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A -- FIBER-OPTIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SOL RFO4-96007(SNP) DUE 061496 POC Contact Point: Salomon Perea, Contracting Officer, (805) 258-3337, FAX (805) 258-2904 It is the Government's intent to solicit and negotiate under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2306(c)(1) with only one source, Rockwell International, Space System Division, 12214 Lakewood Blvd., Downey, CA to acquire development of a proprietary fiber-optic network interface component. Rockwell has developed andhas a patent pending on this component. NASA Dryden will contract to Rockwell to design and implement a low and high speed test network using the proprietary component to validate the ability to function in an high performance aircraft environment. This procurement will consist of a baseline contract to develop a flight worthy laboratory version and four options to 1) flight test the low speed network, 2) design the high speed network, 3) develop a flight worthy laboratory version of high speed network, and 4) flight test the high speed network. The period of performance is anticipated to be five months for the baseline contract, four months for option 1, four months for option 2, eighteen months for option 3, and four months for option 4. This Procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. Request for copies of the RFO maybe submitted in writing. Potential offeror's are responsible for down loading their own copy of the solicitation. Hard copies of the solicitation will be made available upon request, but the closing date will be the same as that required for the NAIS release. RFO expected release date is June 14, 1996. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the NAIS for solicitation release as the solicitation will be release as soon as practicable, whether prior or subsequent to the project date. Any concerns or issues relative to this procurement should be addressed to the Contracting Officer identified above. However, an ombudsman has also been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors and contractors if necessary. Interested parties may call the installation ombudsman, Kevin Petersen, at (805) 258-3103. Concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke, at (202) 358-2090. See Numbered Note 22. (0136)

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