SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS MISSION UNDERFLIGHTS AND GREENLAND WINDS: EXPLORATORYEXPEDITIONS
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 12, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton,VA 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- 4200525118
- Response Due
- 9/4/2014
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2015
- Point of Contact
- Connie Snapp, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-864-7928, Fax 757-864-1450, Email C.Snapp@nasa.gov - Rosemary C. Froehlich, Contracting Officer, Phone 757-864-2423, Fax 757-864-8541, Email Rosemary.C.Froehlich@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Connie Snapp
(C.Snapp@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) has a requirement for Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM) Underflights and Greenland Winds: Exploratory Expeditions. LaRC intends to award a sole source contract to Simpson Weather Associates (SWA) to conduct two planned NASA aircraft campaigns based in Greenland. SWA will serve as the Science Principal Investigator (PI) and be responsible for the detailed design, execution and post-flight analyses of two Arctic aircraft campaigns using LaRCs DAWN (Doppler Aerosol WiNd) wind lidar. DAWN is the LaRC pulsed, coherent-detection, 2-micron lidar system which is a state-of-the-art Doppler Wind Lidar (DWL). SWA will provide campaign flight planning, DAWN wind lidar operation, and DAWN wind lidar data analysis. The objectives of the aircraft campaigns are: 1) demonstration of the contribution to the science of arctic warming of the airborne wind lidar measurements using the LaRC DAWN lidar, 2) demonstration of the capability of the airborne DAWN wind lidar to assist ESAs ADM wind lidar space mission with calibration and validation measurements, 3) demonstration of the readiness of LaRCs DAWN wind sensor, and 4) refining of the techniques for calibration/validation between a space-based lidar and an airborne set of sensors using underflights of currently orbiting sensors. The DAWN lidar is used to meet each objective. SWA has singular experience and expertise with the LaRC DAWN lidar to plan and perform the services under this contract. SWA possesses exclusive experience in computer simulation of both direct detection wind lidar (e.g., ADM) and coherent detection wind lidar (DAWN) and in advanced processing methods for coherent lidar airborne wind data. SWAs simulations include highly sophisticated atmospheric modeling. In addition, SWA is the only company which has processed DAWN raw data. All of this experience possessed only by SWA is critical to performing the proposed contract. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. All responsible sources may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on September 4, 2014. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose 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 open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of 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 Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_library/Omb.html.
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