NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 215, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL RFP5-55117-236 DUE 041900 POC Steve Lloyd, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-5971, Fax (301)286-1720, Email Steven.R.Lloyd.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Nancy L. McCormick, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-4208, Fax (301)286-1720, Email Nancy.L.McCormick.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- 55117-236. E-MAIL: Steve Lloyd, Steven.R.Lloyd.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to issue a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for mechanical systems engineering services in support of GSFC's Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate and Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate. This procurement is a follow-on effort to requirements currently being performed under contracts NAS5-32940 and NAS5-32650. Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the solicitation, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, terms and conditions and evaluation approaches, including any unnecessary or inefficient requirements. Services required will include the study, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, and operations of space flight and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future science missions. Specific requirements will be defined via task orders issued by the Contracting Officer to perform in the following areas for components, subsystems, systems, science instruments, spacecraft, and missions including Space Shuttle payloads (attached and free-flying), Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) payloads, aircraft and balloon payloads, and Space Station payloads as well as ground support equipment, simulators, non-flight models, and prototypes: Mechanical and multidisciplinary analysis and design (preliminary and detailed); Fabrication; Assembly; Integration; Test and Verification; Test instrumentation; Data systems management; Launch, On-orbit, Post-launch, and Post-flight operations; Research and Technology unique to system development; Parts and Materials; Technical Facilities Support; Documentation; Logistics; Maintenance; Performance Assurance; Systems Safety; Thermal Engineering; Contamination Engineering and Control Methodology; Feasibility studies; Project management; and Systems engineering. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 1000 employees, respectively. The Government anticipates awarding one or more Cost-Plus-Award-Fee, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with effective ordering periods of up to five years and one month. Historically, GSFC has acquired these services on several contracts with annual ordering in excess of $50M per year. The anticipated release date of Draft RFP5-55117-236 is on or about April 5, 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 solicitated. The provisions and clauses in the 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. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. 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://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=51 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 04/05/00 (D-SN441564). (0096)

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