NASA, Johnson Space Center, BH23, Houston, TX 77058

A -- BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM SOL 9-BH2-41-6-03P DUE 081596 POC Contracting Officer: Farris R. Tabor, (713) 483-1877 Contracting Officer: Farris R. Tabor, (713) 483-1877 NASA Johnson Space Center plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the follow-on effort for the Biotechnology Program. This Program will further develop NASA bioreactor technology which uses microgravity to propogate cells into tissue assemblies. Mature requirements must be defined for hardware to support a broad range of cell culture and tissue engineering experiments in space aboard the Space Shuttle, the Russian Mir station, and the International Space Station. In order to accomplish this, hardware will be iteratively designed, fabricated, and tested both on the ground and in flight. Laboratories for instrumentation, cell science, sensor and automation control, and flight integration are required to support these activities. Highly integrated expertise and experience in four major classifications are essential. The first is cell science research to understand, perform, and interpret proposed experiments. The second is engineering research to provide adequate subsystems for fluid transfer, sensors, and automation. The third is flight hardware integration to accommodate the specific demands of spaceflight aboard the Space Shuttle, Russian Mir Station, and eventually the International Space Station. The fourth is cancer, disease, and transplantation research to comprehend and expand the potential of this new field in tissue engineering. The development activities are milestoned in an aggressive 5-year schedule for space flight experiments, already in progress and culminating in the establishment of a dedicated Biotechnology Facility aboard the International Space Station. The Government anticipates award of a 5-year cost-plus-award-fee contract to Krug Life Sciences for completion of existing hardware development in the Biotechnology Program, currently being performed by Krug. See Note 22. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors and potential offerors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Contracting Officer, the Source Evaluation Board, or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the ajudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Susan H. Garman at 713-483-0490. Concerns, issues, and disagreements which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. -- The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet--These documents will be in RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC or NETSCAPE-- The WWW address, or URL, of the JSC Procurement home page is: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bd2/--It is the offeror's responsibility for down-loading their own copy of the solicitation. -- If there are any questions, the Contracting Officer may be contacted via E-mail at ftabor@jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (713) 483-1877. (0184)

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