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

A -- SPECIAL ECLSS EQUIPMENT TEAT ANALYSIS AND HARDWARE SUPPORT SOL 8-1-0-FD-C7905 POC Howard J Nelson, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-0280, Fax (256) 544-6488, Email Howard.Nelson@msfc.nasa.gov -- Harry B. Craig, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0515, Fax (256) 544-4401, Email harry.craig@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-FD-C7905. E-MAIL: Howard J Nelson, Howard.Nelson@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a [Request for Offer (RFO) for Special Environmental Control and Life Support Systems(ECLSS) Equipment Test Analysis and Hardware Support.The sucessful offeror will provide the necessary management,personnel,equipment,and materials( not otherwise provided by the Government) and resources required to provide test assistance for all ECLSS activities for International Space Station(ISS) activities at the Marshall Space Flight Center(MSFC). Testing will be conducted in the Environmental Control and Life Support System/Internal Thermal Control System(ECLSS/ITCS)Test Facility located at building 4755 of MSFC. Support will be provided for development testing of Node 3 Water Processor Assembly,Urine Processing Assembly, and Oxygen Generator Assembly as well as buildup,maintenance and testing utilizing the Sustaining Engineering Test Bed.This proposed contract will have a one year firm period of performance, with four one year options.It is contemplated that this will be a Performance Based Contract(PBC). 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 500, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract will be those in effect through FAC 97-15. 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 May 20,2000 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about July 21,2000. 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/MSFC Business Opportunities home 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 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 04/18/00 (D-SN446151). (0109)

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