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A -- FOOD TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIAL SPACE CENTER SOL 9-CAN-98-BH-01 DUE 052298 POC Steve Janney, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-3500, Fax (281) 483-6041, Email stephen.h.janney1@ jsc.nasa.gov -- Nancy L. Kennamer, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-8522, Fax (281) 483-6041, Email nancy.l.kennamer1@ jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/date.html#9-CAN-98-BH-01. E-MAIL: Steve Janney, stephen.h.janney1@jsc.nasa.gov. NASA Johnson Space Center anticipates award of a cooperative agreement to an educational institution to establish a Food Technology Commercial Space Center (FTCSC). The educational institution must be accredited by the Institute for Food Technology. The focus of the FTCSC will be on the development of food technologies for long duration missions while promoting commercial applications of the technologies. A cooperative agreement notice (CAN) will be issued to solicit proposals to establish the FTCSC. The proposed FTCSC may be consortia in partnership with corporations. A major factor in the selection process will be the proposer's key personnel and the proposed process by which critical path research will be defined, implemented, and integrated. Partnerships with the corporate sector will be key elements of the FTCSC, with the commercial partners committing resources to the collaborative effort. NASA will provide its considerable knowledge and expertise in the areas of space life sciences and its associated Food Technology facilities and unique engineering assets. The FTCSC will be required to establish a close association with the NASA Johnson Space Center. It is NASA's intent to provide core funding (in addition to research opportunities funded through yearly competitive solicitations). The overall period to be covered by this cooperative agreement is anticipated to be 5 years with an assessment to determine if a 5 year extension of the cooperative agreement is in the best interests of both parties. A draft Statement of Work and solicitation (including a draft) will be available over the Internet. The draft Statment of Work is available immediately and the draft solicitation is anticipated for release on June 12, 1998. 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/JSC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/class.html. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor this cite for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Comments to the draft Statement of Work are encouraged and should be submitted to Steve Janney via e-mail at the address below by May 22, 1998 to be considered for incorporation into the final Statement of Work. Current schedules anticipate that a pre-solicitation conference along with a facility tour to be held on June 12, 1998. The workshop/facility tour will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in building 1, room 966 at the Johnson Space Center. A facility tour will be held later that day from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please provide notification of intent to attend the pre-solicitation conference to Steve Janney by May 22, 1998 at the e-mail address listed below. The draft solicitation will also be released the same day of the solicitation conference over the internet at the same address listed above for the Statement of Work. Comments to the draft solicitation will be accepted and reviewed up to 1 week prior to releasing the formal solicitation. Comments to the draft solicitation should be sent via e-mail to Steve Janney at the address below. It is anticipated that the formal solicitation will be released 30 days after the draft issuance with selection anticipated in 45 days after proposal receipt. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered. Please contact Steve Janney via e-mail or by phone as shown below (e-mail is preferred) or you can contact Nancy Kennamer by phone or e-mail at as shown below for reservations to the solicitation conference and indicate if you plan to attend the facility tour. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". 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/nnotes.htm. (0113)

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