NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

A -- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF STRATIFIED VOLUME DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS FOR WAVEGUIDE COUPLING SOL 8-1-8-EB-C1438 DUE 012599 POC Glynda H. Meeks, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-0422, Fax (256) 544-4400, Email glynda.meeks@msfc.nasa.gov -- Valerie N. Holmes, Contracting Officer, Phone (256)544-0314, Fax (256)544-4400, Email valerie.holmes@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-8-EB-C1438. E-MAIL: Glynda H. Meeks, glynda.meeks@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for a technology development effort entitled "Stratified Volume Diffractive Optics for Waveguide Coupling." This requirement is being procured under the University Research Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) Program with the university community within the United States. The purpose of this requirement is to develop stratified volume diffractive optical elements (SVDOE's) as high efficiency grating couplers for waveguide devices. Place of performance shall be at the contractor's facility with a period of performance from date of award through Septemer 30, 1999. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8733 and 500, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurment is DO-C9. The anticipated release date of RFQ 8-1-8-EB-C1438 is on or about January 18, 1999 with an anticipated quote due date of on or about January 25, 1999. All qualified responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. 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 WWW address, or URL of the NASA/MSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential quoters 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 01/05/99 (D-SN285306). (0005)

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