NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

A -- NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE ADVANCED MIRROR SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATOR SOL 8-1-8-TA-60050 POC Richard W. McClearen, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0411, Fax (256) 544-4401, Email richard.mcclearen@msfc.nasa.gov -- Harry B. Craig, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0515, Fax (256) 544-4401, Email harry.craig@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-8-TA-60050. E-MAIL: Richard W. McClearen, richard.mcclearen@msfc.nasa.gov. The NASA NGST Office plans to issue a draft RFO via the internet, for the first phase of the Next Generation Space Telescope Advanced Mirror Systems Demonstrator on or about December 22, 1998. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to furnish comments on all aspects of the Draft RFO, Statement of Work and Model Contract, as well as promote competition. Prospective offerors are invited to submit comments or questions to:Richard W. McClearen, no later than January 8, 1999. An industry briefing is planned at the USAF Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, on or about January 13, 1999. In responding, reference RFO 8-1-8-TA-60050. Comments may be forwarded to Richard W. McClearen via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission. This solicitation/synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review. Any questions regarding this announcement should be directed to the identified point of contact. 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, 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/MSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/class.html. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor this cite 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 12/22/98 (D-SN282704). (0356)

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