NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

A -- FABRICATION OF A 1 METER APERTURE, GREGORIAN, SOLAR TELESCOPE SOL 8-1-5-ES-81636 POC Contact Janice Burrough, GP24-D, 205-544-0317/Contract Specialist, or Elaine Hamner, GP24-A, 205-544-0308/ Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for fabrication of a 1m aperture Solar Telescope of Gregorian Design based on detailed designs and analyses developed by the Vavilov Optical Institute of St. Petersburg, Russia. The telescope must be suitable for space flight, and the thermal performance of the structure must be compatible with previously designed and manufactured light-weight silicon carbide optics. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source. The proposed effort is to be added to an existing contract with Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories of Palo Alto, California. The design of the telescope and fabrication of the silicon carbide optics resulted from a Lockheed proposal to a NASA Research Announcement. Must demonstrate an understanding and familiarity with the problems experienced in designing a large aperture (1m diameter or greater), diffraction limited, solar optical telescope for flight in space and in their solutions. Must demonstrate experience and understanding in dealing with Russian quasi-Governmental entities, as well as the U.S. Bureau of Customs and other regulatory agencies, and must be capable of interpreting and understanding Russian documents and designs. Requests for copies of the RFP must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-4400 or by Internet e-mail to janice.burrough@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mentioned above, along with a request for a copy of the solicitation -- Such qualifications/ capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- A determination by the Government notto compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government-- RFP will be released on or about 15 days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFP -- The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet -- These documents reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC -- The WWW address, or URL, of the MSFC Procurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc.nasa. gov''. (0293)

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