SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- SPHERES FACILITY ABOARD THE ISS FOR STEM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
- Notice Date
- 12/10/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH10322363R
- Response Due
- 12/28/2009
- Archive Date
- 12/10/2010
- Point of Contact
- Danit P Rainey, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-6717, Fax 301-286-0356, Email Danit.Rainey@nasa.gov - Sandra P. Bruce, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-3936, Fax 301-286-0357, Email sandra.p.bruce@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Danit P Rainey
(Danit.Rainey@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/HQ has a requirement for Support Services for the ZERO Robotics competition.The ZERO Robotics competition enables high-school students to participate in the SPHERES(Synchronized Position Hold Engage Re-orient Experimental Satellite) program by writingtheir own algorithms to solve a problem provided by the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT) team. The pilot program involves two high schools that will competeagainst each other during a test session that will be conducted aboard the ISS during thewinter of 2009-2010. The contractor will support the pilot program to completion andevaluate its results, setting clear and realistic objectives for a potential nationalprogram to start in the Fall of 2010 or 2011.The Government intends to purchase the services from Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT). MIT is uniquely qualified to perform this pilot program and providesupport engineering because they created the SPHERES program and hold proprietaryownership of the data. 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 Danit Rainey not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on December 28,2009. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose ofdetermining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis.Adetermination 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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- Record
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