18 -- SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER COCKPIT AVIONICS UPGRADES SYSTEM -- FLIGHT SOFTWARE CBD -- Special Notice: United Space Alliance (USA), LLC, prime contractor to NASA for Space Shuttle operations, through its offices located in Houston, Texas, issued the Request for Interest (RFI-Solicitation #USA-SSU-A02) on August 4, 2000, for the acquisition of upgrades to the Space Shuttle Orbiter Cockpit Avionics System. This acquisition is in support of USA's prime contract NAS9-20000 -- Space Flight Operations Contract (SFOC) with the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) located in Houston, Texas. This Request for Proposal (RFP-Solicitation #USA-CAU-0001) is to solicit offers for the development of new flight software and the integration of that software with the Avionics Upgrade hardware that is being procured by a separate effort. The RFP is available electronically either in PDF or Word 95 format. Offerors interested in this acquisition may access the following addresses to retrieve a copy of the RFP. http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/documents/USA-CAU-0001.pdf http://www.unitedspaceallliance.com/documents/USA-CAU-0001.doc Your offer must be received by 4:00 p.m. Houston time (Central Daylight Time) on SEPTEMBER 28, 2000, at the following address: United Space Alliance, LLC (USA), 600 Gemini Avenue, Houston, Texas 77058, Attention: Hank Howard, Procurement Representative. Proposals can be hand delivered Monday through Friday, but only to the address stated above at Door 10, from 7:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. (CDT). Offerors are invited to call (281) 282-6723 in advance to arrange a day and time to deliver their proposal. The offer submitted in response to this solicitation shall include the solicitation number, offeror's name and complete address, including street, city, county, state and zip code. In addition, a telephone number where the person responsible for the offer can be contacted should be included. Offerors interested in participating in this project are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, including the requirements of the U.S. Department of State International Traffic and Arms Regulation (ITAR) and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Administration Regulations (EAR). WEB: not applicable, http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/documents/USA-CAU-0001.pdf; http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/documents/USA-CAU-0001.doc. E-MAIL: not applicable, henry.g.howard@usahq.unitedspacealliance.com. Posted 08/23/00 (W-SN489360).

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