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A -- EXTENSION OF HST SERVICING AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT (CHAMP) THROUGH THIRD SERVICING MISSION SOL RFP5-03163-356 POC Diane Scherer, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-0176, Fax (301)286-1712, Email Diane.B.Scherer.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Mike Talley, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-9378, Fax (301)286-1712, Email Michael.J.Talley.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Goddard Space Flight Center Procurement Home Page, http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/procure.htm. NASA/GSFC plans to issue Request for Proposal (RFP)5-03163-356 on a sole source basis to the Missiles and Space unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation for extension of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) operations and servicing contract (CHAMP). The CHAMP contract provides both HST operations support and support for the on-orbit HST servicing program. The contract currently extends through September 30, 1999, while the HST Third Servicing Mission (SM3) is scheduled for November of 1999. The planned contract extension will provide continued support through SM3 and the following period of Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV). This is projected to be about an eight-month extension based on the current SM3 launch date. As part of this extension the contract shall be more fully converted to a Performance Based Contract. Critical SM3 and related activities are already underway, including development, delivery and test of the Vision 2000 HST operations systems upgrade, fabrication and delivery of Orbital Replacement Unit (ORU) flight hardware required for SM3, and performance of SM3 mission planning, testing, and systems engineering activities. Lockheed Martin is uniquely qualified to complete this requirement in that no other contractor could assume responsibility for completion of SM3 deliveribles, SM3 integration and testing functions, and SM3 control center operations without both unacceptable duplication of costs and unacceptable technical risks to performance of the mission. However, additional HST servicing missions are planned for 2002 and possibly 2005, while HST operations shall continue until at least 2005. NASA/GSFC intends to compete a follow-on to the CHAMP contract to provide for these requirements, with a draft RFP expected to be released for industry comment in September of 1998. The statutory authority for Other Than Full and Open Competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. Any other firm desiring consideration is requested to fully identify its capability or submita proposal within fifteen (15) days of publication of this synopsis to the Goddard Space Flight Center office and individuals listed. See Numbered Notes 26 and 22. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0037)

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