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70 -- VERSATILE MODULAR EUROCARD (VME) CIRCUIT BOARDS SOL RFO4-00049 POC Richard M. Swanson, Contracting Officer, Phone (661) 276-7473, Fax (661) 276-2904, Email Richard.Swanson@mail.dfrc.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=24#RFO4-00049. E-MAIL: Richard M. Swanson, Richard.Swanson@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov. NASA/DFRC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for an assortment of versatile modular eurocard (VME) input-output circuit boards. This procurement is intended to meet the Government's needs for boards for a period of 5 years. An indefinite delivery/indefinte quantity (IDIQ) contract is anticipacted. NASA/DFRC intends to purchase these items from VME Microsystems International Corporation (VMIC) of Huntsville, AL. The authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) -- Only One Responsible Source. Boards will be used for the fabrication of the simulation electric stick to support the Blended Wing Body project at NASA's Langley Research Center and must be compatible with those currently in use at the DFRC. VMIC owns proprietary rights to drawings and manufacturing processes requisite to the fabrication of these boards. They also are the only known company with the facilities and test equipment needed to build and test the boards to assure compliance. Use of any other boards would require extensive development of new software drivers and modification of existing interface configurations at considerable cost to the Government. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on September 11, 2000. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B". All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 08/23/00 (D-SN489140). (0236)

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