SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- TEAMING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INSTRUMENT INCUBATOR PROGRAM (IIP) NRA
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 144, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton, VA 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- SS-055-IIP
- Response Due
- 8/5/2002
- Point of Contact
- Mary Jane Yeager, Contracting Officer, Phone (757) 864-2473, Fax (757) 864-7709, Email M.J.YEAGER@larc.nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Mary Jane Yeager
(M.J.YEAGER@larc.nasa.gov)
- Description
- Description: NASA Langley Research Center is seeking University and Industry partners for the efforts synopsized. Synopsis: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) on July 16, 2002 for the Instrument Incubator Program (IIP). The Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) fosters the development of innovative remote-sensing concepts and the assessment of these concepts in ground, aircraft, or engineering model demonstrations. This NRA solicits analytical studies, lab demonstrations, field demonstrations, instrument requirements analysis, instrument design, and engineering model construction for innovative measurement techniques which have the highest potential to meet goals of the IIP and the measurement capability requirements of the Office of Earth Science. Successful proposers must present concepts which have great potential for enabling new science measurements and/or reducing instrument cost, size, mass, and resource use. The IIP will competitively select through a peer review process proposals to participate in the program. The total proposed period of performance should not exceed 36 months. NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) is seeking partners from other government agencies, industry, academia, and Federal Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) to participate with NASA LaRC Principal Investigators (PI) in the IIP to develop proposals and execute development and performance demonstrations of Earth science instrumentation and instrument subsystems. It is expected that selection of the proposal(s) and availability of funds would result in instrument and/or subsystem contract(s) for the selected partner(s). This partnering opportunity does not guarantee selection for award of any contracts, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by NASA to pay for the information solicited. It is expected that the partner(s) selected would provide (at no cost to NASA) conceptual designs, technical data, proposal input, project schedules and cost estimates consistent with the requirements of the NRA. Potential partners must demonstrate the capabilities and experience to provide subsystems and instruments consistent with the efforts synopsized for each intended LaRC proposal. Partners must work collaboratively with NASA and other potential industry and academic partners to perform the required tasks. Partner selection(s) will be made by LaRC based on the following criteria in the following order of importance: (1) Relevant experience, past performance, technical capability, and availability of key personnel This criteria evaluates the proposers relevant recent experience, past performance in similar development activities, technical capability to perform the development and key personnel available to support the development. Substantive evidence (points of contact and telephone numbers) of successful participation in similar developments should be included. (2) Cost and schedule control This criteria evaluates the proposer's ability to control both cost and schedule. The proposer should provide evidence of successfully controlling cost and schedule for similar development programs and provide evidence of management processes in this area. (3) Facilities This criterion evaluates the proposer's facilities (development, testing, and analyses) to conduct the development or demonstration of the proposed task. The proposer should discuss facility availability, access, and the ability to meet the proposed objectives. Responses should be limited to 5 pages (12 point font) and address each of the criteria. All responses should be sent to: NASA Langley Research Center, Attn: Darlene Pokora, Mail Stop 214, Building 1229, Room 120H, Hampton, VA 23681, or via email to: d.c.pokora@larc.nasa.gov. The due date for submission is COB August 5, 2002. Procurement questions should be directed to Mary Jane Yeager, NASA LaRC Procurement Office, 757-864-2473, m.j.yeager@larc.nasa.gov. Technical questions should be directed to Dr. William Cook (see below), or to Darlene C. Pokora at the email address noted above, phone # (757) 864-7511. The technical requirements and NASA LaRC point of contact for technical questions is provided below: Remote Sensing Vegetation Reflectance and Fluorescence Technical Point of Contact: Dr. William B. Cook, (757)864-8331, w.b.cook@larc.nasa.gov The long-term objective of this effort is the development of a prototype instrument and demonstration of the effectiveness of Fabry-Perot etalon instruments for remote sensing visible and NIR signals from vegetation. For the IIP we to develop an instrument based upon the Fabry-Perot interferometer and demonstrate the feasibility of an eventual space-based mission via a flight test on high altitude aircraft or balloon. Responses are solicited from potential IIP partners who can demonstrate the capabilities and experience to provide spectrometer subsystems associated with Fabry-Perot interferometers in support of remote sensing applications. In addition potential partners with interests in the application of fluorescence and reflectance remote sensing data to geophysical science or agricultural management, especially those with experience in oceanic or coastal marine studies, are invited to respond. Selected partners will be expected to work collaboratively with government representatives and other potential industry and academic partners to perform some or all of the following tasks: ? Design and model the optical system ? Incorporate atmospheric effects, including possible Raman scattering terms, into the radiance models ? Construct and integrate the optical components including etalon(s), narrow band filters, detectors, telescope, etc. ? Provide or assist in the procurement of flight opportunities on balloons, UAV's or other aircraft ? Perform field experiments and analyze data collected
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