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J -- ER-2 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING SUPPORT SOL RFP4-00040-MXS DUE 072297 POC Monique M. Sullivan, Contracting Officer, Phone (805) 258-2593, Fax (805) 258-2904, Email monique_ sullivan@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/DFRC/date.html#RFP4-00040-MXS. E-MAIL: Monique M. Sullivan, monique_sullivan@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov. NASA/DFRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Maintenance and Technical Services Support of Flight Operations of TWO (2) NASA and ONE (1) U.S.A.F. ER-2 Aircraft. NASA/DFRC intends to solicit and negotiate the items from Lockheed Corporation, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The effort will be performed at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The proposed procurement will require the Contractor to provide all necessary resources to perform the following: Planning and flying missions from both domestic and overseas sites to collect scientific data; maintaining both on-site and off-site while aircraft is deployed, in accordance with all applicable U.S.A.F. Technical Orders, Manufacturer Service bulletins; modifying services, including but not limited to repairing and or modifying the electrical system, hydraulic system, aircraft structure, pneumatic system, flight controls (including rigging), avionics (communication, navigation, auto pilot), flight performance and attitude reference instruments, engine and accessories installation, fuel system and aircraft servicing; procuring and/or subcontracting for parts, spares, repairs, overhauls, modifications and related materials/services for the aircraft, life support equipment, sensors and/or ground support equipment; providing pre-deployment support for deployed flight operations; engineering design and manufacturing of the structural and electrical installation of investigator's experimental hardware into the ER-2 aircraft; maintaining air worthiness responsibility; maintaining and modernizing certain electrical, electronic, mechanical and aircraft systems associated with the ER-2; providing electrical and electronic engineering support; providing mechanical engineering support for the analysis and/or design and manufacturing of mechanical systems associated with installation of experimental hardware or modifications for the ER-2 aircraft; developing, managing, and implementing configuration control processes. In addition, theContractor shall be responsible for providing non-routine ER-2 engineering support, consisting of, but not limited to, engineering modificaitons involving primary aircraft structures; stress analysis of aircraft structures; technical guidance to program managers; general design support for items such as experimenter equipment, special ground support equipment and all aircraft subsystems. Effort is expected to start beginning of FY 1997. Period of performance will consist of one-year basic and four one-year options. This notice is not a request for proposals. Interested firms shall submit informaiton supporting their ability/capability to fully meet the requirement within 15 days of publication of this notice. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Note "B". Any documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet. The documents will be in ASCII or RTF format 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/DFRC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/DFRC/class.html. See Number Note 22. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0188)

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