NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (HST) INSTRUMENT SERVICING (HIS) SOL RFP5-03126-358 POC Dorenda R. King, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-5882, Fax (301)286-1712, Email Dorenda.R.King.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Gifford Moak, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-8237, Fax (301)286-1712, Email Gifford.P.Moak.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Goddard Space Flight Center Procurement Home Page, http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/procure.htm. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Instrument Servicing (HIS). This proposed competitive procurement will support the HST Flight Systems and Servicing Project, Code 442, within the Flight Projects Directorate, Code 400. This effort has three primary purposes: 1) maximize the long-term HST return on science with the available funding, via the re-use of returned hardware and software; 2) re-use spare flight and non-flight hardware and software; and 3) share the recurring costs associated with the re-usage of hardware and software with various science instruments that are common to HST. This effort fully supports the maximization of science and technology available to HST, as it is a unique spacecraft which can be repeatedly serviced on orbit and whose science instruments can be returned for future use. Under this effort, the contractor shall assess the potential for refurbishment and re-use of returned hardware from various HST Servicing Missions. The contractor shall furnish all management, labor, facilities, tools and equipment necessary to accomplish the deliverable assessments of the reusability of the various science instruments common to HST. Additionally, the contractor shall provide long-term storage and maintenance, pre-delivery integration and testing, post-delivery support, training support, documentation, software, hardware, the study of refurbishment of the science instruments, and the commercialization possibilities common to all of the science instruments on the HST (i.e., ACS, STIS, NICMOS, COSTAR, GHRS, and future instruments). This effort will primarily call for assessment reports discussing the usefulness of returned hardware, and the development of software and hardware. This effort is a new requirement. The proposed contract type is Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee. Specifically, this will be an Indefinite Quantity contract, where the Contracting Officer will issue delivery orders on an as-needed basis. There will be metrics associated with eachdelivery order. The anticipated basic period of performance is six months post Servicing Mission 3 (2000); the Option I period of performance is six months post Servicing Mission 4 (2003); and the Option II period of performance is six months post Servicing Mission 5 (2006). Both options require the contractor to assess the reusability or refurbishment of the returned hardware from the servicing missions for HST. Options I and II may be exercised within 90 days before the basic and Option I contract periods expire, respectively. See Numbered Note 26. The anticipated release date of RFP5-03126-358 is on or about February 27, 1997 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about March 27, 1997. It should also be noted that a draft solicitation will be issued. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Note "B" The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in ASCII or RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is "http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/procure.htm" Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Hard copies may be obtained from the identified point of contact; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as the solicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the Internet. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm (0017)

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