NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 219, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- ODE 916 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND DYNAMICS BRANCH SUPPORT SOL RFP5-12333-263 POC Isabell Watts, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 614-5591, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email iwatts@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov -- Cynthia A. Dean, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 614-5606, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email Cynthia.Dean.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=51#RFP5-1233 3-263. E-MAIL: Isabell Watts, iwatts@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP)for support to Code 916, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch. The Draft RFP, will be issued to solicit industry's comments on all aspects of the solicitation, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, terms and conditions, evaluation approaches including any unnecessary or inefficient requirements. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Sized Standard are 8731 and 500 employees, respectively. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. This requirement will support Code 916, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch in the areas of model development, analysis of model simulations and data analysis; scientific programming; developmnet, operation, modification and update of computer codes for models and data analysis; maintenance of a library of atomospheric and solar data computer records; and maintenance of a library of model output and history. This procurement is a follow-on effort to some of the requirements currently being performed under five separate contracts. (NAS5-32585:SAC; NAS5-31729:IDEA; NAS5-32332:GSC; NAS5-32350:RSTX; and NAS5-31752:SSAI) A five year basic contract is contemplated for this effort. The anticipated release date of Draft RFP5-12333-263 is on or about February 16, 2000. Interested parties will be given two weeks to provide comments. Comments on the Draft RFP are not mandatory. The use of industry comments to structure the final RFP is at the discretion of the Government. Any subsequent RFP will be synopsized prior to its release. In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (OCT 1997), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the Draft RFP, or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the draft RFP and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the draft solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanotes.html. 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/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html Posted 01/27/00 (D-SN419449). (0027)

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