NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 216, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- CIRS TECHNICAL, ENGINEERING, AND RESEARCH SUPPORT SOL RFO5-09773-206 POC Mary Stevens, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-6993, Fax (301)286-1773, Email Mary.V.Stevens.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Leigh Anne C. Giraldi, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-7464, Fax (301)286-0247, Email Leigh.Anne.C.Giraldi.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-09773-206. E-MAIL: Mary Stevens, Mary.V.Stevens.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for continued technical, engineering, and research support of the Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) instrument. The CIRS instrument is onboard the Cassini spacecraft which is currently in the early cruise phase of the mission. This effort includes science planning, mission operations, instrument operations, and data reduction and analysis activities. More specifically, the Contractor will be required to perform the following CIRS requirements: support the science team in mission planning of the Saturn orbital tour and the Jupiter flyby; support the science team in generating observational strategies, observation designs, and analyzing various opportunities; provide science planning tools; establish and maintain a Flight Operations Plan describing and controlling all major aspects of CIRS flight operations described in the Statement of Work; maintain a CIRS Engineering Model (as a test bed); monitor instrument health and safety; assist in performing engineering and health analyses; develop and maintain the ground system CIRS Central Data Facility; develop and maintain tools and procedures uplink and downlink activities; develop methodology and algorithms for radiometric calibration; develop radiometric calibration model for each of the CIRS 21 detectors; and develop methodology and algorithms for inversions. This will be a cost plus incentive fee type contract. The period of performance will be 3 years. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. 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 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 May 10, 1999, with an anticipated offer due date of on or about June 15, 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/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/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 04/02/99 (D-SN315646). (0092)

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