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66 -- AIRBORNE DOPPLER RADAR FOR WEATHER, WIND SHEAR, AND AIR-TO-AIR TRAFFIC DETECTION SOL 1-046-IA.0901 DUE 120297 POC Beverly Thomas-Burse, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-2533, Fax (757) 864-9774, Email B.R.THOMAS-BURSE@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-046-IA.0901. E-MAIL: Beverly Thomas-Burse, B.R.THOMAS-BURSE@larc.nasa.gov. NASA/LaRC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for an airborne doppler radar for weather, wind shear, and air-to-air traffic detection. The radar will be used to test and demonstrate cockpit technologies necessary for building next generation commercial supersonic transport. The minimum system shall consist of one transmitter/receiver/processing unit, one display unit and two control units. The system shall be based upon an FAA certified weather radar with predictive wind shear and conform to ARINC 708 standards for weather and wind shear radars. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merits, price, and past performance; other critical requirements (i.e., delivery) if so stated in the solicitation will also be considered. Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation, for selection purposes, technical, price, and past performance are essentially equal in importance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer. (SEE FAR 52.212-1(b) The SIC Code and Size Standard are 3812 and 750, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-A7. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-01. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about 11/17/97 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about 12/02/97. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) 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/LaRC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/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 and/or the CBD 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 notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0303)

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