NASA Headquarters, Acquisition Division, Washington, DC 20546 Attn:HWG/Diane Harris

A -- COORDINATION AND FACILITATION OF EXTERNAL REVIEW OF NASA MTPE SOL W-10-81995 POC Diane Harris tel: 202/358-0410/Lisa Ostendorf (202) 358-0718 NASA Headquarters intends to award a purchase order to Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) to conduct the first external evaluation of over 55 Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) education products, which have been developed across the NASA Centers. The review includes the following activities: developing a model MTPE education product evaluation process; provide overall organization and coordination necessary to conduct an external evaluation by up to eighteen evaluators; identify, contact, and confirm evaluation teams, comprised of specific expertise from across the nation and convene telecons to carry out team evaluations; provide background and history on product development and purpose to team members to allow for informed evaluation; assemble all MTPE materials to be evaluated and group in categories of similar purpose/content to allow for comparison during team ranking; train team members on the proper use of the materials; compile results and prepare a summary report, including team rankings of groups of products, for NASA. The individual must also have a comprehensive knowledge of all of the products developed at each of the NAS MTPE Centers which have been chosen for review. The facilitator must understand the content and purpose beyond the inventory knowledge in order to group the products in similar categories to ensure a useful ranking of the products against user need. Properly train the team members on how to use the various products, the facilitator must be familiar with the products at that level of detail. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within twenty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the descretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. (0241)

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