NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.4, Greenbelt, MD 20771

99 -- TRANSPONDER FOR THE MICROVAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (MAP) SPACECRAFT SOL RFO5-08151-506 DUE 051297 POC Joan W. Tomasello, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-6535, Fax (301)286-0341, Email joan.w.tomasello.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Thomas Russell, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-2885, Fax (301)286-1698, Email Thomas.S.Russell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-08151-506. E-MAIL: Joan W. Tomasello, joan.w.tomasello.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) intends to issue Request for Offer (RFO)5-08151/506, on a competitive basis, for the design, fabrication, and testing of one (1) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network (STDN) transponder (including a Band Reject Filter/Diplexer) and one(1) additional Band Reject Filter/Diplexer, in support of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) spacecraft. There will also be a provision for Options for two (2) additional Transponders. The MAP transponder must be delivered before July 1998 in order to meet current integration, test and launch schedules. This procurement is being conducted on a full and open basis under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3663 with a size standard of 750 employees. The contract will be firm fixed price. The anticipated release date of the solicitation is April 11, 1997, with anticipated contract award on/before August 1, 1997. Verification ofreceipt of requests rests solely on the requester. Proposals will be due 30 days after the release date of the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by NASA/GSFC. The Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in part due to the requirement for an extensive testing program on each of the procured units which includes but is not limited to EMI/EMC, random vibration, thermal vacuum, and vibration tests. The procurement also requires approval of printed wiring board coupons and provides for GSFC insight into the program as well as approval of the test procedures. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerers, potential offerers, and contractors during the 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 Note 26 and Note B) All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. 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 identifiedpoint 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. (0101)

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