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18 -- RAPID SPACECRAFT ACQUISITION SOL DRFP-RSA1 DUE 052797 POC Jeffrey Lamke, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-7586, Fax (301)286-0237, Email Jeffrey.C.Lamke.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Sharon M. Collignon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-0421, Fax (301)286-0324, Email Sharon.M.Collignon.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#DRFP-RSA1. E-MAIL: Jeffrey Lamke, Jeffrey.C.Lamke.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition. NASA/GSFC intends to award multiple Fixed-Priced/Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts for satellite core systems and all necessary design, development, fabrication, intergration, test, launch support, and on-orbit check-out and operations support to meet the Government's space science, earth science, and technology needs. We anticipate release of the DRFP on about May 16, with an anticipated due date for industry comments on or about May 27, 1997. We anticipate release of the final RFP on or about June 16, 1997 with proposals due fourty-five (45) days later. The DRFP and the final RFP will be posted to the World Wide Web (WWW) on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) homepage, and on the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition homepage. The WWW address, or URL for NAIS and the rapid spacecraft Acquisition homepages are (http://procurement.nasa.gov and http://genesis.nasa.gsfc.gov) respectively. This announcement is intended to satisfy the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.201 and 5.203 for the final solicitation and no further CBD announcements are anticipated. 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. See Numbered Note 26. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0139)

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