NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 218, Wallops Island, VA 23337

M -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC BALLOON FACILITY AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE BALLOON PROGRAM SOL RFP5-10257/615 DUE 101596 POC Donna E. Rafferty, Contract Specialist, 804-824-1419, donna.e.rafferty.1@gsfc.nasa.gov, Richard M. Swanson, Contracting Officer, 804-824-1426, richard.m.swanson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), is seeking qualified sources capable of performing the operation and maintenance of the National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF) and engineering services to support the NASA Balloon Program. It is anticipated that performance will be for five years, commencing on October 1, 1997. NSBF is a Government-owned facility located in Palestine, Texas, with a permanent balloon staging facility at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The Contractor will be required to provide facility operation and maintenance for the NSBF, operational balloon flight support including launching, tracking, and recovery of scientific balloons and payloads, and engineering services for operational support, quality control, and balloon research and development, located at the NSBF, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA, and at the Contractor's facility. WFF anticipates the negotiation of a ''performance based'' contract for these services. All interested sources are encouraged to submit information that supports their ability to perform and successfully complete the required services to NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Attn: Donna E. Rafferty, Code 218, Wallops Island, VA 23337, telephone 757-824-1419, fax 757-824-1974, E-Mail address: Donna.E.Rafferty.1@gfsc.nasa.gov, within 10 days from the date of this publication. This sources sought synopsis is provided to assure inclusion of interested firms on the eventual solicitation source list and should not be seen as a formal solicitation document from which a contract will be awarded. A formal synopsis of this procurement will be published electronically and in the Commerce Business Daily, pursuant to FAR 5.2. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet - these documents will reside on the World-wide Web (WWW) server which may be accessed using client browsers, such as MOSAIC or NETSCAPE. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for solicitation release. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation. Electronic versions of the documents will be provided on the World Wide Web at http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/procure.htm, and by anonymous ftp to genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/public/web/solicita. (0278)

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