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A -- CHARACTERIZATION OF DUST EXPERIMENT SOL 9-BE13-09-9-Dust DUE 082297 POC Lisa Rea-Phillips, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-8395, Fax (281) 244-5337, Email lreaphil@ems.jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/date.html#9-BE13-09-9-Dust. E-MAIL: Lisa Rea-Phillips, lreaphil@ems.jsc.nasa.gov. In order that potential sources may offer their perspective on the Characterization of Dust Experiment, NASA is providing this opportunity to review a description of the experiment and submit comments. The experiment description is outlined in the attachment. If there are questions, call Doug Lee at (281)244-5751. Comments may be mailed to Mr. Lee at the following address: NASA Johnson Space Center/2101 NASA Rd. 1/Attn: EP4/Doug Lee/Houston, TX 77058 All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review. Any questions regarding this announcement should be directed to the identified point of contact. Comments shall be received no later than 8/22/97. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents 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/JSC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/class.html. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0211)

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