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A -- PULSE DETONATION ENGINE (PDE) FLIGHT RESEARCH SOL RFP3-135873 DUE 110899 POC Linda M. Kendrick, Contracting Officer, Phone (216) 433-2407, Fax (216) 433-5185, Email Linda.M.Kendrick@grc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GRC/date.html#RFP3-135873. E-MAIL: Linda M. Kendrick, Linda.M.Kendrick@grc.nasa.gov. NASA/GRC plans to issue a Request for Proposals on or about November 10, 1999. The purpose of this acquisition is the research and development of components, subsystems, and systems, and the integration and testing of these items with a pulse detonation engine (PDE). This effort will seek to understand and demonstrate high-speed (> Mach 1.5) performance and operability in ground and flight experiments. The fully-integrated PDE system will be ground-tested in one or more wind tunnels, and will be captive-carry flown on both an F-15 and an SR-71. The contract endproduct will be a report of the integrated PDE system perfomance, which will provide essential design information for potential PDE application for both a strike missile and a tactical aircraft. The Contractor is expected to identify their approach for providing the specific engine that will be used, and provide a plan for system integration into one or more wind tunnels and the government-provided SR-71/F-15. The government anticipates a CostPlus Incentive Fee contract. Prospective offerors interested in being notified via e-mail when the RFP is available are invited to submit their e-mail addresses to: Linda Marie Kendrick, Contracting Officer, Linda.M.Kendrick@grc.nasa.gov, no later than November 8, 1999. In responding reference RFO3-135873. Comments may be forwarded to Linda Marie Kendrick via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission. This Sources Sought Synopsis is being issued to generate a Source List, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information identified above/solicited. The Solicitation release date is approximate; Respondents are requested to wait until at least November 20th before making inquiries. The proposal due date WILL BE AT LEAST 30 days after the solicitation release date. 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 Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GRC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GRC/class.html . It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet 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 10/22/99 (D-SN394169). (0295)

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