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

L -- BLACK BRANT LAUNCH SERVICES FROM NORWAY SOL RFO-10182-604 DUE 051697 POC Richard Swanson, Contracting Officer, Phone (757)824-1426, Fax (757)824-1974, Email Richard.M.Swanson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Richard Swanson, Contracting Officer, Phone (757)824-1426, Fax (757)824-1974, Email Richard.M.Swanson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO-10182-604. E-MAIL: Richard Swanson, Richard.M.Swanson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for launch services necessary to launch two Black Brant IX sounding rockets from Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway, and a Terrier Orion and a Black Brant XII sounding rocket from the Andoya Rocket Range during the winter of 1997. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. NASA/GSFC intends to purchase these services on a sole-source basis from the Norwegain Space Centre (NSC) of Oslo, Norway. The scientific requirements of these launches can only be fulfilled utilizing a launch site in the northern hemisphere where dayside aurora can be observed near winter solstice and where the ground based scientific instruments are placed directly below the apogee point during the flight. Only the Svalbard and Andoya sites meet these requirements, and only NSC has been authorized by the Norwegian Government to provide the required services at these sites. See Numbered Note 26. Interested firms have 15 days from publication on the NAIS (or Commerce Business Daily (CBD) if over $500K) to submit their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after 15 days without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0077)

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