The Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition (RAPIDIII) is a multiple award, IDIQ, Fixed Price type contract, for satellite bus core systemswith any necessary modifications to meet specific Mission needs. The scope of the workincludes design and development of the spacecraft, integration of Government providedscientific instruments, spacecraft/observatory integration and test, shipment ofobservatory to launch site, observatory launch support, on-orbit checkout of observatory,and on-orbit operations as required. Periodically, within the contracts effective ordering period, the Contracting Officerwill accept and evaluate proposals with the intention of adding contracts and/ormodifying existing contracts to place additional core spacecraft and options in the RapidIII Catalog. This will be done via On-Ramps. On-Ramp l of the RAPID III contract is hereby opened to receive offers from vendors forthe RAPID III contract. Proposals for the On-Ramp will be accepted by the RSDOContracting Officer through December 16, 2011. Prospective offerors shall submit a written response of their intent to submit a proposalto Cynthia White via electronic transmission at [email protected], by November 7,2011.On-Ramp proposals shall be subject to the same proposal instructions and evaluationprocedures as the Rapid III Request for Proposal (RFP) NNG10207304R dated November 3,2009. Proposal instructions and evaluation procedures may be obtained from the RSDOwebsite, http://rsdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ , under the Rapid III menu option.Proposals for On-Ramp l are due NLT 3:00 pm eastern standard time on December 16, 2011. All proposal packages must be closed and sealed. All shipping boxes/packages must belabeled with the company name or logo clearly visible on the outside. The required mailing address and external marking for proposals is as follows:Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbelt, MD 20771Building 16WShipping and Receiving DockSolicitation Number NNG10207304R/On-Ramp lAttn: Cynthia WhiteBuilding 16W, Room N-115DPROPOSALDELIVER UNOPENEDIt is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the releaseof solicitation amendments (if any):http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51 . Potential offerors willbe responsible for downloading their own copy of this solicitation and amendments (ifany).

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