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R -- NEW SOURCES SOUGHT: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT -- 1 (CLASS-II FOLLOW-ON) DUE 010998 POC Carl L. Silski, Small Business Officer, Phone (216) 433-2786, Fax (216) 433-5489, Email Carl.L.Silski@lerc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/LeRC/date.html#CLS-MOC1. E-MAIL: Carl L. Silski, Carl.L.Silski@lerc.nasa.gov. The NASA Lewis Research Center is seeking qualified small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, which also includes those that are women-owned, and/or 8(a) firms capable of performing work in a follow-on procurement to an existing contract known as the Consolidated Logistics and Support Services (CLASS-2) Contract, NAS3-26360. The services which are currently provided under the CLASS-2 contract are: Administrative/Clerical Support, Instrument Services, Supply and Equipment Services, Transportation Services, Logistics Services, Editorial Services, Graphics Services, Photo/Print Services, and Library Services. In addition to the services outlined above, the NASA Lewis Research Center plans to consolidate into this follow-on procurement the Operation of the NASA Lewis Learning Center, NAS3-26127. The resulting contract will be known as the Management and Operations Contract-1 (MOC-1). As a result of our continuing consolidation efforts in a Performance-Based Contracting environment, a more refined definition of this new procurement requirement is to provide logistics services, imaging technology, scientific and technical information, administrative support and Center clerical services. Logistics services include equipment, freight traffic, metrology, supply management and transportation operation services. Imaging technology services include production administration support, scientific imaging, video production, multimedia, digital imaging, still imaging, photo-finishing, and audiovisual services. Scientific and technical information services include library, publishing and duplicating services. Administrative services include various areas such as information resources support; drawing file management, maintenance and reproduction; operation of the Learning Center; community and media relations editorial support; financial management support; resource analysis and management office support; legal assistant; and education channel development. Lewis anticipates this procurement may require a workforce of up to 350 employees and the successful contractor will need to obtain a line of credit or other financing in excess of $2,000,000. Please note that no solicitation exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the CBD, and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. In order to ascertain the method of procurement for the services outlined above, qualified small businesses, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses, and/or 8(a) firms are invited to submit a "capability statement" to the NASA Lewis Research Center. Information to be provided must include, but is not limited to, name and address of firm; size of business; average annual revenue for the past 3 years; number of employees, ownership, and whether they are small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), and/or woman-owned; number of years in business; affiliate information such as parent company or teaming partners; potential services to be subcontracted, if any; and list of customers covering the past 5 years (highlighting relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement, and points of contact/addresses/and phone numbers). Detailing all relevant technical qualifications, interested firms should also include in their capability statements demonstrative information relative to past performance and experience in managing a large workforce and performing work similar to the technical requirements of this procurement. Interested firms should also demonstrate their ability to finance a large service contract, particularly as this applies to the required financing cited above. Capability statements should be no longer than 25 pages in length. The proposed Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this follow-on procurement is 8744 with a size standard of $20 million. Interested firms should submit their capability statements to Carl L. Silski, 21000 Brookpark Road, Mail Stop 500-313, Cleveland, Ohio 44135. [Telephone 216-433-2786] Capability Statements should be submitted no later than January 9, 1998. Capability Statements received after this date may not be considered. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Please note that the NASA Lewis Research Center has not yet made a decision as to whether this procurement will be set aside and that it reserves the right to determine the appropriate method of procuring the above services based upon its analysis and evaluation of the capability statements. (0330)

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