76--A HISTORY OF NASA’S DEEP SPACE NAVIGATION

NASA/HQ is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for a scholarly book-length manuscript on the history of NASA’s Deep Space Navigation Development. The book shall focus on the time period since NASA’s inception in 1958 with some background discussion of antecedent thoughts and efforts. The NASA History Division shall administer this project jointly with the Science Mission Directorate. The NASA History Division also shall manage professional review and oversight of final publication of the work. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a capability statement of 10 pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein. You may submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references. Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, and/or woman-owned; number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phone number). Procurement questions should be directed in writing via email to: [email protected]. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based on responses hereto. All responses shall be submitted to Alpana Jenne no later than June 30, 2006 by 3p EST. Please reference solicitation number NNH06159714Q in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.