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A -- CODE 913, CLIMATE AND RADITION BRANCH SUPPORT SOL RFP5-12497-256 POC Cynthia A. Dean, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 614-5606, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email Cynthia.Dean.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Isabell Watts, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 614-5591, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email iwatts@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFP5-12497-256. E-MAIL: Cynthia A. Dean, Cynthia.Dean.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for support to Code 913, Climate and Radiation Branch. The Draft RFP will be issued to solicit industry's comments on all aspects of the solicitation, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, terms and conditions, evaluation approaches including any unnecessary or inefficient requirements. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 500 employees, respectively. 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. This requirement will support Code 913, Climate and Radiation Branch in the areas of modeling, simulations, and analysis of the Earth's climate and radiation involving aerosols, clouds precipitation, atmospheric and surface radiation, climate dynamics, and remote sensing of atmospheric and surface parameters. This procurement is a follow-on effort to requirements currently being performed under five separate contracts. A five year basic contract is contemplated for this effort. The anticipated release date of Draft RFP5-12497-256 is on or about April 21, 1999. Interested parties will be given two weeks to provide comments. Comments on the Draft RFP are not mandatory. The use of industry comments to structure the final RFP is at the discretion of the Government. Any subsequent RFP will be synopsized prior to its release. In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (OCT 1997), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the Draft RFP, or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the draft RFP and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsibile for downloading their own copy of the draft solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/notes.htm. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The draft 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, or 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/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). 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 03/29/99 (D-SN313655). (0088)

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