SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope Systems 2 (SMARTS 2)
- Notice Date
- 3/24/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command, FISC NORFOLK DETACHMENT PHILADELPHIA, 700 Robbins Avenue, Building 2B, Philadelphia, PA, 19111-5083
- ZIP Code
- 19111-5083
- Solicitation Number
- N00140-06-Q-0061
- Response Due
- 4/13/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/28/2006
- Description
- The Fleet Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia Office, intends to solicit on a sole source basis with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), Washington, DC, for photometric observations needed of the sources in Table I in the Johnson B, V, R, I bands. This table lists the brightest compact extragalactic sources reported in the literature. These observations are needed for the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) in order to place the astrometric measurements on a fixed inertial frame. It is planned to observe the sources in Table 1 to ascertain and characterize their variability. Observations of stars in B, V, R, I bands to be supplied to USNO for analysis on a monthly basis. The observation services are needed for a base year at 100 nights a year and the acquisition will have options for an additional (4) years for a total of five years and 500 observed nights if all options are exercised. The Navy intends to solicit for a Firm Fixed Priced contract. This procurement is a sole source acquisition with AURA, under the authority of FAR 6. 302-1. AURA is the only known provider of these services that can guarantee the specified 100 nights/year of observations and is accessible to an observatory in the southern hemisphere. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541710. See Numbered Note 22.
- Record
- SN01014538-W 20060326/060324212721 (fbodaily.com)
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