NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 219, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- LABORATORY FOR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DRFP5-61932-266 POC Cindy Dean, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-5044, Fax (301)286-1739, Email Cynthia.Dean.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Martha E. Aldridge, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4815, Fax (301)286-1739, Email Martha.E.Aldridge.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#DRFP5-61932-266. E-MAIL: Cindy Dean, Cynthia.Dean.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to issue Request for Proposal (RFP)5-61932/266 for support to the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics. Draft RFP (DRFP)5-61932/266 was synopsized on Februray 23, 1998 and was issued on April 1, 1998 for industry comment. The RFP is being revised for final release. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 500 employees, respectively. This requirement will support the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics in the areas of (but not limited to): mission planning; requirements analysis; systems definition; evaluation of existing systems; development of new software; programming; algorithm development; and acquiring, processing, and analyzing scientific data. This effort will support satellite remote sensing, field and aircraft instruments to measure Earth, oceanic, biospheric and atmospheric processes. This procurement will also include scientific and engineering support for the design, development, and testing of remote sensors and sensor systems. This procurement is a follow-on effort to requirements currently being performed under five separate contracts. A five year basic contract is contemplated for this effort. The contract type will be cost-plus-incentive-fee (CPIF), indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ), with performance-based task orders. The Government may elect to award a single IDIQ contract or to award multiple IDIQ contracts for the same services to two or more sources under the solicitation. The provisions and clauses in the RFP are those in affect through FAC 97-04. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about June 22, 1998 with an anticipated proposal due date of August 6, 1998. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in RTF format and Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or 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/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site 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. (0160)

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