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

A -- LANGMUIR PROBE AND SPACECRAFT POTENTIAL (LPSP) FOR THE PROPULSIVE SMALL EXPENDABLE DEPLOYER SYSTEM (PROSEDS) MISSION STUDY SOL 8-1-8-RA-73036 DUE 022098 POC Glynda H. Meeks, Contract Specialist, Phone (205) 544-0422, Fax (205) 544-9080, Email glynda.meeks@msfc.nasa.gov -- Valerie N. Holmes, Contracting Officer, Phone (205)544-0314, Fax (205)544-4400, Email valerie.holmes@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-8-RA-73036. E-MAIL: Glynda H. Meeks, glynda.meeks@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for a study entitled "Langmuir Probe and Spacecraft Potential (LPSP) for the Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System (ProSEDS) Mission." This study is being procured under the University Research BOA Program with the university community within the United States. The purpose of this study is to produce a Preliminary Design Study for the LPSP. Research will be at the selected contractor's facility with a period of performance from date of award through June 30, 1998. Quotations will be evaluated using best value criteria stipulated in the BOA. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8733 and $5M, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurment is DOC9. The anticipated release date of RFQ 8-1-8-RA-73036 is on or about February 12, 1998 with an anticipated quote due date of on or about February 20, 1998. All qualified responsible sources may submit a quote 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, 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. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential quoters 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. (0044)

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