A -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR FLIGHT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Notice Date

February 23, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center, Code A, P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273

ZIP Code

93523-0273

Solicitation Number

DRFP4-00017

Point of Contact

Curtis M. Paul, Program Analyst, Phone (661) 276-3346, Fax (661) 276-2292, Email curtis.paul@dfrc.nasa.gov -- Brian G. Bowman, Contracting Officer, Phone (661) 276-3329, Fax (661) 276-2904, Email brian.bowman@dfrc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Curtis M. Paul (curtis.paul@dfrc.nasa.gov)

Description

NASA/DFRC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) to acquire Engineering and Technical Services for Flight Research and Development. The effort will be performed on-site at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. It is a follow-on effort for Contract No. NAS4-50066. The following Research Functional Support will be required: (1) Aerostructures Flight Test, (2) Meteorology, (3) Flight Test, (4) Aerodynamics, (5) Flight Controls, (6) Flight Dynamics, (7) Flight Systems, (8) Flight Instrumentation, (9) Operations, (10) Propulsion & Performance, and (11) Aerospace Vehicle Systems Design. The following Research Functional Support will be required: (1) Special Scientific and Engineering Studies, (2) Calibration & Environmental Test Lab, (3) Flow Visualization Facility, (4) Multidisciplinary Analysis, (5) Experiment Design & Integration, (6) Printed Circuit Board Design, (7) Instrumentation Fabrication, (8) Instrumentation Lab, and (9) Model Design & Fabrication. The following Aerostructures Laboratory Support will be required: (1) Test Engineering, (2) Electrical Engineering, (3) Control Systems Engineering, (4) Structural Test Operations, and (5) Aerostructures Instrumentation. Public Affairs, Commercialization and Education; ISO 9000 Auditing; and Special Projects and Studies will also be supported by this effort. Safety system support will become part of the effort in April 2002. The proposed contract will utilize Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) and Cost with No Fee contract line items within an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Performance of work shall be accomplished through the issuance of task orders per the contract schedule. Basic term of the contract will be two years with a three-year option period. The anticipated start date is December 1, 2001. A detailed Statement of Work will be provided with the DRFP. The provisions and clauses in the DRFP are those in effect through FAC 97-20. 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 NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541710 and 1500 employees, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The anticipated release date of Draft RFP4-00017 is on or about February 26, 2001 with an anticipated response or comments due date of April 13, 2001. All qualified responsible sources may submit a comments or responses which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific 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 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/DFRC Business Opportunities page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=24 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an comments or responses to the Draft RFP. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the draft 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

Web Link

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Record

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