R--SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE ENGINEERING CONTRACT

This is modification 6 to the synopsis entitled "Safety and Mission AssuranceEngineering Contract (SMAEC)" Solicitation Number NNJ09314047L which was posted onSeptember 17, 2009. You are notified of the following change in status: NASA isdiscontinuing the SMAEC procurement due to uncertainties with the Constellation Program,potential changes in the International Space Station functionality and undefinedrequirements for new Programs. At this time, NASA is unable to develop requirements for anew contract or to bound the scope and independent government estimate for a competition.A new source evaluation activity will be initiated on the NASA Acquisition InternetService (NAIS) once the implications of these changes are assessed. The current contract,NNJ06JE86C with Science Application International Corporation (SAIC), will be extendedfor an additional year, with two-6 month options. Posting of this change will also appearon the SMAEC website at http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/smaec/ . Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. Thesedocuments will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWWbrowser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/JSC Business Opportunitieshome page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73 Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation andany amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of thesolicitation and amendments (if any).