NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

D -- INDUSTRY BRIEF AND DRAFT RFP FOR UTILIZATION & MISSION SUPPORT SOL DCN P-5-EO-92699 POC Contact Earl Pendley, GP25-L, 205-544-2949/Contract Specialist An industry briefing for the UMS procurement will be held February 22 and 23, 1995, at MSFC, Building 4200, Morris Auditorium beginning at 8:00 a.m. -- NASA plans to award an 8 year contract for UMS consisting of a 3 year base period and 5 one-year options -- UMS will be a comprehensive mission services contract for information services to meet the requirements of MSFC's Mission Operations Laboratory -- The services include systems engineering, design and development, activity preparation, operations, hardware and software maintenance, and verification with MSFC facilities and capabilities in support of ground and flight operations. Facilities supported include the Huntsville Operations Support Center and related systems, the Payload Crew Training Complex/Utilization Development Capability, the Microgravity Development Center, and the Distributed Active Archive Center which are used in support of Space Transportation System, Spacelab, International Space Station Alpha, Advanced X-Ray Astronomical Facility and Earth Observation Systems programs. The industry briefing will be on February 22 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Introduction, Procurement Overview, MDL briefings; February 23 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Facility Tours and Summary Session -- Prospective Offerors who plan to have attendees at the briefing should furnish in writing the names, titles, citizenship, and number of days to attend of those persons to NASA/MSFC Security Office, CN51, MSFC, AL 35812, (Fax #205-544-5839), at least 4 days prior to the briefing -- Badges for attendees may be picked up in the lobby of MSFC Building 4200 prior to entering the Morris Auditorium -- Attendance at the industry briefing is neither required nor a prerequisite for proposal submission -- A Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released at the Industry Briefing. This is not a formal solicitation -- A formal RFP will be released at a later date -- All requests for the Draft RFP must be in writing -- Attendees of the Industry Briefing may pick up a copy at the briefing; all other requests for the Draft RFP will be mailed following the briefing. (0025)

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