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18 -- SHUTTLE REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM (SRMS) SOL 9-BP6-09-6-03P DUE 051096 POC Contract Specialist: Rick Bennett, (713) 483-1872 Contracting Officer: Jim Gips, (713) 483-5998 NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a cost reimbursement contract for the acquisition of engineering and product support, and hardware and software necessary to provide the SRMS program with a continuing, dedicated level of program experience and necessary resources to asaure long-term Orbiter operations support by the RMS. The work to be performed shall include support tasks, and hardware development, production, maintenance, and repair. Support tasks shall include five functional groups: logistics management, sustaining engineering and product support, data base management, support to Kennedy Space Center, and support to Johnson Space Center. Hardware development,production, maintenance, and repair shall include necessary resources to design, develop, fabricate, assemble, integrate, test, and deliver hardware to ensure RMS viability through the life of the Shuttle program.-- NASA contemplates contracting with the Canadian Commercial Corporation/SPAR Aerospace Limited.-- Planned period of performance is from January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2001. See Numbered Note 22. Requests for copies of the RFP must be submitted to the contract specialist or the contracting officer. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offers and potential offerors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer, the Source Evaluation Board, or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the ajudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Susan H. Garman at 713-483-0490. Concerns, issues, and disagreements which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. RFP will be released on or about 45 days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFP. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. If there are any questions, the contracting specialist may be contacted via E-mail at rbennett@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (713) 483-1872 or the contracting officer may be contacted via E-mail at jgips@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (713) 483-5998. (0134)

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