NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

A -- MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND PROJECT SUPPORT DUE 121099 POC Pamela D. White, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0337, Fax (256) 544-9354, Email pam.white@msfc.nasa.gov -- Valerie N. Holmes, Contracting Officer, Phone (256)544-0314, Fax (256)544-9354, Email valerie.holmes@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#1-9-S4-C6036. E-MAIL: Pamela D. White, pam.white@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC is hereby soliciting information for potential sources for Macrogravity Science Research and Project Support. MSFC serves as NASA's Lead Center for the Microgravity Research Program and as the Agency's authority for the Materials Science and Biotechnology disciplines. MSFC seeks to establish a contract to enhance the scientific liaison beteween the MSFC research groups and the investigator community. The purposes of this contract are to 1) promote continuing MSFC leadership in the scientific community, 2) assist external scientists in the research community in the definition of proposed flight research projects, 3) provide MSFC with scientific experts to aid in the operation of its unique ground based scientific facilities in support of flight and ground research acitivites, 4) synthesize and document the scientific information necessary to manage the program and maintain program scientific continuity, and 5) contribute to, and participate in, the National Microgravity Research Program by seeking independently funded research studies from competitive research announcements. To guide and implement this overall effort the contractor shall perform the following tasks: 1. Organize and implement bi-annual Discipline Conferences. 2. Synthesize and compile comprehensive research summaries for the Annual Microgravity Task Book. 3. Organize and implement an annual workshop to build a Science Data Base of current flight experiment results. 4. Conduct a Visiting Scientist Program (short term and extended). 5. Schedule and promote a scientific program of seminars and topical workshops. 6. Host an Annual Commercial Joint Enterprise Workshop with industry. 7. Record and maintain minutes of investigator Science Concept Reviews, and Discipline Working Group Meetings. 8. Synthesize an annual review of the respective Disciplines' progress evaluated against goals. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in the CBD and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these cites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, and/or woman-owned; number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact -- address and phone number). Technical questions should be directed to: Dr. Edwin Ethridge /SD47/256-544-7767. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Pamela D. White/PS32/256-544-0337. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined in Internet "Note A". This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based on responses hereto. All responses shall be submitted to Pamela D. White no later than December 10, 1999. In responding reference 1-9-S4-C6036. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 11/10/99 (D-SN400082). (0314)

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