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A -- BOOK-LENGTH MANUSCRIPT REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE ICING SOL W-10-02035 DUE 120899 POC Diane Harris, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-4402, Fax (301)286-0356, Email diane.harris.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Lourdes F. Carson, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-4309, Fax 301) 286-0357, Email Lourdes.F.Carson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&;pin=04#W-10-0203 5. E-MAIL: Diane Harris, diane.harris.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/HQ plans to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for the preparation of a book-length manuscript regarding the Evolution of the Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) at Glenn Research Center. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. DESCRIPTION: Background: This project is for the preparation of a monograph-length manuscript regarding The Evolution of the Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) at Glenn Research Center. This procurement is required at the present time in order to preserve for posterity the origins and development of this key technical facility in the history of NACA/NASA and the unique contributions it has made over the decades. Timeliness for this effort is especially important because some key individuals involved in this effort over the years are passing from the scene and most of those that remain are physically declining and may not remember the details of how and especially why many events took particular courses. Scope The contractor shall be required to complete this manuscript on a schedule of six-months. The chapters of this book shall be unified by several central themes that should be combined to create a meaningful whole. First, the contractor shall document and analyze the process of aerospace innovation through the origins, evolution, and contributions of the Icing Research Tunnel, perhaps the salient facility that helped to ensure safe all-weather flight. A key ingredient of this is the manner in which the technology was conceived and developed at the Glenn Research Center, and then both used for NACA/NASA research that spun off into commercial application. The study shall comment on the prospect of how technological knowledge has been advanced over the history of the facility, discuss the nature and development of icing research, describe the content and results of this research, and analyze the role of its findings' technology transfer in the aerospace arena. Second, this study shall explore the process of key policy-makers, engineers, and scientists in formulating research, design, development, and technology transfer processes. Third, this seemingly narrow subject can get to much larger questions of science and technology advancement. Fourth, in every instance the contractor shall take care to consider and explain for a non-technical audience the research process, the complex interweavings of the process of technological innovation in the development of the modern all-weather aircraft. This shall provide a uniquely valuable service for the public, whose knowledge of the technological process is generally murky. General Requirements: The contractor shall produce a well documented, book-length (approximately 300 typescript pages) published addition to the historical literature of aerospace history. Archival material located during the course of this work should be cited and thus made known to future researchers. The contractor shall place copies of research notes and documents in the NASA Historical Reference Collection at NASA Headquarters for the use of future researchers. The contractor shall perform primary archival research; interview key participants; identify, categorize, and investigate all known information relating to the development of this subject; and write an analytical, intellectually-rigorous but readable history of the subject, acceptable for publication as a scholarly work. This final product shall be illustrated only as appropriate to explain the issues raised in the written work. The major sections of the work shall conform to similar works in the NASA History Series, particularly those volumes containing project history, Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger by R. Cargill Hall, Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles, by Roger E. Bilstein, and Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, by John L. Sloop. The aforementioned volumes are available for review at all libraries at all NASA Centers, the NASA History Office, and Federal Repository Libraries. Among the sources to be used in this project are both NASA and non-government publications. These include the NASA Historical Reference Collection; management records; interviews with key individuals working in the field; materials at the various centers; the various periodic editions of Aeronautics and Astronautics; U.S. Congressional reports, hearings, and other publications; NASA records; Code R records; selected NASA publications relating to the field; the "NASA Management Information Digest"; the "NASA Pocket Statistics"; the Aeronautics and Space Report of the President for each year; related documents located at the National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress, presidential libraries, or other depositories. Additionally, and importantly, the IRT files and other resources available on the effort at the Glenn Research Center and at aerospace firms involved in the efforts of the IRT. The contractor shall be responsible for identifying appropriate photographs for this book and obtaining permissions for reproduction of photographs in the resultant published work. The contractor shall submit "permission slips" with pictures documenting NASA's rights to reproduce photographs in finished work. Content Specifics: This manuscript study shall begin with an introduction that explains the purpose and scope of the book as well as its contents, describes the method of research and the parameters of study, and presents in an introductory manner the major themes considered in the project. It shall be organized chronologically. All writing shall be in accordance with acceptable scholarly, literary, and methodological standards as established by the NASA