NASA Headquarters, Acquisition Division, Washington, DC 20546 Attn:HWC/Ron Brade

H -- INT'L SPACE STATION ALPHA (ISSA) IV&V ACTIVITY SOL D-13419 POC Ron Brade tel: (F)202/258-3080 The NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) has a requirement for the performance of independent verification and validation (IV&V) services on software associated with the ISSA. The IV&V activities will be performed on the U.S. segments for catastrophic, critical and high risk software systems including flight software, Shuttle software which interfaces to ISSA software when the Shuttle is docked with ISSA, and interfacing software of the International station segments which are associated w/catastrophic, critical, or high risk functions and/or operations. The primary locations where support will be provided through this activity are the NASA Software IV&V Facility in Fairmont, WV, and the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Support will also be required at ISSA contractor locations in Huntsville, AL, Canoga Park, CA, and Huntington Beach, CA. The following describes the front-end exclusion NASA will place on potential respondents: The contractor shall neither be responsible for providing software (includes firmware and COTS) covered by the SoW for the ISSA Program as either a prime or subcontractor, nor have contractual relationships with an ISSA prime of subcontractor such that those relationships could be used to influence the reports of the contractor. It is permitted that subcontractors have such responsibilities/relationships as long as the allocation of work within their contract is such that those responsibilities/relationships do not result in a conflict. The following describes the back-end exclusion NASA will place on the successful offeror: The contractor shall not be eligible to participate in any NASA contract for or in support of the ISSA that involves the provision of software covered by the SoW contained in this contract. Subcontractors shall be allowed to participate in such contracts only for software for which they do not and will not have IV&V responsibility. THE SERVICES DESCRIBED ABOVE WILL BE PROCURED BY NASA THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The SIC Code for this procurement is 7379, Computer Related Services (N.E.C.). The subcontracting goal established for this procurement is 30% (15% - SDB, 10% - SB and 5% - WO). The period of performance of the contract to support this requirement will be approximately 8 years (10/1/95 - 6/30/2003). The Government anticipates the issuance of a formal RFP on or about April 17, 1995 (draft documentation, if any, will be issued on or about March 17, 1995). Firms interested in responding to this requirement as either a prime or subcontractor should transmit a request, via facsimile, which includes the following: address, point of contact, telephone number, facsimile number, corporate size under assigned SIC Code, and corporate interest (prime or subcontractor). It is requested that all communications with the POC be made via facsimile only. (0059)

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