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A -- WATER ELECTROLYSIS UNIT SOL 9-BH13-76-0-5P POC Tiffany A. Richardson, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-3916, Fax (281) 244-5337, Email trichard@ems.jsc.nasa.gov -- Krystine O. Bui, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-4186, Fax (281) 244-5337, Email krystine.o.bui1@jsc.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=73#9-BH13-76 -0-5P. E-MAIL: Tiffany A. Richardson, trichard@ems.jsc.nasa.gov. NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for a liquid anode feed water electrolysis unit that will be used in proof of concept, system level ground testing in the Mars In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Technology (MIST) testbed at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 3826 and 500 employees, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-14. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about Monday, December 13, 1999 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about Thursday, January 20, 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/JSC Business Opportunities home page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&;pin=73 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 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 11/19/99 (D-SN402305). (0323)

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