NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.4, Greenbelt, MD 20771

H -- MISSION ASSURANCE SERVICES CONTRACT SOL RFP5-02035-502 DUE 060800 POC James Debelius, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-0055, Fax (301)286-0341, Email James.M.Debelius.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Thomas Russell, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-2885, Fax (301)286-0341, Email Thomas.S.Russell.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- 02035-502. E-MAIL: James Debelius, James.M.Debelius.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Quality Assurance and Engineering services in support of GSFC's Office of Systems Safety and Mission Assurance (OSSMA). These services shall include Mission Assurance Engineering Services; Software Assurance Technology Center (SATC) Services; System Safety Services; Reliability Services; Continuous Risk Management (CRM) Services; and Information Technology Development, Maintenance, and Data Entry Services for the OSSMA. The technical, flight and safety aspects of all GSFC flight projects, including spacecraft, launch vehicle, operational ground systems, and scientific instruments, must be reviewed before, during and after launches. The OSSMA conducts those reviews and provides independent technical support, including risk assessment and guidance to all flight programs. The provisions and clauses in the RFP are those in effect through FAC 97-14. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 1,000 employees, respectively. The resulting contract will be a performance-based, cost-plus-award-fee (CPAF) contract. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The anticipated release date of RFP 5-02035-502 is on or about April 24, 2000 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about 1:00 PM June 8, 2000. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal 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 97, Excel 97, or PowerPoint 97) 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 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 04/06/00 (D-SN441845). (0097)

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