NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 219, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE DATA ASSIMIATION OFFICE AND THE SOUNDER RESEARCH TEAM. SOL RFP5-12118-254 POC Dawn M. Fountain, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-3815, Fax (301) 286-1760, Email Dawn.M.Fountain.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Michele Rook, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4815, Fax (301)286-1760, Email Michele.C.Rook.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFP5-12118-254. E-MAIL: Dawn M. Fountain, Dawn.M.Fountain.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for support to Code 910, the Data Assimilation Office (DAO) and the Sounder Research Team (SRT). The Draft RFP will be issued to solicit industry's comments on all aspects of the solicitation, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, terms and conditions, evaluation approaches including any unnecessary or inefficient requirements. This procurement will be conducted via full and open competition. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8711 and $2M, respectively. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. This effort will support Code 910, the DAO and the SRT. This procurement is for specialized scientific support services to the Earth Sciences Directorate in the areas of modeling, data assimilation, and satellite data analysis and retrieval. This procurement is a continuation of specific specialized support to the Data Assimilation Office, Code 910.3 and the Sounder Research Team, code 910.4; This procurement encompasses research projects in development of numerical schemes suitable for earth science data assimilation, atmospheric modeling, data acquisition and retrievals; objective data quality control, use and impact of new satellite observations of earth, validation of new data assimilation systems, earth-science applications of satellite based data sets, and all aspects of data flow, hardware, and software in the operation of complex scientific algorithms on high performance computers. The basic contract will provide 5 years of support. This procurement is a follow-on effort to requirements currently being performed under two different contracts. The contract numbers and the Contractor's names are as follows: Contract NAS5-32332/General Sciences Corporation (GSC) and NAS5-32585/ Steven Myers & Associates (SM&A)(formerly Space Application Corporation (SAC)). A five year basic contract is contemplated for this effort. The anticipated release date of the draft RFP5-12118/254 is on or about October 4, 1999. Interested parties will be given two weeks to provide comments. Comments on the Draft RFP are not mandatory. The use of industry comments to structure the final RFP is at the discretion of the Government. Any subsequent RFP will be synopsized prior to its release. In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (OCT 1997), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the Draft RFP, or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the draft RFP and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the draft solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The draft solicitation and anydocuments 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 WWW address or URL of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site 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 Point of Contact: Name: Dawn Fountain Title: Contract Specialist Phone: (301) 286-3815 Fax: (301) 286-1760 E-mail: dfountai@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov Name: Michele Rook Title: Contracting Officer Phone: (301) 286-4815 Fax: (301) 286-1760 E-mail: mrook@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov Posted 09/13/99 (D-SN379443). (0256)

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