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R -- CONSOLIDATED PEER REVIEW SUPPORT SERVICES SOL RFPW-01565-JLB POC James Becker, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-5716, Fax (301)286-1699, Email James.L.Becker.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFPW-01565-JLB. E-MAIL: James Becker, James.L.Becker.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA Headquarters intends to issue, on a competitive basis to 8(a) certified, small businesses, Request for Proposal (RFP)W-01565-JLB for NASA's upcoming requirements in support of proposal peer review activities. These activities are in support of NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications, the Office of Space Science, the Office of Earth Science, the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, and the Office of Human Resources and Education. In addition, this action will include the possibility of supporting additional NASA offices/centers as may be required. This is a 100% set-aside for SBA-certified, 8(a) small businesses. See Note 1. It is anticipated that an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Cost-plus-award-Fee contract will be issued with a five-year period of performance and a total contract value in excess of $50 million. The anticipated start date is March 2000. The SIC Code and Size Standard for this action are 8741 and $5 million, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The anticipated procurement action will require the Contractor to provide logistics management and data base support to all organizational components of NASA Headquarters in support of the Agency peer review process. NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Supplement 1835.016 and 1872.403 dictate that peer review will be the method used to evaluate and select research for funding. NASA funds intramural and extramural research primarily through solicited grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and arrangements with other Government agencies, industry and academia. Solicitation mechanisms used are primarily the NASA Research Announcement (NRA), the Announcement of Opportunity (AO), and the Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN). Proposals submitted in response to these solicitations are evaluated using peer review, which can be defined as scientific evaluation by a NASA and/or non-NASA specialists, of proposals submitted in response to NRA's, AO's, and CAN's. Peer review is also used to evaluate unsolicited proposals. Peer Reviews evaluate relevance to NASA's objectives; intrinsic scientific and/or technical merit, including the researcher's capabilities and qualifications; and cost. External peer review is essential to ensure that NASA funds only the highest quality, relevant research. Questions regarding this synopsis may be sent by E-mail to the sole point of contact: James.L.Becker.1@gsfc.nasa.gov or call (301) 286-4223. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. A draft solicitation will be issued, on or about July 15, 1999, prior to the release of the final RFP to give offerors the opportunity to submit comments, which may be taken into consideration during the preparation of the RFP. The anticipated release date of the subsequent RFP is on or about August 15, 1999, with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about September 15, 1999. The subsequent solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format on the World-Wide Web (WWW) NASA/HQ Business Opportunities home page at URL http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/class.html. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the final solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be mailed. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal [OR bid] which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Posted 07/01/99 (D-SN349239). (0182)

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