JPL, Attn: Thomas May, Mail Stop 190-205, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109-8099

A -- INTEGRATED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM (IPDT) SOL 97/6 DUE 051997 POC Gerald T. O'Connell WEB: Project Design Center, http://pdc.jpl.nasa.gov. E-MAIL: Integrated Product Development Team (IPDT), ipdtresp@pop.jpl.nasa.gov. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology (JPL/Caltech), operating under a prime contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is considering forming an Integrated Product Development Team (IPDT) for the purpose of collaboration on the production of advanced design methodologies, tools, and simulation models that can be applicable to aerospace systems and used in a Project Design Center (PDC). The purpose of this notice is to invite interested parties to prepare and submit a one (1) page Letter of Interest which:(1)identifies the company;(2)describes the company's area of potential contribution to the above-cited IPDT effort; and (3) outlines demonstrated capabilities relative to the above-cited technical areas. For additional information regarding the PDC concept, please refer to the PDC Home Page at: http://pdc.jpl.nasa.gov. Responses to this CBD annoucement should be submitted to JPL at the Email address of: ipdtresp@pop.jpl.nasa.gov. In the event that you are unable to Email your response (JPL's preferred approach) you may mail your information to: JPL, Attn: Gerald T. O'Connell, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Mail Stop 190-220, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 no later than May 19, 1997. A subsequent solicitation letter, requesting participation in such an IPDT is anticipated. The exact date of issuance is not presently known; however, those parties responding to this CBD annoucement (expressing an interest in this area) will be sent a copy of any such solicitation. (0114)

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