Making The ISS Into A National Laboratory

NASA Solicitation: Public Day for a Future Cooperative Agreement Notice
“NASA/HQ is holding a Public Day for potential Proposers on the planned acquisition of an entity to develop and manage the US share of the ISS as a national laboratory. The acquisition will result in the award of a Cooperative Agreement. The Public Day will be held on Friday, December 10, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the NASA Headquarters James Webb Auditorium. Section 504 of Public Law 111-267, the NASA Authorization Act for 2010 establishes eligibility criteria regarding the selected recipient of this planned cooperative agreement: 1) the entity must be “exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986” and 2) the entity must not have “any other organizational objective or responsibilities on behalf of the organization or any parent organization or other entity.”