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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 27,1999 PSA#2270

NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

V -- NASA COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SERVICES SOL DRFP-10-99-0021 DUE 022599 POC Thomas D. Tokmenko, Contracting Officer, Phone (407) 867-8340, Fax (407) 867-8341, Email Thomas.Tokmenko-1.ksc.nasa.gov -- Sharon L. White, Contracting Officer, Phone 407-867-7220, Fax 407-867-1155, Email Sharon.White-1@ksc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/KSC/date.html#DRFP-10-99-0021. E-MAIL: Thomas D. Tokmenko, Thomas.Tokmenko-1.ksc.nasa.gov. The NASA Kennedy Space Center is hereby soliciting information for potential sources for the contemplated NASA Commercial Launch Services acquisition. The NASA Kennedy Space Center intends to issue for industry comment a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for NASA Commercial Launch Services (NCLS) for expendable launch vehicle (ELV) launch services. The contemplated performance range of capability is between 1,500 kilograms and 20,500 kilograms (based on a hypothetical Low Earth Orbit (LEO), 28 degrees inclination mission model). A draft Statement of Work (SOW) is planned for release in March, 1999 and a draft RFP is planned for release in April, 1999. One-on-one meetings with potential offerors are encouraged to promote early exchanges of information through receipt of proposal. NASA KSC contemplates that the NCLS procurement will result in the award of multiple launch services covering a variety of NASA and NASA-sponsored payloads. Competition will be limited to domestic launch vehicle industry providers pursuant to Title II of the Commercial Space Act of 1998. Launch sites must be located within the United States. Successful offerors must have demonstrated successful launch experience within the proposed family of launch vehicles for this procurement. Launch services will include the design, development, and production of launch vehicle and mission unique hardware and software, program management, mission integration, launch operations and launch site support services. Special studies and analyses, a menu of non-standard services, and baseline vehicle documentation and contract data deliverables to support NASA insight and approval requirements will also be included. The contemplated procurement envisions a multiple year period of performance beginning at contract award tentatively scheduled for fourth quarter 1999. The SIC Code and Size Standard for this procurement are 3761 and 1000 employees, respectively. NASA intends to utilize, to the maximum practical extent, the streamlined procedures for procurement of commercial items pursuant to Title VIII of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994. The purpose of this notice is to provide potential offerors advance notification of the draft SOW and draft RFP, and to encourage potential offerors to submit expressions of interest to this office and to identify the availability of known and potential commercial items that may meet the Government's needs under this procurement. This procurement will seek to adopt the best commercial practices and customs while ensuring Agency mission needs are satisfied via safe and reliable access to space. Information about this procurement, as well as the draft SOW and RFP, will soon be available over the Internet at http://ksc.nasa.gov/procurement/ncls/. These documents will be in Microsoft Windows 95 Office Suite (Word version 6.0, Excel version 5.0, or PowerPoint version 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 UniformResource Locator (URL), of the NASA KSC Business Opportunities page is http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/procurement/procurement.html. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in the CBD and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these cites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Vendors having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references. The requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined in Internet "Note A". [INTERNET ONLY (commercial product definition)] This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 01/25/99 (D-SN291066). (0025)

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