18 -- RAPID II ON-RAMP II OPPORTUNITY Semi-annually, over the life of the contract, the Contracting Officer will accept and evaluate proposals with the intention of adding additional contracts and/or modifying existing contracts to add additional core buses and options. Unsolicited proposals will be accepted by the RSDO Contracting Officer during the months of February and August. In addition, the Contracting Officer may peridically solicit proposals. If you are interested in submitting an On-Ramp proposal, we highly recommend that you contact the RSDO Office. Proposals shall be subject to the same proposal instructions and evaluation procedures as the Rapid II Request for Offers (RFO) dated August 19, 1999. Proposal instructions and evaluation procedures may be obtained from the following website: ( http://rsdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/). Proposals are due at 4:30pm eastern standard time, on the last working day of the month to the GSFC Bid Room, as specified in the RFO. For the second On Ramp, the due date is August 28, 2000. Non-US companies should contact the RSDO to arrange access to the Bid Room. If you are not currently a contract holder, your company is required to submit all the information required in the RFO. Your proposals will be evaluated against all the criteria specified in the RFO. Note: For the Aug. 2000 on ramp(On-RampII), the model contract is NOT required for the inital proposal, but will be requested at the Conclusion of Discussions.) WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51#RFO5-00651-311-II. E-MAIL: Jerry P Edmond, jedmond@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov. Posted 07/14/00 (D-SN475189).

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