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A -- HALL THRUSTER DEVELOPMENT SOL RFO3-114549 DUE 013099 POC Glen M. Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone (216) 433-2885, Fax (216) 433-2480, Email Glen.M.Williams@lerc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LeRC/date.html#RFO3-114549. E-MAIL: Glen M. Williams, Glen.M.Williams@lerc.nasa.gov. NASA/LeRC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for research on an improved Hall Thruster to develop a Xe Hall thruster propulsion system that is capable of minimum thrust of 100 mN and a specific impulse of 3200 seconds at a thruster power of 2.3 KW with 8000 hours of life with reduced mass, reduced complexity, and reduced recurring cost over state-of-the-art ion thruster propulsion systems for use on aggressive space science missions. NASA plans to make multiple awards for this two phase research and development effort using the following technique: The first phase will consist of an R&T effort to demonstrate the critical technologies required for successful system development. The second phase will be an option consisting of the full scale development, fabrication, and testing of an engineering model system. Exercise of the Phase 2 option will be determined using a down-selection procedure whereby a Government analysis of phase I results and their probablity of success coupled with budgetary constraints will determine which, if any, options are exercised. Phase I shall be Firm Fixed Price not to exceed 6 months and about 1 1/2 engr. manyears. Phase II shall be Cost Sharing and about 30 months long. Both phases shall be submitted by offerors in a single proposal so that a contract consisting of both phases as described above may be awarded. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8711 and $2.5 Million, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-7. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO with all the specifics is on or about December 23,1998 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about January 31,1999. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, 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/LeRC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/LeRC/class.html. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site and/or the CBD 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/nasanote.html. Posted 12/04/98 (D-SN277424). (0338)

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