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

A -- ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES AT THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER SOL 8-1-0-EK-C6120 DUE 022500 POC Michael L. Sweigart, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0281, Fax (256) 544-8434, Email mike.sweigart@msfc.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=62#8-1-0-EK- C6120. E-MAIL: Michael L. Sweigart, mike.sweigart@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for engineering, science, and technical services. The required services will supplement existing capability at MSFC and provide critical skills across a wide range of technical disciplines. The services will support the Center's Engineering, Flight Projects, Space Transportation, and Science Directorates along with the Systems Management Office, Space Shuttle Projects Office, and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The provisions and clauses in the Draft RFP are those in effect through FAC 97-15. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. This requirement will be procured as an unrestricted procurement with significant subcontracting goals for small business, small disadvantaged business, and small woman-owned business concerns. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 1,000 employees or less, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The anticipated release date of the Draft RFP is on or about February 8, 2000 with an anticipated due date for comments of February 25, 2000. An industry briefing will be held at the Marshall Space Flight Center approximately 7 days after release of the Draft RFP. The exact date and time for the industry briefing will be specified in the Draft RFP. All qualified responsible sources may submit comments on the Draft RFP which will be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The draft 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/MSFC Business Opportunities page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=62 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to participate in this procurement. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the draft solicitation. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the draft solicitation. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 01/25/00 (D-SN418822). (0025)

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