for the execution of this requirement using the template attached to this RFQ labeled Attachment C – Pricing Sheet.
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This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards form this RFQ. This notice is being issued as a RFQ under solicitation number 80JSC026Q0008 for Hypoxia Chamber Sercices including the infrastructure, personnel, training, materials, foods, supplies, and operational support necessary to execute the objective. The objective is to investigate the physiological, cognitive, and clinical effects of mild hypobaric hypoxia to inform vehicle atmospheric conditions for NASA's Artemis Program. For full description please reference Attchamnet A - Hypoxia Chamber Services PWS. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2026-01 The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541714 and 1000 employees respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this acquisition. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated; full text of the clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at: FAR - https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far NFS - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/NFS.pdf Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, Septemeber 2023 which is incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, (NOV 2021). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors are in descending order of importance and shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Acceptability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than Price. Price is not the most important evaluation factor, but its degree of importance will increase commensurably with the degree of equality among different Quoter's Technical and Past Performance quotes. All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, (OCT 2025), or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at SAM.gov with its offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, (NOV 2023) All offerors shall reference the additional submission requirements in Attachment D - Additional Submission Criteria dated 07/15/2026. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf This posting, in addition to any attached documents, will be available on www.Sam.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Joshua Hlavenka at joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov not later than 1:00 PM CST on 07/29/2026. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email to joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov and katelyn.r.jaime@nasa.gov no later than 1:00 PM CST on 09/10/2026. The Government is not responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of documents submitted using electronic means, including the missing of any established deadlines. Failure to submit a complete electronic proposal by the due date and time specified for this RFQ shall result in the proposal being considered late, and shall be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(c)(2).
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Response deadline2026-08-24T18:00:00+00:002026-09-10T18:00:00+00:00Archive date2026-09-082026-09-25DescriptionThis notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards form this RFQ. This notice is being issued as a RFQ under solicitation number 80JSC026Q0008 for Hypoxia Chamber Sercices including the infrastructure, personnel, training, materials, foods, supplies, and operational support necessary to execute the objective. The objective is to investigate the physiological, cognitive, and clinical effects of mild hypobaric hypoxia to inform vehicle atmospheric conditions for NASA's Artemis Program. For full description please reference Attchamnet A - Hypoxia Chamber Services PWS. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2026-01 The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541714 and 1000 employees respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this acquisition. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated; full text of the clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at: FAR - https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far NFS - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/NFS.pdf Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, Septemeber 2023 which is incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, (NOV 2021). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors are in descending order of importance and shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Acceptability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than Price. Price is not the most important evaluation factor, but its degree of importance will increase commensurably with the degree of equality among different Quoter's Technical and Past Performance quotes. All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, (OCT 2025), or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at SAM.gov with its offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, (NOV 2023) All offerors shall reference the additional submission requirements in Attachment D - Additional Submission Criteria dated 07/15/2026. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf This posting, in addition to any attached documents, will be available on www.Sam.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Joshua Hlavenka at joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov not later than 1:00 PM CST on 07/29/2026. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email to joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov and katelyn.r.jaime@nasa.gov no later than 1:00 PM CST on 08/24/2026. The Government is not responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of documents submitted using electronic means, including the missing of any established deadlines. Failure to submit a complete electronic proposal by the due date and time specified for this RFQ shall result in the proposal being considered late, and shall be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(c)(2).This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards form this RFQ. This notice is being issued as a RFQ under solicitation number 80JSC026Q0008 for Hypoxia Chamber Sercices including the infrastructure, personnel, training, materials, foods, supplies, and operational support necessary to execute the objective. The objective is to investigate the physiological, cognitive, and clinical effects of mild hypobaric hypoxia to inform vehicle atmospheric conditions for NASA's Artemis Program. For full description please reference Attchamnet A - Hypoxia Chamber Services PWS. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2026-01 The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541714 and 1000 employees respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this acquisition. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated; full text of the clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at: FAR - https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far NFS - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/NFS.pdf Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, Septemeber 2023 which is incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, (NOV 2021). