NASA Micro-G Flight Opportunities Announcement

Researchers aboard ZERO-G Corporation's GFORCEONE aircraft. (PRNewsFoto/Zero Gravity Corporation, Steve Boxall)

From NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program blog:

Today we have posted an update to the continuously open Announcement of Flight Opportunities (AFO) for payloads to fly on parabolic and suborbital reusable launch vehicles. The new flight opportunities are listed in the AFO update and under Open Opportunities. Cut off date for proposal evaluation is June 28, 2011.

Use the revised Announcement of Flight Opportunities (Feb 9, 2011) in combination with today’s update to prepare your proposal.

The updated AFO is reproduced in full below.

Opportunities for Payloads Requiring a Near-zero or Reduced Gravity Environment: Maturing Crosscutting Technologies That Advance Multiple Future Space Missions to Flight Readiness Status

Modification – Jun 06, 2011

General Information

Solicitation Number:	NND11122110O
Posted Date:	Jun 06, 2011
FedBizOpps Posted Date:	Jun 06, 2011
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action:	No
Original Response Date:	Jun 28, 2011
Current Response Date:	Jun 28, 2011
Classification Code:	A — Research and Development
NAICS Code:	541712 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)

Contracting Office Address

NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center, Code A, P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273

Description

This is a modification to the synopsis entitled OPPORTUNITIES FOR PAYLOADS REQUIRING A NEAR-ZERO OR REDUCED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT: MATURING CROSSCUTTING TECHNOLOGIES THAT ADVANCE MULTIPLE FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS TO FLIGHT READINESS STATUS NND11122110O which was posted on Dec. 21, 2010. You are notified that the following changes are made:This is an update to the Announcement which includes changes in the following sections: 1. Section V. Current Flight Opportunities 2. Section VI. Submission Instructions 3. Section VII. Evaluation Criteria 

The due date for responses is extended.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents 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/DFRC Business Opportunities home page is https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=24

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Please see uploaded document “Changes to AO No. OCT-1-10” for the specific changes to the noted sections.

Point of Contact

Name:	Andrea C Basham
Title:	Contract Specialist
Phone:	661-276-6126
Fax:	661-276-3374
Email:	[email protected]

Name:	Richard M Swanson
Title:	Contracting Officer
Phone:	661-276-3337
Fax:	661-276-2904
Email:	[email protected]