NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 218, Wallops Island, VA 23337

M -- AIRCRAFT SERVICES DUE 031599 POC Sandra Savage, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)824-2363, Fax (757)824-1974, Email Sandra.S.Savage.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- James L. Mitchell, Contracting Officer, Phone (757)824-1067, Fax (757)824-1974, Email James.L.Mitchell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#NAS5-31046. E-MAIL: Sandra Savage, Sandra.S.Savage.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. Aircraft Services on-site at GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). This is a notice of intent to issue a letter Request for Proposal on a noncompetitive basis in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) -- "Only One Responsible Source", to DynCorp Aerospace Operations, 6500 West Freeway, Suite 600, Ft Worth TX 76116 for a six-month extension, April 1, 1999 through September 30, 1999, under contract NAS5-31046. This proposed aircraft support is necessary for continued aircraft services at GSFC, Wallops Flight Facility. The current aircraft services contract is scheduled to expire on March 31, 1999. These highly specialized services are deemed to be available only from the current contractor for this extension period. Award to any other source will result in substantial duplication of costs to the Government that is not expected to be recoverable through competition. Competition of this contract is not considered possible due to the short duration of the service period. Award of this extension to other than the incumbent would likely result in disruption of services that involves programmatic commitments. Continued services with the incumbent contractor are considered necessary for the safe, orderly, and effective continuation of flight activities. Any firms desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their capabilities to provide these services within 15 days of publication of this synopsis, in writing, to the GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility and individual listed. Collect calls are not accepted. A follow-on draft solicitation to the current contract has been issued. The draft solicitation and any documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet. These documents will be in ASCII Text, Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0), and/or Rich Text Format format and will reside on a World-Wide Webb (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". See Numbered Note 26. See Numbered Note 22. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. Posted 02/20/99 (D-SN300474). (0051)

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