NASA/JSC is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for thedevelopment and validation of a non-radiation based, high resolution technology that canevaluate in-vivo changes in structure of cortical and trabecular bone for sites of theaxial skeleton including the hip. Specifically, the required technology shall have theresolution to measure cortical thickness, trabecular thickness, trabecular number, andtrabecular separation in the bone marrow compartment of the hip trochanter, femoral neckand vertebral bodies.No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sitesfor the release of any solicitation or synopsis.Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet theabove requirement should submit a capability statement of 5 pages or less indicating theability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein.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 theyare large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, and/or woman-owned; number of yearsin business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potentialteaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potentialprime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant workperformed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and pointof contact - address and phone number). Technical and procurement related questionsshould be directed to: [email protected]. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-typeproduct. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as acommitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemedfully 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 onresponses hereto. All responses shall be submitted in writing to [email protected] later than 3:00 p.m. local time on August 13, 2009. Please reference NNJ09305367L inany response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.

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