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70 -- ASTROS SOFTWARE SOL E01544D DUE 070996 POC Contact Point: Monique M. Sullivan, Contracting Officer, (805) 258-2593, FAX (805) 258-2904 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center has a requirement to obtain: Item 001-ASTROS Program, Version 12 - one paid-up license allowing execution of the full ASTROS program on one class WS2 workstation. Program will be installed on a Sun Microsystem Sparc 5; Item 002-one each full set of software documentation;Item 003-Training, minimum 3 days, on-site at Dryden Flight Research Center. Vendor shall provide software and documentation maintenance for 90 days at no additional charge. Vendor shall provide customer support via local office, 800 telephone number, hot-line, fax, or mail. Vendor shall allow transfer of the paid-up license to any class WS2 workstation in the same network, and provide assistance with installation. This will be a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation No. E01544D. Solicitation document, incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-37. This procurement is intended to be 100% set-aside for small business. The standard industrial classification code is 7372. Small business size standard is $18.0 million. The small business competitiveness demonstration program is not applicable. Items shall be delivered FOB Destination to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA 93523. Delivery date 8/30/96. No other brand shall be considered. The following commercial items provisions and clauses are applicable: 52.212-1, 52.212-3, 52.212-4, and 52.212-5. DPAS rating is DO-C9. Quotes are due NLT 3:00 pm PST, July 9, 1996, NASA Dryden, Building 4800, Room D-1044(MXS). For information about this procurement contact Monique Sullivan, (805) 258-2593 or FAX (805) 258-2904. Documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet. The documents are in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using Client browsers, such as, MOSAIC. The WWW address, or URL, of the DFRC Procurement home page is: ''http://www.procue.dfrc.nasa.gov.'' Any concerns or issues relative to this procurement should be addressed to the Contracting Officer identified above. However, an ombudsman has also been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors and contractors if necessary. Interested parties may call the installation ombudsman, Kevin Petersen, at (805)258-3103. Concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke,at (202) 358-2090. See Numbered Notes 1. (0169)

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