NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 212, Greenbelt, MD 20771

R -- SOLE-SOURCE TIME EXTENSION FOR SUPPORT SERVICES AT GSFC, WFF AND HQ DUE 061198 POC Jennifer O'Connell, Contract Administrator, Phone (301) 286-5254, Fax (301) 286-0247, Email Jennifer.A.OConnell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Cynthia Tart, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-7663, Fax (301)286-0247, Email Cynthia.L.Tart.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#32459. E-MAIL: Jennifer O'Connell, Jennifer.A.OConnell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (hereinafter referred to as GSFC) proposes a sole-source extension to the current contract NAS5-32459 with Jorge Scientific Corporation who currently provides support services for GSFC in Maryland, Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia, and NASA Headquarters (HQ) in Washington D.C. The contract with Jorge Scientific Corporation started on March 1, 1993, and is going to expire on July 31, 1998. Work is underway to compete this requirement as an 8(a) set-aside and the selection of a successor contractor is expected in the near future. While award may be made prior to expiration of the current contract, services must continue to be provided should award be made after July 31, 1998. Therefore, a provision to extend the contract for 6 one-month option periods from August 1, 1998 -- January 31, 1999 is being made. Jorge Scientific Corporation is the only source capable of providing these services because GSFC, WFF and HQ cannot experience a lapse in the following services: 1. Arrange and conduct conferences, peer reviews, working group meetings, symposia and workshops. 2. Operate and maintain state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment in conference facilities and auditoriums. 3. Assist in the production and publication of scientific and technical documents. 4. Provide administrative support to operate the Service Desk, Auditoriums, Conference and Reprographics Facilities. Since Jorge Scientific Corporation is intimately familiar with this requirement at NASA's GSFC, WFF and HQ, no other contractor could perform these requirements without prior extensive on-the-job training. The statutory authority for this sole-source action is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. However, companies that believe that they can provide these services for this extension period without any detrimental impact to GSFC, WFF and HQ should fully identify their interest and capabilities within 15 days from publication on the NAIS or Commerce Business Daily. These capability statements will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this contract extension on a competitive basis. Responses received after 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. (0147)

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