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L -- TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES TO SUPPORT T-38 AND STAS SOL 9-BH4-12-9-01P POC Alice J. Pursell, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 244-9922, Fax (281) 244-9907, Email alice.j.pursell1@jsc.nasa.gov -- Nancy A. Robb, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 244-9923, Fax (281) 244-9907, Email nancy.s.robb1@jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/date.html#9-BH4-12-9-01P. E-MAIL: Alice J. Pursell, alice.j.pursell1@jsc.nasa.gov. NASA/JSC plans to issue a solicitation for technical representative services to support maintenance and operations of T-38 and Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) at Ellington Field. A full-time technical representative is required to provide liaison between NASA and Northrop Grumman Corporation to support daily maintenance and operations of aircraft and related ground support equipment. The contractor's technical representative shall be required to provide interpretation and refinement of aircraft maintenance and operations procedures; assistance in defining equipment, spares, test equipment and special fixture requirements; logistics assistance in obtaining parts from the factory and other suppliers; liaison with corporate personnel to ensure effective transfer of systems information and engineering data; acquisition of corporate engineering support as required for design, fabrication, and implementation of modifications; engineering analyses and studies to evaluate operational problems and proposed modifications to hardware and/or procedures. A three year contract (starting Sep. 1, 1999) consisting of a basic year and two 1-year options is anticipated. NASA/JSC intends to purchase the items from Northrop Grumman Corporation under authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The intended source is uniquely qualified to fulfill this requirement because it represents a merger of the firms that manufactured and designed the (Northrop) T-38 aircraft as well as modified NASA's (Grumman) Gulfstream (G2's) to the STA configuration. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Interested firms have 15 days from the publication of this synopsis to submit in writing to the identified point of contact, their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed effort on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the solicitation. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 01/14/99 (D-SN288092). (0014)

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