M -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC BALLOON FACILITY AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE BALLOON PROGRAM

Notice Date

October 26, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 218, Wallops Island, VA 23337

ZIP Code

23337

Point of Contact

James R. Dolan, Contracting Officer, Phone (757) 824-2587, Fax (757) 824-1974, Email James.R.Dolan.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Mickey Merritt, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)824-1592, Fax (757)824-1974, Email Mickey.M.Merritt.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

James R. Dolan (James.R.Dolan.1@gsfc.nasa.gov)

Description

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), is seeking qualified sources capable of performing the operation and maintenance of the National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF) and engineering services to support the NASA Balloon program. It is anticipated that performance will be for a minimum of five years and a maximum of ten years commencing on March 1, 2003. NSBF is a Government-owned facility located in Palestine, Texas, with a permanent balloon staging facility at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The Contractor will be required to provide facility operation and maintenance for the NSBF, operational balloon flight support including launching, tracking, and recovery of scientific balloons and payloads, and engineering services for operational support, quality control, and balloon research and development, located at the NSBF, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA, and at the Contractor's facility. WFF anticipates the award of a "performance based" contract for these services. All interested sources are encouraged to submit information that supports their ability to perform and successfully complete the required services to NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Attn: James R. Dolan, Code 218, Wallops Island, VA 23337, telephone 757-824-2587, fax 757-824-1974, E-Mail address: James.R.Dolan.1@gfsc.nasa.gov , within 15 days from the date of this publication. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified about the outcome of the Government's review of solicited information. Failure to respond to this synopsis does not mean that a firm cannot respond to a solicitation at a later date. A formal synopsis of this procurement will be published electronically and in the Commerce Business Daily, pursuant to FAR 5.2. The solicitation for this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Word and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/GSFC Business opportunities page is: http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=51 It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for solicitation release. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation.

Web Link

Click here for the latest information about this notice (http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51#99294)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011030/MSOL003.HTM (D-299 SN511655)