SOLICITATION NOTICE
T -- ETOUCHBOOK
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511130
— Book Publishers
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG08252794L
- Response Due
- 6/16/2008
- Archive Date
- 5/30/2009
- Point of Contact
- Greta Marie McCommas, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-614-5601, Fax 301-614-5619
- E-Mail Address
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greta.m.mccommas@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for1.A partner program to TUI-size the content of the Touch the Earth book for theblind.2.Twenty-five touch user interface (TUI) ETouchBook platforms (as a cast urethanemolding manufacturing run).3.Up to 30 interactive pages, each with up to 20 pathways for digital content orconnection to email addresses per page for a total of 600 unique digital contentexperiences in the book with the ability for the reader to interact with the left andright sides of the book.4.A USB wired connection to a computer running Windows XP/Vista or Mac OS X.5.DVD optical media discs (bundled as one per ETouchBook) that contains thecomplete digital content library and its associated TUI database.6.The capability for the TUI-sized printed pages to access and connect to web basedcontent, owned or licensed by NASA as well as metrics based on user interaction with thisweb-based content.NASA/GSFC intends to purchase from Somatic Digital for the Touch the Earth Touch Bookincluding the TUI platform, NASA science content, and Optical DVD of the digital contentlibrary.Somatic Digital has developed the Touch User Interface (TUI) technology and is the onlycompany that produces this product. The format and content of the TUI book is requiredfor this project in order to successfully provide a multimedia experience for blind andvisually impaired students.The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon June 16, 2008. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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