NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 219, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- LABORATORY FOR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DRFP5-61932-266 POC Michele Rook, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4815, Fax (301)286-1616, Email Michele.C.Rook.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Delia Robey, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4815, Fax (301)286-1616, Email Delia.B.Robey.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#DRFP5-61932-266. E-MAIL: Michele Rook, Michele.C.Rook.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for support to the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 500 employees, respectively. This requirement will support the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics in the areas of (but not limited to): mission planning; requirements analysis; systems definition; evaluation of existing systems; development of new software; programming; algorithm development; and acquiring, processing, and analyzing scientific data. This effort will support satellite remote sensing, field and aircraft instruments to measure Earth, oceanic, biospheric and atmospheric processes. This procurement will also include scientific and engineering support for the design, development, and testing of remote sensors and sensor systems. This procurement is a follow-on effort to requirements currently being performed under five separate contracts.A five year basic contract is contemplated for this effort. The contract type will be cost reimbursement, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ), and performance-based with incentive fee provisions. The Government may elect to award a single IDIQ contract or to award multiple IDIQ contracts for the same services to two or more sources under the solicitation. The DRFP will be issued to solicit industry's comments on all aspects of the solicitation, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, terms and conditions, and evaluation approaches including any unnecessary or inefficient requirements. The anticipated release date of the DRFP is on or about March 4, 1998. Interested parties will be given two weeks to provide comments. Comments on the DRFP are not mandatory. The use of industry comments to structure the final RFP is at the discretion of the Government. Any subsequent RFP will be synopsized prior to its release. In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Solicitation for Information or Planning Purposes (APR 1984), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the DRFP, or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in RTF format and Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) 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/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". (0054)

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