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A -- HUMAN HEALTH & PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY (HH&PT) SOL 9-BH23-40-7-01P DUE 080797 POC Sandra Rybarczyk, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-4952, Fax (281) 483-6041, Email srybarcz@ems.jsc.nasa.gov -- Nancy L. Kennamer, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-8522, Fax (281) 483-6041, Email nkennam@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/date.html#9-BH23-40-7-01P. E-MAIL: Sandra Rybarczyk, srybarcz@ems.jsc.nasa.gov. The NASA Johnson Space Center will solicit proposals through a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) to develop advanced technologies for human health care, life sciences research, life support and human factors to support long duration space missions. Proposals will be solicited for the design and development of instrumentation in the following categories: 7 Medical Care Systems 7 Hypogravity Deconditioning Countermeasures 7 Radiation Monitoring, Shielding, and Countermeasures 7 Biological & Physiological Sensor System 7 Flight "Test and Analysis" Equipment 7 Life Support Systems, Environmental Monitoring and Control 7 Biological Sample Processing and Storage Systems 7 Teleoperated and Autonomous Medical Systems 7 Communications, Information Processing and Display Systems 7 Human Factors and Habitat Equipment The Human Health & Performance Technology (HH&PT) CAN is designed to identify and define innovative technology concepts, and develop these concepts into prototype systems and demonstrations. Its goal is to provide a method for developing and incorporating new technologies into International Space Station facilities and exploration system designs. Although the eventual application of technologies resulting from this CAN is intended for long duration Earth-orbit and exploration-class missions, the solicitation will request proposals for products that can be validated at ground facilities, zero-g aircraft, drop towers, space Shuttle flights, the International Space Station (ISS), solar system and planetary probes. Initial awards will cover one year of technology development, and will provide clearly defined products in that period. Proposals for two year projects will define development activities and deliverables for both years in the initial proposal. Participation is open to both commercial and non-commercial organizations. Commercial organizations include both large and small businesses. Non-commercial organizations include 7 Academia, not-for-profit, and non-profit organizations 7 Government agencies including NASA Since it is the Government s intent to promote the commercialization of space, all proposals from commercial organizations will require cost sharing. Commercial proposers are required to contribute at least 50% of the total resources required to accomplish the project defined in the Cooperative Agreement. Proposal evaluation will include determination of the technical value of each proposal in terms of relevance to current NASA programmatic needs, feasibility of implementing the technology; including need for the technology, cost, cost sharing, innovation, payload size and weight, modularity, level of automation, and safety, all within the framework of available funding. The anticipated release date of CAN 9-BH23-40-7-01P is on or about July 6, 1997 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about August 7, 1997. Any responsible source may submit a proposal, all proposals submitted by responsible sources shall be considered. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B" (Note B can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm.) 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, for the documents located on the NASA/JSC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/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). Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. See Note 26. (0141)

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