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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 06, 2002 FBO #0035
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- HYPERSPECTRAL LINEAR VARIABLE FILTER

Notice Date

1/4/2002
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 215, Greenbelt, MD 20771
 

ZIP Code

20771
 

Solicitation Number

550-56343-234
 

Response Due

2/1/2002
 

Point of Contact

Kathleen Tennant, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-4239, Fax (301) 286-1720, Email ktennant@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov - Carlos R. McKenzie, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-3989, Fax (301) 286-1720, Email cmckenzi@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to Kathleen Tennant
(ktennant@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov)
 

Description

NASA/GSFC is hereby soliciting information for potential sources for a HYPERSPECTRAL LINEAR VARIABLE FILTER for the NASA mission to the planet Pluto (Pluto-Kuiper Mission) with a delivery schedule of eight (8) months after contract award. The spectral filter shall be a wedged filter composed of as many segments as it takes to cover the region from 1.25 to 2.5 micrometers at a constant resolution of 300 (lambda/delta lambda) (or a non constant resolution no less than 300), and to cover the region from 2.1 to 2.25 micrometers at a constant resolution of 600 (or a non constant resolution no less than 600). The resolutions are stated for 40 micrometers pixels. The spectral filter assembly may be a single filter segment or a combination of two or more segments such that the total spectral band is covered, within reasonable tolerances, by a 1.024 x 1.024 cm HgCdTe detector array. The overall dimensions of the assembly will have oversized substrates for mounting: 1.3 x 1.3 cm for 0.15 cm margins. The assembly is to be placed in very close proximity to the array. The operating temperature will nominally be 95 K. The array/filter assembly shall normally operate in a vacuum and the filter must not undergo significant outgasing or change in characteristics after storage in air. Specification Summary: 1)Coverage 1.25 to 2.5 micrometers 2)Spectral resolution of assembly: lambda/delta lambda = 300 1.25 to 2.5 micrometers. lambda/delta lambda = 600 2.1 to 2.25 micrometers 3)Pixel size: 40 micrometers (The resolutions given above are the convolution of the inherent resolution and the pixel broadened resolution). 4)In-band transmission of LVE: >25 percent at all spectral positions (goal: 50%). 5)Out-of-band blocking: <0.002 % average. <0.02 % at any peak. 6)Functional form of wavelength dependence on position is negotiable 7)Dimensions (as stated above): Substrate: 1.3 x 1.3 cm (0.15 cm margin). Wedged filter coating: at least 1.02 x 1.02 cm. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these cites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a capability statement of 15 pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein. Please include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, and/or woman-owned. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully 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 on responses hereto. All responses shall be submitted to designated point of contact no later than the above date. In responding reference No. 550-56343-234. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html
 

Web Link

Click here for the latest information about this notice
(http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51#99777)
 

Record

SN20020106/00011769-020107072345 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(will not be valid after Archive Date)

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