SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- ARES I-1 LAUNCH VEHICLE UPPER STAGE- INTERSTAGE SEVERANCE SYSTEM - THIS REPLACES DRAFT RFP NNC06ZDE035J
- Notice Date
- 11/1/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135
- ZIP Code
- 44135
- Solicitation Number
- NNC07ZDE002R
- Response Due
- 11/30/2006
- Archive Date
- 11/1/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)] for a Launch Vehicle Stage Severance System. The ARES I Launch Vehicle is a new launch vehicle NASA is developing to replace the Space Shuttle and to return astronauts to the moon. ARES I-1 is the first flight of this new launch vehicle and will demonstrate ascent flight control system performance. The upper stage will be an inert mass model. One of the primary objectives of the first flight will be to demonstrate nominal First Stage/Interstage and Upper Stage separation and clearances. This Statement of Work (SOW) is for the design, development, fabrication, testing, integration, and shipping of the complete severance system. The severance system shall include the severance ring, upper and lower flange rings, ETL and ETL manifolds. The term Separation System includes the severance system which is the purpose of this procurement and the Booster Deceleration Motors (BDM) and their associated ETL?s which are not part of this procurement. The severance ring shall use pyrotechnics to completely separate the upper stage from the interstage about 2 minutes after launch from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). See Figure 1 below, showing a side view of the Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV) and ARES I-1 Upper Stage Simulator. See Figure 2 for CLV Pyrotechnic events. During ascent, the launch vehicle skin will be mostly in compression due to rocket engine thrust. However, there are bending modes of the vehicle during flight that will put the severance system into both compression and tension. Just prior to triggering the severance system, eight BDM will provide a downward thrust to the first stage, thus putting the severance joint into tension. See Figures 3 and 4 for the BDM locations. There is a short time delay between the firing of the BDM and the firing of the severance system. The development, testing, fabrication and flight qualification of the severance system will require a aggressive schedule. NASA GRC is requesting a delivery of an Engineering Test Unit (ETU) in October, 2007 and a full test qualification unit in March, 2008. The first flight severance system is expected in June, 2008. The flight of ARES I-1 is scheduled for April, 2009. A second flight article may (or may not) be purchased for delivery in December 2008 for a follow on flight that is currently TBD. NASA is open to industries? creative design with the proposed system having demonstrative flight heritage. The Contractor shall support NASA during integration and system level Functional Verification testing planned at NASA Plum Brook (PB) near Sandusky, OH and at KSC, FL. A full scale separation test will be performed on a severance system in a vacuum facility at the PB location. At the KSC, the Contractor shall support the integration at the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 336419 and 1000 respectively. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFP is on November 1, 2006 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about November 30, 2006. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GRC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=22 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below. All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer, Irene Cierchacki at Irene.Cierchacki-1@nasa.gov; SUBJECT: Questions on NNC07ZDE002R. Telephone questions will not be accepted.
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