NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Procurement, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

18 -- MARS ASCENT VEHICLE BOOSTER SYSTEM SOL 10-99-0056 DUE 102399 POC Sharon L. White, Contracting Officer, Phone 407-867-8340, Fax 407-867-8341, Email Sharon.White-1@ksc.nasa.gov -- Thomas D. Tokmenko, Contracting Officer, Phone (407) 867-8350, Fax (407) 867-8351, Email Thomas.Tokmenko-1@ksc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/KSC/date.html#10-99-0056. E-MAIL: Sharon L. White, Sharon.White-1@ksc.nasa.gov. NASA/KSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)for two Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) Booster Systems and associated hardware, software, and spares to support the Agency's Mars Sample Return missions projected for launch in 2003 and 2005. The MAV Booster System (booster and launcher) includes all necessary hardware to launch and propel the Mars Sample from Mars surface to a specified Mars orbit. The Booster consists of multiple stages, each with a Solid Rocket Motor (SRM). A Mars Rover and a Lander Drill will gather samples and deposit them into the MAV. Each MAV will then be launched from its Mars Lander carrying surface samples into Martian orbit. An orbiting spacecraft will rendezvous with the canisters, capture them, and return to the Earth in 2008. The anticipated cost reimbursement type contract will include a design phase effort to further define the design of the MAV and its interfaces with other components of the mission and implementation phase effort for the final design, development, test, integration, delivery, and launch of the two flight MAVs and associated hardware, software, and spares. The MAV Booster Systems must be capable of delivering a payload from the Mars surface and into a specified Mars orbit in 2004 and 2006. They must also be capable of conforming to the requirements and constraints levied by the other elements (Rover, Rover Landed Mechanical Rover Equipment, Lander, Landed Mechanical MAV Equipment) of the Mars Sample Return project. The provisions and clauses in the RFP are those in effect through FAC 97-13. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 3761 and 1000 employees, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The anticipated release date of RFP10-99-0056 is on or about September 23, 1999, with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about October 23, 1999. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal 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 Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/KSC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/KSC/class.html Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). 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/nasanote.html Posted 09/08/99 (D-SN377988). (0251)

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