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

A -- REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH SOL 8-W-7-PP-2980 DUE 011797 POC Mark R. Stiles/GP54, 205-544-0381/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) via NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) for Reusable Launch Vehicle Development Research. Research will focus primarily on the analysis of regulatory, legislative, policy and technical options which will enhance the success of a commercial reusable launch vehicle venture. Research will also include development and analysis of options for meeting the ground and flight operations and safety requirements of experimental reusable launch vehicles. In addition, research effort will include analysis of potential military uses for reusable launch vehicle technologies -- Complete specifications will be included in the RFO -- Copies of the RFO will be available by downloading from the Internet -- This procurement is being conducted under the NASA/MSFC MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993 -- Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-4103 or by Internet e-mail to Mark.R.Stiles@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO -- This procurement is a total small business set- aside -- All responsible business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency -- The proposed contract will contain a 1 - year base period and 4 one-year options as detailed in the RFO -- An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition -- The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer 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 offers, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes -- Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Susan M. Smith at 205-544-0012 -- Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Thomas S. Luedtke at 202- 358-2090 -- Before consulting with any ombudsman, interested parties must try to resolve their concerns with the contract specialist or the contracting officer -- DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION -- The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet -- These documents will be in ASCII format and 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''. (0324)

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