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

A -- STUDY ON THE MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO REENGINE THE LOCKHEED D-21 DRONE FOR NASA RBCC ENGINE. SOL 8-1-9-RA-99201 DUE 062999 POC Shirley Novy Shue, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-0409, Fax (256) 544-6062, Email shirley.n.shue@msfc.nasa.gov -- Walter S. Melton III, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0299, Fax (256) 544-4401, Email walt.melton@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-9-RA-99201. E-MAIL: Shirley Novy Shue, shirley.n.shue@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for a study on the modifications required to reengine the Lockheed D-21 drone with a NASA Hydrocarbon/LOX Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) engine operating in Air Augmented Rocket (AAR) and Ramjet modes. The study shall result in: 1. A description of required vehicle modifications, 2. Estimated vehicle performance with the new engine, 3. Performance required of the engine to achieve the aforementioned vehicle performance, and, 4. Cost and schedule to achieve the vehicle modifications. The study should consider a phased approach whereby the flight envelope from Mach 0 to 6 can be incrementally demonstrated by the drone. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 9731 and 1,000 employees, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO C9. The period of performance shall not exceed 45 days from the date of award. Deliverables shall be a final report detailing each of the four (4) elements of the study, and a final presentation at NASA/MSFC. The quote shall include a firm-fixed price for performance of the entire effort and a price for performance of each of the four (4) study elements. All quotes shall include a narrative description describing the methodology the offeror will employ to perform the study. This description shall not exceed three (3) pages in length, and shall address each of the four (4) elements of the study. The offeror shall also identify proposed labor hours to be expended in performance of the study by labor category which shall not exceed one page. The offeror shall identify three (3) past performance references including contract number, value, type, brief description and point of contact (including telephone number). Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merits, price and past performance; other critical requirements (i.e., delivery) if so stated in the RFQ will also be considered. Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation, for selection purposes, technical merit is considered to be weighted more important than price and past performance which relative to each other are essentially equal in importance. Past performance should include details regarding integration of air breathing propulsion systems into flight vehicles. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer (see FAR 52.212-1(b)). More than one award may be made as a result of the RFQ. Quotations for the item described above may be submitted via the World Wide Web (WWW) using the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) Request for Quotation System (RFQS) -- See the posted On-line RFQ. Quotations can be electronically executed and submitted by an authorized company representative by COB on June 29, 1999. Quoters shall provide the information requested in the On-line RFQ. Although the Government would appreciate all quoters submitting their quotes via the WWW, use of RFQs, fax or paper quotes will be accepted. Quotations shall include, solicitation number, discount/payment terms, taxpayer identification number (TIN), and be signed by an authorized company representative. All qualified responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. Quoters must provide copies of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Other Than Commercial Items with their quote. The Representations and Certifications required by FAR 52-212-3 may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/sats/ An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". This 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 Internet site, or URL, for 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 the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Release of the solicitation shall be no later than June 30, 1999. Potential quoters 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 06/11/99 (D-SN342155). (0162)

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