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99 -- THERMAL REFLEECTOR SYSTEM SOL RFO5-08138rev-508 DUE 030797 POC Patrick D. Logan, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-0739, Fax (301)286-1667, Email Patrick.D.Logan.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-08138rev-508. E-MAIL: Patrick D. Logan, Patrick.D.Logan.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC is re-issuing Request for Offer (RFO) for a Thermal Reflector System. The previous solicitation RFO5-08138-508 has been cancelled. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center has revised the requirements. The requirement continues to be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. With the release of the solicitation, it is available at the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page (see address below), or by submission of a written request to Patrick D. Logan, by mail at the above address, by facsimile at (301) 286-1667, or by electronic mail at patrick.d.logan.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. Verification of receipt of requests rest solely on the requestor. The requirements is for a Thermal Reflector System (TRS) and a spare set of reflectors for the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Mechanical/Thermal System. The solicitation will require the design, fabrication, assembly, and full qualification testing of a complete TRS unit including reflectors, composite structure, radiators, and diffraction shields. The reflectors on the TRSinclude two primaries (1.4 x 1.6 m) and two secondaries (.55m diameter) aligned in a back to back off-axis Gregorian configuration. A composite structure is necessary to hold the distortions and mass while maintaining a minimum natural frequency of 50Hz. The MAP mission requires that the TRS passively radiate thermal loads. Therefore, a radiator area on the order of 5.3 sq. meters is necessary. Diffraction shields must be placed around each of the secondaries and along the structure to limit off-axis microwave inputs. In addition to the TRS, a spare set of reflectors, one primary and one secondary, will be required. Options for the spare set will include a composite structure (one-half of the TRS). This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Procurement Pilot Test Program, which is reserved for small businesses. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3827, with a size criteria of 500 employees. The contract will be firm fixed price, with a period of performance of nolonger than 15 months. The solicitation will be available in electronic form appearing on the GSFC Procurement Homepage at the following web address: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/procure.htm. Proposals will be due March 7, 1997, 4:00 p.m. EST. Interested parties may All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by NASA/GSFC. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerers, potential offerers, and contractors during pre-award and post-award phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of the interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them. The GSFC Ombudsman is A. V. Diaz at (301) 286-5066. The NASA Ombudsman is Thomas S. Luedtke, at (202) 358-2090. DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION. See Numbered Note 26. 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 home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. 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. (0052)

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