NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HARDWARE FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY SERVICES AT THE GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC). SOL 8-P-7-EH-75101 POC Sandra L. Presnell, Contract Specialist, Phone (205) 544-0318, Fax (205) 544-9081, Email sandy.presnell@msfc.nasa.gov -- Michael L. Sweigart, Contracting Officer, Phone (205) 544-0281, Fax (205) 544-9081, Email mike.sweigart@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-P-7-EH-75101. E-MAIL: Sandra L. Presnell, sandy.presnell@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a DRAFT Request for Proposal (RFP) for Research and Development Hardware Fabrication and Assembly Services. This performance based contract consists of performing fabrication processes used in manufacturing R&D space flight experiments, flight ground support equipment, space flight supporting hardware, ground test hardware, test fixtures (dynamic, thermal vacuum, and structural) and prototype/mockup hardware or end items made from metal, plastic, and wood materials along with the refurbishment of valves (cleaning and remachining) and similar facility items. Additionally, the contractor will also be required to provide test technician support. All services will be performed in government provided facilities on-site at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The period of performance will include a 1-year base period with four 1-year option periods. This procurement is an 8(a) set-aside national buy. The SIC Code is 3769. An Industry Briefing will be held on April 17, 1997, in Building 4200, Morris Auditorium from 8:00 a.m. -- 9:00 a.m. Following the briefing, a tour of representative MSFC facilites applicable to this procument will be conducted. Offerors who plan to attend this briefing should furnish in writing the names and titles of those persons to NASA/MSFC Security Office, Mail Code CN51, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812(Fax No. 205-544-5839) at least 2 days prior to the Briefing. Attendance shall be limited to no more than 3 persons from each Offeror's organization. Badging for attendees can be picked up in the lobby of MSFC Building 4200 prior to entering Morris Auditorium. In addition, an information copy of the request to CN51 must be provided to the Contract Specialist at Mail Code GP22-G. Offeror's are urged and expected to inspect representative sites where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves as to all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of performance of the contract, to the extent that such information is reasonably obtainable. Site inspection may be accomplished only in connection with this facility tour. The DRAFT RFP will be distributed either at the conclusion of the industry briefing or within a few days shortly thereafter. Comments on the DRAFT RFP are solicited and should be submitted in accordance with the instructions in the DRAFT RFP. Comments on the DRAFT RFP are due no later than 10 days after its release date. NASA will not respond back to individual comments, but will incorporate any significant changes into the Final RFP. It is anticipated that the Final RFP will be released in mid May 1997. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet when released. 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/MSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/class.html. 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 and must be requested in writing; 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. (0097)

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