NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 217, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- MULTIDISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES DUE 030698 POC Lorrie Eakin, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-4241, Fax (301)286-1720, Email Lorrie.L.Eakin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Celeste Dalton, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-0420, Fax (301)286-0324, Email Celeste.M.Dalton.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#217-237-001. E-MAIL: Lorrie Eakin, Lorrie.L.Eakin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. THIS IS A MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY TO IDENTIFY 8(a) SOURCES WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES DESCRIBED BELOW. NASA/GSFC is hereby soliciting information from 8(a) firms for a potential new contract award for Multidisciplinary Engineering Development Support Services in support of NASA/GSFC's newly reorganized Applied Engineering Technologies Directorate (AETD) and the Systems Technology and Advanced Concepts (STAAC) Directorate. The resultant contract shall require the Contractor to provide on-site and off-site programmatic and technical support to the AETD and STAAC, pursuant to task assignments issued by the Contracting Officer. This support shall include the personnel, facilities, and materials (unless otherwise provided by the Government) to accomplish the tasks. The intent of the contract will be to obtain support services in the following areas: feasibility studies, system definition studies, systems engineering, execution phase flight hardware and software development (through on-orbit checkout), and research and technology support unique to system development. In addition, tasks may include providing incidental support to develop, fabricate, assemble, and unit test as well as system engineering, system integration and test, maintenance, modification, and configuration management of scientific and applications flight systems, including flight instruments, attached shuttle payloads, free-flying spacecraft, and technology and payload development. This procurement shall be an 8(a) set-aside, and the assigned SIC Code is 8711. No solicitation exists; therefore, do NOT request a copy of the solicitation. 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 cites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Interested 8(a) firms having the required, specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a Capability Statement of two (2) pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein. In addition, responses must include the following (not to be included in the page limit specified above): name and address of firm; size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact -- address and phone number). Technical questions should be directed to: Thomas Yi at e-mail address: tyyi@pop700.gsfc.nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Celeste Dalton at e-mail address: Celeste.M.Dalton.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined in Internet "Note A". Also, a commercial item is defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) at FAR 2.101. 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 information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. All responses shall be submitted to Celeste M. Dalton no later than 3:30 P.M. (EST), Friday, March 6, 1998. In responding, please reference Sources Sought Synopsis #217-237-001. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0044)

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