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D -- DRAFT BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT (BOA) FOR SECONDARY PAYLOAD RIDE OPPORTUNITIES SOL 1-47-1810.0089 POC Richard J. Siebels, Contracting Officer, Phone (757)-864-2418, Fax (757) 864-6131, Email R.J.SIEBELS@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-47-1810.0089. E-MAIL: Richard J. Siebels, R.J.SIEBELS@larc.nasa.gov. In order that potential sources may offer comments on the Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) for for Secondary Payload On-Orbit Service Opportunities Aboard Commercial Communication Satellites a draft Request for Offer (RFO) solicitation including a Statement of Work for a proposed payload will be published on the Internet approximately January 30, 1998. Additional information is set forth below. Comments should be forwarded to the identified point of contact via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review. Any questions regarding this announcement should be directed to the identified point of contact. Comments shall be received within twenty-one days of release of the draft BOA.In responding reference, Draft BOA 1-47-1810.0089. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in ASCII or RTF 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/LaRC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/class.html . Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm . The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is seeking to develop partnerships with the commercial telecommunications industry to enable new science missions to be achieved at geostationary orbit. NASA is exploring opportunities for on-orbit services for relevant science instruments on commercial telecommunications satellites as secondary payloads which are within launch mass margins and operate within the beginning-of-life (BOL) resource margins of the satellite. These payloads would be on a non-interference basis with the primary mission of the satellite. To implement the business approach, the Langley Research Center (LaRC) will invite the commercial telecommunications industry to enter in to a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to provide future on-orbit services flight opportunities for secondary payload science instruments NASA may select. The BOA will be used in a test mode as a pilot program for one year. The BOA may be renewed after the initial period if deemed appropriate. The BOA solicitation will also request an offer for the on-orbit services for the Geoexpress Pathfinder instrument (GXPI). All qualified vendors will be awarded a BOA however, individual flight opportunities will be competed amongst the BOA recipients. The BOA solicitation will request general information on all potential flight opportunities and detailed flight opportunity information for the Geoexpress Pathfinder instrument. The information to be requested includes; gelocation, ITU/FCC license status, estimates of mass and power that can be allocated to secondary payloads and other interface limitations. (0027)

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