The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.

This procurement is a total small business set-aside. The NAICS Codes and Size Standard are 541713, 541714 or 541715 and 1,000 employees or less, respectively.

All eligible and interested sources may submit a proposal through the electronic handbook. Each proposal will be considered by the Agency.

The anticipated release date of the 2018 SBIR-STTR Solicitation is on or about January 11, 2018 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about March 14, 2018. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.

Both Programs are designed to provide small businesses with opportunities to compete for federal research and development awards and to stimulate the commercialization of the resulting technology. It is anticipated that the NASA 2018 solicitation will identify specific product areas within each subtopic that NASA wishes to emphasize. To participate in the NASA SBIR-STTR programs, small businesses shall have Internet access and an e-mail address. Details can be found on the NASA SBIR/STTR Home Page at http://sbir.nasa.gov/ . NASA will release the 2018 SBIR-STTR solicitation around 12:00 noon Eastern Time on or about January 11th, 2018. Distribution will be by the Internet as described below. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be distributed. Instructions for electronic access to the solicitation are as follows: the solicitation and other program information will be accessible on the NASA SBIR/STTR home page which can be viewed at http://sbir.nasa.gov/ . Those requesting the solicitation are strongly encouraged to download it from the NASA Home Page as described above.

It is the interested offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Interested offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

All contractual and technical questions shall be submitted in writing to Ben Benvenutti at [email protected] . Telephone questions will not be accepted.