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B -- OCEAN COLOR RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND FLIGHT PROJECTS AND NASA SEASONAL-TO-INTERANNUAL PREDICTION PROJECT (NSIPP) SOL DRFP5-14691 POC Camille Tiger, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-9150, Fax (301)286-0268, Email ctiger@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov -- Lynne Hoppel, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-3035, Fax (301)286-0268, Email Lynne.C.Hoppel.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#DRFP5-14691. E-MAIL: Camille Tiger, ctiger@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to issue a Draft Request For Proposal (DRFP)5-14691/259 for specialized technical support to the Ocean Color research programs and flight projects and NASA Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Project (NSIPP) project. These programs are central to the NASA Earth Science Strategic Enterprise and will be performed at GSFC in Greenbelt, MD. This solicitation is being released for your consideration and comment on or about September 15, 1999. This DRFP is for information and planning purposes. No proposal is requested, and no contract will be awarded as a result of this DRFP. Potential Offerors are invited to comment on all aspects of the solicitation, including the requirements, proposal instructions, and evaluation approach. If your comments include recommendations for revisions, you must provide your rationale for such revisions. This contract will support the primary objectives of the ocean color program which are 1) produce global data sets of oceanic bio-optical properties, 2) examine marine ecosystems, and 3) investigate the linkages between physical, chemical and biological oceanic processes. The primary objective of NSIPP are 1) produce global estimates of land, oceanic, and atmospheric physical properties, and 2) develop predictive capabilities for seasonal-to-interannual climate variability. Support is anticipated to start 3/00 and the contract is anticipated to have a 5 year base period. The Government anticipates phasing-in these requirements commencing 1/00 for a period no longer than 60 days The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 7371 and $18.0M, respectively. Subcontracting goals are established at 30% of the contract value. Award of a cost-plus-award-fee, performance-based indefinite quantity contract is anticipated. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Eligible large business prime contractors, not included on the "List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs", who have at least one active subcontracting plan, and who are approved as mentor firms may enter into agreements with eligible entities as protigis to provide appropriate developmental assistance to enhance the capabilities of protigis to perform as subcontractors and suppliers. The Mentor-Protigi program will be used as an award fee incentive if proposed per NFS 1918.72. This program is designed to incentivize NASA prime contractors to assist small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), minority institutions (MIs), and women-owned small business (WOSB) concerns, in enhancing their capabilities to perform NASA contracts and subcontracts, foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between these entities and NASA prime contractors, and increase the overall number of these entities that receive NASA contract and subcontract awards. 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 97 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. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the DRFP/RFP. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the DRFP/RFP. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. NASA anticipates issuance of the final Request for Proposals (RFP) on/about October 4, 1999, for the acquisition of these specialized technical support with proposals due 30 days later. NASA anticipates a phased acquisition approach involving the award of two parallel contracts, a firm fixed price for phase-in support and a single CPAF IDIQ contract. This announcement is intended to satisfy the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.201 and 5.203 for the final solicitation and no further CBD announcements are anticipated. Please submit your comments to the draft RFP, via electronic mail, no later than 15 days after posting of the DRFP (on/about September 30, 1999) to: Lynne.C.Hoppel.1@gsfc.nasa.gov We appreciate your support in providing useful ideas and comments during our market research phase and we encourage your continued participation. We look forward to receiving your comments on this DRFP. If you have any questions, you may contact the contract specialist, Camille Tiger at 301.286.9150, or the contracting officer, Lynne Hoppel at 301.286.3035. Reference Library: In order to assist potential offerors in familiarizing themselves with the nature of the services required to support the Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, a reference library has been established at GSFC, Greenbelt, MD. The Earth Sciences Procurement (Code 219) Bidders Library is located at NASA GSFC, Bldg. 8, Rm. 511, Greenbelt, MD 20771. Miscellaneous ocean color research and NSIPP documents, and capability statements from small business, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned small businesses received in response to our 7/1/99 sources sought announcement, related to the upcoming recompetition of these support services, will be available for examination by appointment only. Contact Mr. Darrel Poloway, 301.286.2309 for appointment to browse or checkout documents. Appointments can be scheduled 8:30 a.m., through 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, except holidays. . Posted 09/01/99 (D-SN375135). (0244)

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