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R -- TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES SOL RFO4-99001-RMS DUE 020700 POC Teresa M Hass, Contract Specialist, Phone (661) 258-2164, Fax (661) 258-2291, Email teresa.hass@dfrc.nasa.gov -- Richard M. Swanson, Contracting Officer, Phone (661) 258-7473, Fax (661) 258-2904, Email Richard.Swanson@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/DFRC/date.html#RFO4-99001-RMS. E-MAIL: Teresa M Hass, teresa.hass@dfrc.nasa.gov. NASA/DFRC plans to issue a Request for Offers (RFO) for Technical and Administrative Support Services. These services include: 1. Library Support -- Providing up-to-date publications and reference material required to support both daily and technical research efforts. 2. Reproduction Center Support -- Providing printing and specialized copier support as required. 3. Technical Publication Support -- Providing preparation, editing and printing of technical papers and reports. 4. Resources Support -- Providing preparation of Center financial goals planning. 5. Acquisition Support -- Prepares contract documents for closeout, prepares interagency purchase requests, performs data inputting, performs word processing and document distribution, and performs small purchasing functions. 6. Financial Management Support -- Providing specialized support in handling day-to-day funds, payroll, travel and training. 7. Office Administration Support -- Prepares reports and papers, schedules events, inputs data, operates office equipment and supports various administrative functions as required. 8. Integrated Financial Management Plan (IFMP) Support -- Providing support, including developing and executing Center scripts for test scenarios, validating data, reviewing procedure manuals, recording test defects and validating fixes to identify defects. Place of performance will be at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center located in Edwards, California. The solicitation for these services will be written with specific performance-based characteristics and is expected to result primarily in a firm fixed price contract with some indefinate delivery/quantity provisions. The Government intends to acquire commercial services using the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and under the Midrange procedures of the NASA Federal Acquisition Supplement (NFS) 1871. This procurement is reserved for 8(a) firms certified by the Small Business Administration, as of the award of subject contract. Anticipated periodof performance for this contract is as follows: Phase-In Period: May 1, 2000 -- May 31, 2000 Basic Period: June 1, 2000 -- May 31, 2002 Option: June 1, 2002 -- May 31, 2005 Total: May 1, 2000 -- May 31, 2005 Please note: As part of an Agency pilot program, the Government is considering including provisions for "Award Term" incentives in the solicitation and contract. These incentives will potentially allow continued performance of the contracted effort for an additional period, not to exceed five years, for a total contract period of ten years, based on contractor performance. Details of the incentive features will be provided in the soliciation, and prospective offerors are encouraged to comment on the viability of such incentives as a commercial characteristic of this procurement. A site visit is anticipated to be conducted on or around January 7, 2000. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8741 and $5.0M, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C-9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-14 and Procurement Notice 97-36. All qualified 8(a) responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about December 7, 1999 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about February 7, 2000. 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 Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/DFRC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/DFRC/class.html Prospective offerors should notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the 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 Posted 11/10/99 (D-SN399986). (0314)

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