SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SYNCHRONIZED POSITION HOLD ENGAGE AND REORIENTEXPERIMENTAL SATELLITES "SPHERES"
- Notice Date
- 9/24/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- NNA11SPHERES-EMS
- Response Due
- 10/7/2010
- Archive Date
- 9/24/2011
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth M. Sanchez, Contract Specialist, Phone 650-604-5053, Fax 650-604-0932, Email elizabeth.m.sanchez@nasa.gov - Marianne Shelley, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-4179, Fax 650-604-3020, Email marianne.shelley@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Elizabeth M. Sanchez
(elizabeth.m.sanchez@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA ARC has a requirement for engineering support services for the transition oftechnical and operational material and knowledge from Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT) to NASA ARC for sustaining engineering and operation of the SynchronizedPosition Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) hardware and softwaresystems. NASA desires to transform the SPHERES small satellite systems resident onInternational Space Station (ISS) in orbit, into a National Laboratory Facility for useby a wide variety of researchers and educators. To do this, NASA HQs has directed NASAARC to work with the SPHERES systems developer, MIT, to quickly become capable ofmaintaining, scheduling, and operating the SPHERES flight and ground systems. NASA ARC intends to purchase the services from MIT. MIT is the original developer of theSPHERES hardware and software systems.As these systems are research tools, and notechnical information on the design or software has been published publicly, no othercapable source exists able to provide the technical information in order to enable ARC tosuccessfully maintain and operate the SPHERES systems.The Government does not intend 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 10:00 a.m. local timeon October 7, 2010. 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.NASA FAR Supplement Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The installationOmbudsman is Lewis Braxton, NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 200-9, Moffett Field, CA94035-0001.Information about major upcoming ARC procurement actions is availableathttp://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eis/admin/admin.cgi?center=ARC
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