SOLICITATION NOTICE
18 -- POLY-PICOSATELLITE ORBITAL DEPLOYER P-POD
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 210.W, WallopsIsland, VA 23337
- ZIP Code
- 23337
- Solicitation Number
- NNG09274418Q
- Response Due
- 12/4/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2009
- Point of Contact
- Joan L Murden, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-824-1352, Fax 757-824-1974, - Cheryl W Johnson, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-824-1607, Fax 757-824-1974, />
- E-Mail Address
-
Joan.L.Murden@nasa.gov, Cheryl.W.Johnson@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for One (1) Flight Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer(P-POD). A P-POD is a standard deployment system which reduces the satellitedevelopment time for Cubesat (miniature satellite) programs. This includes hardwaredesign and development and P-POD testing. The P-POD must be of flight-quality formission flight. All Interface Control Documents and Test and Analyses Reports mustaccompany the unit. NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the item from California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly) Corporation. Cal Poly is the only vendor of flight qualified P-POD's. Cal Polyhas unique tooling for the P-POD and it is built with proprietary knowledge, there are noother companies that can provide this equipment. Only a Cal Poly P-POD is acceptable tofly as a secondary payload deployer. The Cal Poly P-POD is one of a kind and is the onlyequipment which is electrically and mechanically acceptable for his mission. Only CalPoly is capable of providing a flight qualified unit. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.See Note26.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 December 4, 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".
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