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors are in descending order of importance and shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Acceptability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than Price. Price is not the most important evaluation factor, but its degree of importance will increase commensurably with the degree of equality among different Quoter's Technical and Past Performance quotes. All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, (OCT 2025), or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at SAM.gov with its offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, (NOV 2023) All offerors shall reference the additional submission requirements in Attachment D - Additional Submission Criteria dated 07/15/2026. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf This posting, in addition to any attached documents, will be available on www.Sam.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Joshua Hlavenka at joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov not later than 1:00 PM CST on 07/29/2026. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email to joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov and katelyn.r.jaime@nasa.gov no later than 1:00 PM CST on 09/10/2026. The Government is not responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of documents submitted using electronic means, including the missing of any established deadlines. Failure to submit a complete electronic proposal by the due date and time specified for this RFQ shall result in the proposal being considered late, and shall be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(c)(2).Documents78
Aug 10, 2026 · 2 fields changed
DescriptionThis notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This notice is being issued as a RFQ under solicitation number 80JSC026Q0008 for Hypoxia Chamber Sercices including the infrastructure, personnel, training, materials, foods, supplies, and operational support necessary to execute the objective. The objective is to investigate the physiological, cognitive, and clinical effects of mild hypobaric hypoxia to inform vehicle atmospheric conditions for NASA's Artemis Program. For full description please reference Attchamnet A - Hypoxia Chamber Services PWS. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2026-01 The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541714 and 1000 employees respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this acquisition. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated; full text of the clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at: FAR - https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far NFS - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/NFS.pdf Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, Septemeber 2023 which is incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, (NOV 2021). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors are in descending order of importance and shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Acceptability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than Price. Price is not the most important evaluation factor, but its degree of importance will increase commensurably with the degree of equality among different Quoter's Technical and Past Performance quotes. All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, (OCT 2025), or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at SAM.gov with its offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, (NOV 2023) All offerors shall reference the additional submission requirements in Attachment D - Additional Submission Criteria dated 07/15/2026. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf This posting, in addition to any attached documents, will be available on www.Sam.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Joshua Hlavenka at joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov not later than 1:00 PM CST on 07/29/2026. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email to joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov and katelyn.r.jaime@nasa.gov no later than 1:00 PM CST on 08/24/2026. The Government is not responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of documents submitted using electronic means, including the missing of any established deadlines. Failure to submit a complete electronic proposal by the due date and time specified for this RFQ shall result in the proposal being considered late, and shall be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(c)(2).This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards form this RFQ. This notice is being issued as a RFQ under solicitation number 80JSC026Q0008 for Hypoxia Chamber Sercices including the infrastructure, personnel, training, materials, foods, supplies, and operational support necessary to execute the objective. The objective is to investigate the physiological, cognitive, and clinical effects of mild hypobaric hypoxia to inform vehicle atmospheric conditions for NASA's Artemis Program. For full description please reference Attchamnet A - Hypoxia Chamber Services PWS. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2026-01 The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541714 and 1000 employees respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this acquisition. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated; full text of the clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at: FAR - https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far NFS - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/NFS.pdf Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, Septemeber 2023 which is incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, (NOV 2021). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors are in descending order of importance and shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Acceptability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than Price. Price is not the most important evaluation factor, but its degree of importance will increase commensurably with the degree of equality among different Quoter's Technical and Past Performance quotes. All offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, (OCT 2025), or complete electronic annual representations and certifications at SAM.gov with its offer. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, (NOV 2023) All offerors shall reference the additional submission requirements in Attachment D - Additional Submission Criteria dated 07/15/2026. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf This posting, in addition to any attached documents, will be available on www.Sam.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Joshua Hlavenka at joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov not later than 1:00 PM CST on 07/29/2026. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email to joshua.r.hlavenka@nasa.gov and katelyn.r.jaime@nasa.gov no later than 1:00 PM CST on 08/24/2026. The Government is not responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of documents submitted using electronic means, including the missing of any established deadlines. Failure to submit a complete electronic proposal by the due date and time specified for this RFQ shall result in the proposal being considered late, and shall be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(c)(2).Documents67