NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

A -- HIGH RISK, HIGH PAYOFF ACTIVELY COOLED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE AEROSPIKE NOZZLE RAMP SOL 8-1-9-EH-C2599 DUE 051999 POC Glynda H. Meeks, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-0422, Fax (256) 544-4400, Email glynda.meeks@msfc.nasa.gov -- Valerie N. Holmes, Contracting Officer, Phone (256)544-0314, Fax (256)544-4400, Email valerie.holmes@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-9-EH-C2599. E-MAIL: Glynda H. Meeks, glynda.meeks@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a competitive Request for Offer (RFO) for an Enabling Technology Demonstration (ETD) effort to mature innovative Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) actively cooled structural design concepts that offer significant weight, cost, performance, reliability, and inspection advantages over baseline Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) aerospike cooled composite nozzle ramps. Less than or equal to 2.0 lb./ft2 areal density goal has been set for these designs. The effort to accomplish this objective consists of tasks to select material architecture/concepts; complete preliminary design concept analysis and selection as well as the identification of critical enabling technologies. A subsequent ETD test series is considered essential to focus initial development activities on resolving those key technologies lacking maturity and are critical to the successful development of the selected concept. These tests will support subsequent design, fabrication, and test of a Manufacturing Technology Demonstrator (MTD) scale-up test article, approximately 10 inches by 36 inches. The overall effort will culminate with a Large-Scale Test Article (LSTA) design for potential incorporation into the baseline RLV nozzle design and development program. A cost type contract is antiticpated with a base period of performance of l-year with two, 1-year options. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-10. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about April 19, 1999 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about May 19, 1999. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite(Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, 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/MSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site and/or the CBD 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/nasanote.html. Posted 03/19/99 (D-SN310671). (0078)

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