The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) invites you to submit a response to this inquiry to assist in finalizing planning for the Constellation Program ground processing, assembly, integration, test, launch and recovery services acquisition development. Ground processing will provide important services at the Kennedy Space Center to support the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV), the Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle (CaLV), and the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) beginning with the Constellation Program Flight Tests and continuing through the International Space Station (ISS) and Lunar missions. The intent of this Request for Information (RFI) is to obtain information from industry to assist NASA in the planning for the Ground Processing Services acquisition development. The attached document provides detailed background information, requested response topics and response instructions.
All responses should be provided in MS Word document format, both hard copy and electronic media. Font should be Times New Roman, size 12. Responses should not exceed 30 pages and should reference RFI-KSC-GPS. Please submit responses no later than March 8, 2007, to NASA/KSC Procurement Office, Attn: OP-MS/Tammy Burlein, Contracting Officer, Kennedy Space Flight Center, FL 32899. Additional questions should be provided to Tammy Burlein via e-mail: Tammy.S.Burlein@nasa.gov.
An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note B. Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet 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 home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=76 . It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of these documents.
