SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- DRAFT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NOTICE - NASA ASTROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE - CYCLE 7
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH13ZDA010J
- Response Due
- 7/31/2013
- Archive Date
- 7/3/2014
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Mary Voytek, Senior Scientist for Astrobiology/NAI Program Sci, Phone 202-358-1577, Fax 202-358-0000, Email CAN7@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Dr. Mary Voytek
(CAN7@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate is releasing a Draft Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) soliciting team-based proposals for membership in the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) for community review and comment. The draft text can be downloaded from the NSPIRES web page at https://nspires.nasaprs.com/ by selecting Solicitations and searching for NASA Astrobiology Institute or NNH13ZDA010J. Comments on this draft text are due to the point of contact below by July 31, 2013. It is anticipated that final, Step-2 proposals will be due early calendar year 2014. The goal of CAN Cycle 7 is to maintain a multidisciplinary institute by selecting focused, interdisciplinary teams that compliment without replicating the strengths of the continuing teams. The teams selected in Cycle 7 will replace the teams selected in Cycle 5, whose five-year Cooperative Agreements are expiring. Unlike previous CANs for the NAI, Cycle 7 will require a brief Step-1 proposal to be submitted five weeks after the release of the CAN. Based on a programmatic review of these Step-1 proposals, proposers will be encouraged to or discouraged from submitting a full proposal. Other changes to previous solicitations are described in sections 1.7 Open Access to Research Materials and Results and 4.6 Education and Public Outreach (E/PO). The issuance of this Draft CAN does not obligate NASA to issue the CAN and solicit proposals. Issuance of this CAN is dependent on programmatic factors, including NASA receiving an appropriation and operating plan containing adequate funding within the NASA Planetary Science Division budget. Any costs incurred by prospective investigators in preparing submissions in response to this Draft CAN are incurred completely at the submitter's own risk. The NASA Astrobiology Institute- Cycle 7 CAN may contain provisions that differ from this Draft CAN, in which case those in the final CAN would take precedence. All comments and questions should be directed to the NAI Program Scientist, as designated below, by the comment due date given above. Comments are preferred in writing and may be sent by E-mail; the character string NAI Cycle 7 Draft CAN (without quotes) should be included in the subject line of all transmissions.
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