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A -- EXECUTION OF FLIGHT EXPERIMENT E712, ''ADAPTIVE CHANGES IN CARDIOVASCULAR CONTROL AT MICROGRAVITY'' ON MISSION DARA MIR 96E. SOL 9-BH2-11-6-09P DUE 092496 POC Contract Specialist: Cindy Nebrig, (713) 483-8511 Contract Officer: Nancy L. Kennamer, (713) 483-8522 NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for execution of the Flight Experiment entitled ''Adaptive Changes in Cardiovascular Control at Microgravity'' on the German-sponsored mission DARA Mir 96E scheduled for February, 1997. See Numbered Note 22. The Government intends to issue a modification to Contract NAS 9-19540 with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for the performance of this effort. The University was selected to perform this investigation as a part of an international agreement between the US and Germany for cooperative research on the Russian Space Station Mir. See Numbered Note 26. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA/JSC MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The RFO will be released on or about the same day as publication of the synopsis on the Internet. If there are any questions, the contract specialist may be contacted via E-mail at cnebrig@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (713) 483-8511 or the contracting officer may be contacted via E-mail at nkennamer@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (713) 483-8522. (0276)

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