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

M -- AIRCRAFT SERVICES SOL RFP5-10053A DUE 121996 POC Donna E. Rafferty, Contract Specialist, 804-824-1419, donna.e.rafferty.1@gsfc.nasa.gov, James L. Mitchell, Contractin Officer, 804-824-1067, james.l.mitchell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. Aircraft Services on-site at GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). This is a notice of intent to issue a letter Request for Proposal on a noncompetitive basis in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) -- "Only One Responsible Source", to DynCorp Aerospace Operations, 6500 W. Freeway, Suite 600, Ft Worth TX 76116 for an eight month extension, February 1, 1997 through September 30, 1997, under contract NAS5-31046. As a result of a decision by NASA Headquarters to consolidate NASA Aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center (DRFC), services were not resolicited for a follow-on contract. NASA Headquarters has since revised its decision and has elected to continue operating aircraft at WFF through Fiscal Year (FY) 1997, September 30, 1997. An extension of services for eight months is required to complete flight operations for programs already scheduled and to effect a safe and timely transition of the aircraft in the event that NASA Headquarters elects to relocate the aircraft at the end of FY 1997. Without extension of the current contract, these services cannot be accomplished. An intensive training syllabus is required by WFF aircraft are extensively modified to accomplish non-standard specific mission requirements involving complex flight management systems not standard on other aircraft and science navigation instrumentation integrated in the flight control systems for precise and accurate navigation and data collection. Any firms desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their capabilities to provide these services within 15 days of publication of this synopsis, in writing, to the GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility and individual listed above. Collect calls are not accepted. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0339)

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