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M -- MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT OF NSLR AND VLBI SYSTEMS WORLD-WIDE POC Martha E. Aldridge, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4815, Fax (301)614-5619, Email Martha.E.Aldridge.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Dawn M. Fountain, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-3815, Fax (301) 286-1616, Email Dawn.M.Fountain.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#000-00000. E-MAIL: Martha E. Aldridge, Martha.E.Aldridge.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. 17. GSFC is seeking sources to provide maintenance, operations and engineering services for the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) systems. The Government's requirements include the management, operation, engineering, maintenance, and support of a set of government furnished SLR and VLBI systems located in the United States and in other countries, in order to provide data to be analyzed by scientific groups around the world. This is a full and open competition. Small businesses and small disadvantaged businesses are welcome to compete on that basis. All interested parties are encouraged to consider what teaming arrangements they can put together to support all of the government's requirements under this competition. Award of a cost plus incentive fee, performance based, mission contract is anticipated. The period of performances for VLBI requirements under this contract will be 5 years. The period of performance for NSLR requirements under this contract willbe 3 years, with 2, one-year options to extend NSLR performance. The current contract for these services is NAS5-32340. The current contractor is Allied Signal Technical Services Corporation of Columbia MD. A draft Request for Proposal RFP5-61742/261 is available at http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. Respondents to this sources sought synopsis are requested to submit a brief (no more than 5 pages) capability statement which include the following: 1) written confirmation that respondent has reviewed the Statement of Work (SOW) of the draft rfp at the above referenced web site. 2) a general description of relevant capabilities that the company offers 3) at least one customer reference from similar work that the company has successfully completed. The reference must include a current customer contact, phone number, address, contract number and description of the work done. Please fax or e-mail your submission to Ms. Aldridge at the fax number or e-mail address provided below. The draft solicitation is for Information or Planning Purposes only! In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Solicitation for (APR 1984), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the draft RFP, or otherwise pay for the information solicited here-in. 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) formats and will reside on a WorldWide 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). Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). The anticipated release date of the formal RFP is 9-1-98. Proposals will be due no earlier than 30 days after RFP release. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Numbered Notes 26 Posted 08/25/98 (D-SN241322). (0237)

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