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Reply to Attn of: BL-02-602 July 17, 2002

TO: ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP) #9-BL-23-2-03P, Bioastronautics
Contract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson
Space Center, is soliciting offers for the Bioastronautics Contract. The
attached final RFP replaces the draft RFP, including all amendments, in
its entirety. Answers to all questions formally received prior to
today's release of the attached final RFP will be issued as an amendment
to the final RFP. Any questions received as a result of the final RFP
will also be answered as an amendment to the final RFP.

Numerous changes have been made since the draft RFP had been issued.
Offerors are advised to read all requirements contained within the
attached final RFP and respond only to requirements listed within it.

The following information shall be considered when preparing proposals:

**[Contract Structure]{.underline}**

The Bioastronautics Contract will be a 10-year Cost Plus Award Fee
contract. There will be no Award Term provisions in the contract. The
contract will have a basic period of 5 years with a 3-year option and a
2-year option to extend contract performance. The contract start date is
anticipated to be April 1, 2003 with a 60-day phase-in period prior to
contract start. Current contracts will have one-month options contained
within them to allow for a shorter phase-in if proposed.

**[Facilities under the Bioastronautics Contract]{.underline}**

The Government has determined that a new on-site Bioastronautics
Facility will not be a part of this procurement. The attached final RFP
directs offerors to use existing on-site facilities and supplemental
off-site facilities in their approach to providing facilities for the
Bioastronautics Contract. For evaluation purposes, offerors should not
assume that an on-site Bioastronautics Facility will be built during the
term of the contract when responding to the attached RFP.

**[Electronic Technical Library]{.underline}**

An electronic technical library has been made available and can be
accessed at the following address:

<http://jsc-web-pub.jsc.nasa.gov/bd01/BIO/default.asp>

A username and password is needed to access the electronic library.
Please e-mail the Contracting Officer, Kristi L. Fryer, requesting
access to the website. The appropriate e- e-mail address is listed below
under the section entitled "E-mail Correspondence". Please title the
e-mail note "Access -- Technical Library" in the subject block and
include the following information in your request:

a\. Your name

b\. Company

c\. Joint venture or team you are with

d\. Office Phone Number

Every effort has been made to complete the technical library prior to
today's release of the final RFP. However, additional reference
documents applicable to this procurement may be added to the technical
library. Offerors will be responsible for checking the website for any
updates to the technical library.

**[Proposal Submissions]{.underline}**

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall include the
offeror's name and complete address, including street, city, county,
state, and zip code. In addition, include telephone and fax numbers and
an e-mail address so that the person responsible for the proposal can be
contacted.

Offerors must deliver their proposal to the Industry Assistance Office,
Building 111, Room 112, Proposal Room. The proposal must be clearly
identified with the RFP number and the Contracting Officer's name. With
the exception of Volume III "Past Performance", proposals are due no
later than 2:30 p.m., local time on September 17, 2002. Volume III "Past
Performance" is due no later than 2:30 p.m., local time on September 3,
2002. Additional detail with regards to the submission of Volume III is
discussed in more detail below. Proposals that arrive after the
prescribed time for receipt of proposals will be considered late and
treated in accordance with FAR 52.215-1, "Instructions to
Offerors-Competitive Acquisitions".

## **Volume III - Past Performance**

Offerors are required to send a copy of RFP Form 2 "Past Performance
Questionnaire" (reference Appendix B in the attached RFP), with the
offeror's historical data completed in Section 1 "Offeror's Historical
Data", to the Contracting Officer for this solicitation by no later than
2:30 p.m., September 3, 2002. Additionally, send copies of RFP Form 2,
Section 2 "Ratings and Questions" and Section 3 "Respondent
Information", to the your identified contacts with instructions to have
the forms completed and returned to the Contracting Officer for this
solicitation by no later than 2:30 p.m., September 3, 2002. Send Section
2 to contacts that are the customers' technical managers and contracting
officials most familiar with the contracts for which the data is being
provided. Offerors shall ensure that phone numbers and times of
availability provided for references are current and correct.

Past Performance Evaluation Forms shall be delivered to the Industry
Assistance Office, Building 111, Room 112, Proposal Room, or submitted
electronically to the e-mail address listed below under the section
entitled "E-mail Correspondence". If e-mailed, please title the e-mail
note "Past Performance" in the subject block. If Past Performance
Evaluation forms are submitted via e-mail, the time it is received
(local time) shown in the Government e-mail system will be the time a
form is considered submitted.

**[Questions Related to the RFP]{.underline}**

All questions and comments related to the attached RFP shall be
submitted in writing via e-mail to the e-mail address listed below under
the section entitled "E-mail Correspondence". Please title the e-mail
note "Questions/Comments -- Final RFP" in the subject block and make
sure to include in the note a name and a daytime phone number of the
person submitting questions or comments.

***Offerors shall submit all questions by close of business July 31,
2002 to allow for timely consideration.***

**[E-mail Correspondence]{.underline}**

An e-mail address has recently been set up to handle e-mail
correspondence related to this solicitation. From this point on, all
e-mail correspondence related to this solicitation should be submitted
to the following e-mail address:

[mailto:Bio@ems.jsc.nasa.gov](mailto:Bio@ems.jsc.nasa.gov)

**[Changes Related to the RFP]{.underline}**

It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the NASA Acquisition
Internet Service website at the following web address for any changes to
the schedule or posting of amendments to this RFP.

<http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73>

*Original signed by*

Kristi L. Fryer

Contracting Officer