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A -- AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVELOPMENT, AND INTEGRATION SOL RFP2-36815 DUE 093099 POC Nellie M. Powell, Contract Specialist, Phone (650) 604-3003, Fax (650) 604-3020, Email npowell@mail.arc.nasa.gov -- Marie E. Dorish, Contracting Officer, Phone (650) 604-3420, Fax (650) 604-3020, Email mdorish@mail.arc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/ARC/date.html#RFP2-36815. E-MAIL: Nellie M. Powell, npowell@mail.arc.nasa.gov. This is a synopsis for the formal RFP2-36815 (NMP) entitled," Air Traffic Management System, Development, and Integration". The synopsis for the Draft RFP was posted on Jan 04, 1999 and the Draft RFP was posted on May 19, 1999. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to issue a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Advanced Air Transportation Technologies (AATT) program to develop, test and transfer enabling technologies that permit increasing the throughput of the national and international aviation system. The intent is to take potential Air Traffic Management (ATM) technology opportunities, develop software decision support tool systems, integrate and demonstrate the software decision support tool systems and transfer the technology. The activities may include implementation of software tools to assist the air traffic controller, airline operations specialist, or pilot. The activities may also include examining specific issues in human factors and National Airspace System (NAS) modeling. The activities may include demonstration and integration for individual tools or tool systems, and demonstration of possible integration into the NAS. Contract schedule period is anticipated to be from date of award to September 30, 2004 with no option years. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Note 26. This procurement will implement performance-based contracting methods and will use the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) & NFS 1815.3 source selection process. All Contract Task Orders will be performance-based. The solicitation will be issued with a warning to the offerors that award without discussions is contemplated. The anticipated release date of the RFP is scheduled for the July/August timeframe with proposals due 45 calendar days after the date of issue of the final solicitation. Multiple awards are contemplated. NPD 5000.2 Uniform Methodology for Determination of Small and Small Disadvantaged Subcontracting Goals will be used. An ombudsman has been appointed-See Note "B". The government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note '26". The proposed contract will utilize Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) contract structures for both completion and Indefinite Delivery task order contract elements. In accordance with NFS 1811.603(e)(iii) and (e)(v), a rating DO-C9 (Miscellaneous/Other) will be applied to this acquisition. The contemplated acquisition has been reviewed at the Consolidated Contracting Initiative (CCI) web-site and no other solicitation or contract was found that could provide the effort required. The intent to procure was announced on the CCI 1999 Acquisition Forecast web-site to assure that NASA, and other interested parties, are afforded an opportunity to include their requirements in the solicitation. The contemplated contracts will be used by Ames Research Center, Langley Research Center and the Glenn Research Center. 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, or PowerPoint 4.0) format or RTF 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/ARC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/ARC/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 for the release of the solicitation and amendments. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments. Comments may be forwarded to Nellie Powell via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. General information about the AATT Program can be found at the following site: http://www.asc.nasa.gov/aatt/ Posted 06/16/99 (D-SN343712). (0167)

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