NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

U -- TRAINING & EDUCATION SERVICES SOL RFOW-15822-JFK POC Joseph F. Kroener, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-3294, Fax (301) 286-0356, Email Joseph.F.Kroener.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#RFOW-15822-JFK. E-MAIL: Joseph F. Kroener, Joseph.F.Kroener.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/HQ plans to issue a draft Request for Offer (RFO), and subsequently a formal RFO, for training & education services in support of NASA Headquarters' Training & Development Division, Code FT. This synopsis supercedes the previous synopsis for this requirement posed to the NAIS and published in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) in January 1997 (under RFPW-D-15377). The required support services include human research and organization development research, design and development activities, educational activities, survey/assessment instruments and feedback reports, training & development evaluation and validation, and newsletter/periodical design, development, and publication. NASA anticipates awarding a single fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order type contract with a minimum value of $50K and a maximum value of $8M over the contract's maximum 5-year effective period. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. Thisprocurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8299 and average annual sales over the past three years not exceeding $5.0M, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The anticipated release date of the draft RFO is on or about January 25, 1999, with an anticipated due date for industry comments of on or about February 5, 1999. The anticipated release date of the formal RFO is on or about February 12, 1999, with an anticipated offer due date of on or about March 15, 1999. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer in response to the formal RFO, which shall be considered by the agency. 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/HQ Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/class.html. Upon release of the formal RFO, prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. 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). Hard copies of draft or formal solicitation documents will not be mailed. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 01/13/99 (D-SN287850). (0013)

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