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

M -- MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR NSLR/VLBI SYSTEMS WORLD-WIDE SOL DRFP5-61742-261 DUE 071798 POC Martha E. Aldridge, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4815, Fax (301)286-1739, Email Martha.E.Aldridge.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Martha E. Aldridge, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-4815, Fax (301)286-1739, Email Martha.E.Aldridge.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#DRFP5-61742-261. E-MAIL: Martha E. Aldridge, Martha.E.Aldridge.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. 17. GSFC contemplates competition of its requirements for maintenance, operations and engineering services for the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) systems. The Government's requirements include the management, operation, engineering, maintenance, and support of a set of government furnished SLR and VLBI systems located in the United States and in other countries, in order to provide data to be analyzed by scientific groups around the world. This is a full and open competition. Award of a cost plus incentive fee, performance based, mission contract is anticipated. The period of performances for VLBI requirements under this contract will be 5 years. The period of performance for NSLR requirements under this contract will be 3 years, with 2, one-year options to extend NSLR performance. A draft Request for Proposal DRFP5-61742/261 is being issued for information purposes along with this presolicitation synopsis. This draft solicitation is for Information or Planning Purposes only! In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Solicitation for (APR 1984), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this draft RFP, or otherwise pay for the information solicited here-in. GSFC solicits industry's comments on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, terms and conditions, and evaluation approaches including any unnecessary or inefficient requirements. The cover letter for the draft solicitation addresses specific areas of the draft solicitation on which the Government would especially like to receive comments. Responses are due back on 7-17-98 or 15 days after release of draft RFP, whichever date is later. The anticipated release date of the formal RFP is 7-29-98, with proposals due no earlier than 45 days after RFP release. The use of industry comments to structure the final RFP is at the discretion of the Government. 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) formats and will reside on a WorldWide 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". Numbered Notes 26 Posted 07/02/98. (0183)

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