History Office and reflected in earlier NASA history publications and the guide, Research in NASA History. Reference notes in this narrative shall appear in proper academic style as established in the above and in the most recent Chicago Manual of Style. A list of new or special terms and acronyms shall be included in a glossary and explained when first appearing in the text. Statistical material shall be organized in a readily understandable format. The Contractor shall prepare an index after the manuscript reaches the page proof stage. The contractor shall deliver computer disks containing the text of the final manuscript in Microsoft Word, which shall also be submitted in hard copy. Submission Requirements: Reports of research progress, an outline, drafts of major sections, the volume introduction, a glossary of terms, a graphics plan (proposed illustrations and tables), and any appendices or cross reference guides shall all be reviewed at the milestones established by the designated Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) and other NASA personnel. Finally, the completed draft manuscript shall be critiqued by a panel and revision made to the draft in response to recommendations. The graphics plan, the original and two photocopies of the final manuscript (including all tables and appendices), and one set of computer disks containing the manuscript (see Word Processing Criteria) shall constitute a critical deliverable. Correction of page proofs and a professionally done index shall be the final deliverable. All research notes, photocopied documents, correspondence, interview transcripts, photographs selected for inclusion, manuscript sections and narratives, and rights to publication of the study shall become the property of NASA at the end of the project. Publication of the work shall be the responsibility of the NASA History Office, which shall attempt to publish the manuscript within one year of the completed final manuscript. The contractor involved in the writing of the work shall be listed as compiler(s) of the published work. NASA retains the final right, at its sole discretion, to publish or not to publish the contract manuscript. Study Procedure: The contractor shall submit written progress reports of at least 500 words in length to the COTR each quarter. The contractor shall provide all other deliverables to the COTR on the milestone dates. The contractor should plan on conducting the bulk of the research at the Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and the NASA History Office, Washington, D.C., which has in their collections many of the documents required to compile this work. Word Processing Criteria The completed manuscript submitted as a deliverable shall be on disks processed with the Microsoft Word program or on another software processing translatable into it. Any alternative software the contractor proposes to use for this effort shall be agreed to by NASA before work begins. Three paper copies of the manuscript on standard 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper shall accompany the disks, one of which is the original copy. The electronic media record and the paper copy of the manuscript shall be identical. Font for the processed manuscript should be 10-pitch Courier, double-spaced, or an equivalent approved by NASA before work begins. Editorial Style The manuscript narrative shall employ formal, scholarly style as defined by the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, supplemented by the NASA style guide. The latter is provided to contractors especially to guide the expression of government and scientific nomenclature. Specifically: 1. The finished manuscript shall exhibit consistency of format, style, and usage throughout. 2. Contractors shall obtain copyright permissions and/or waivers for passages of text derived from another published work used in the manuscript study, as required by current copyright laws. 3. Parenthetical notes shall be used in attributing quoted material or source material in the manuscript and shall follow rules given in the style manuals cited above. Format and editorial aspects of the deliverables shall be evaluated in accordance with the contract's "Performance-Based Payments" clause along with the substantive, intellectual quality of the manuscript. NASA retains the final right at its sole discretion to publish or not to publish the resultant study manuscript. Selection Criteria The following criteria will be used in selecting the contractor. The principal elements for evaluation are: proposed cost, intrinsic merit of proposal, and past performance of personnel. The three factors are approximately equal: 7 Proposed Cost -- Total cost, cost realism, cost reasonableness, and the relationship of the proposed cost to the available budget will be considered. 7 Intrinsic Merit of Proposal -- This includes the consideration of the following factors: The degree to which the proposal supports the goals and objectives of project; a clear statement of expected results over time. 7 Past Performance of Personnel -- This includes the capability of the offerors, related experience, facilities, techniques, or the unique combination of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives. It also includes the number and type of personnel proposed for the project. Before payments will be made to the contractor, the following milestones must be met: Milestone Schedule: 1 Month Progress report TBD; 3 Months Progress report, outline of history research plan, and bibliography TBD; 6 Months Progress report, copies of oral history transcripts TBD. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. All qualified responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. 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, 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 Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/HQ Business Opportunities home page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&;pin=04 Prospective offerors shall 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 quoters 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 Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than November 26,1999. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Posted 11/17/99 (D-SN401351). (0321)

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