NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

R -- PEER REVIEW PROPOSAL SUPPORT FOR SPACE SCIENCES DUE 102599 POC Joan W. Tomasello, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4118, Fax (301)286-0357, Email Joan.W.Tomasello.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#RFOW-10-02702-JWT. E-MAIL: Joan W. Tomasello, Joan.W.Tomasello.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/HQ plans to award a sole-source extension to Jorge Scientific Corporation (JSC), Arlington, Virginia, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), only one responsible source under Contract NASW-4990. This procurement is to extend the current contract for 5 months, in support of NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Science (OSS). The current contractor provides support of the peer review proposal processes for the OSS. These processes include: assistance in preparing and tracking Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitations (i.e., NRA's or AO's) for receiving and tracking "Notices of Intent" and proposals, maintaining proposal databases, and supporting the peer review and selection processes. The interfaces and systems will include electronic intake of proposals; electronic interfacing with proposals reviewers; data storage systems for incoming proposals, logistics of establishing and hosting peer review panels, award processes, and providing program and project outcome information, reports, charts, and data summaries. In addition, the contractor assists in developing, modifying, and placing program solicitation documents, program statistical information, general program information, and product information on OSS electronic bulletin board systems and Internet bases (E-mail, World Wide Web, and FTP) systems. NASA Headquarters is currently in the process of consolidating this contract and three other peer review contracts that serve other HQ program codes through a competitive process. Therefore, an extension is being done to provide a common expiration date and allow the work to be consolidated into a single procurement that is anticipated to be awarded by July 2000. During the performance of this contract, JSC has uniquely gained specialized experience critical to the successful completion of on-going OSS BAA's. JSC has the infrastructure critical to the successful delivery of the services and products of OSS solicited programs for the brief interim period. Another contractor would need to invest resources to learn the program, thus experiencing significant start-up costs. In addition, a new contractor would require a significant phase-in period, which would result in untimely delays in meeting program schedules. In fact, a new contractor could not even be solicited and selected in the time remaining between the expiration of the current JSC contract and the expected phase-in of the new consolidated contractor. Any other firms desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their interest and capabilities within 15 days of the date of publication of this synopsis to the NASA/GSFC office and contact listed herein. See Note 22. Posted 10/08/99 (D-SN390371). (0281)

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