NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

B -- FOR A BOOK-LENGTH MANUSCRIPT REGARDING JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM (SEE ATTACHED SOW). SOL 10-00601 DUE 103098 POC Barbara J. Scott, Simplified Acquisition Specialist, Phone (310) 286-6717, Fax (301) 286-0357, Email Barbara.J.Scott.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Lourdes F. Carson, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-4309, Fax 301) 286-0357, Email Lourdes.F.Carson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#10-00601. E-MAIL: Barbara J. Scott, Barbara.J.Scott.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters, intends to procure on a sole source basis to Dr. John M. Logsdon, 8484 Imperial Drive, Laurel, Maryland 20708, for the researching and writing of an historial work entitled, "John F. Kennedy and the American Space Program. The Statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) -- Only One Responsible Source. Dr. Logsdon is one of the senior scholars working in space history today. In addition to his professional positions, he is also an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics; a Board of Trustees member of the International Space University; Chair of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society; and Vice-President, Education, for the American Astronautical Society. Equally important, he has a firm understanding of the historical method and how to accomplish historical research and writing. Finally, Dr. Logsdon has written the seminal work on the development of space policy in the Kennedy administration, The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest (MIT Press, 1970). Statement of Work is located at: http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#10-00601. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Interested parties will submit their interest in writing within 15 days of this notice identifying qualifications and capabilities. Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered non-responsive and not considered. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice. See Note 22. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm Posted 10/08/98 (D-SN260283). (0281)

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