SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- NASA-GSFC-POD-DEWAR
- Notice Date
- 12/4/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NASA-GSFC-POD-DEWAR
- Response Due
- 12/24/2015
- Archive Date
- 12/4/2016
- Point of Contact
- Julie A Crooke, Engineer, Phone 301-286-7255, Email Julie.A.Crooke@nasa.gov - Julie A. Janus, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-4931, Fax 301-286-0341, Email Julie.A.Janus@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Julie A Crooke
(Julie.A.Crooke@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Partnership Opportunity Document (POD)with NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for Dewar General Information Contracting Office Address NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771 1.0 Introduction and Scope This partnership opportunity is for NASA SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) Third-Generation Science Instrument Opportunities in 2015/2016. NASA/GSFC is seeking a partner for SOFIA instrument development for a proposal to this opportunity. A GSFC instrument team submitted a pre-Phase A proposal to the SOFIA Third Generation Science Instrument, the Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) due October 7, 2015. This opportunity will be a two-phase process, with the first proposal response being primarily focused on the scientific merit and technical feasibility of the proposed instrument and its associated scientific investigation. The initial submissions will then be down-selected after formal peer review and the resultant subset of proposals will be funded to perform Instrument Concept Studies. During the Instrument Concept Study phase, proposals will be expanded and refined to detail the entire end-to-end life cycle concept, with greater attention to engineering implementation, cost, and schedule. Information on the SOFIA Third Generation Science Instrument NRA can be found at the following location: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=4726 06/solicitationId= %7B5717CE0D-C38D-6385-CAA4-5C2EB541A3A1%7D/viewSolicitationDocument=1/D.12%20S3GSI%20amen d23%20clarify.pdf The time frame for the solicitation is intended to be: NRA Proposal Submitted......... October 7, 2015 Phase II Selection........ January 2016 (target) Instrument Concept Study Report Due.......... May 2016 (target) Down-selection............ May 2016 (target) Deliver the instrument to SOFIA for commissioning........... NLT 31 December 2018 This partnership opportunity is being issued to interested and qualified teaming partners to help a NASA/GSFC instrument concept study and to provide a flight qualified instrument subsystem should the instrument be down-selected for flight. This partnership opportunity is for the design, fabrication and delivery of a dewar for the mid-infrared instrument. Selection will be based on the best value to the government. For this partnership opportunity dealing with the Instrument Concept Study, there will be no exchange of funds between the teaming partners. Partner(s) will be funded according to the budget developed during the Instrument Concept Study phase should the investigation be competitively selected for those additional phases. NASA/GSFC reserves the option to not select any teaming partners under this POD offering on the basis of materials received. 2.0 Subsystem Overview GSFC is interested in finding a partner to fabricate an airborne-flight qualified Dewar. No other subsystems are part of this POD. Detailed information on the Dewar specifications will be provided to those responding with a Notice of Interest. A Notice of Interest (intentionally not called a notice of intent) does not obligate an organization to provide a POD response. 3.0 Pre-selection Support Instrument Concept Study and Instrument Concept Study Proposal Support SOW: It is expected that the selected respondent will provide support using their own resources (no exchange of funds) to help develop and write the Instrument Concept Study Report (CSR) and support any NASA HQ SMD imposed regularly scheduled status meetings, Preliminary Design Review (PDR) level reports, reviews, and implementation plans (including, but not limited to schedule, costs, and risks) as described in the SOFIA third-generation science instrument NRA in response to the NRA in the area of the Dewar. This will involve meeting/discussion with the scientists and the instrument engineering and management team: (a) to help define the end-to-end performance and interface requirements; and (b) to predict performance, for inclusion in the final Concept Study Report. This will include cost estimation for each and all instrument phases. The period of performance for this interval is expected to last until submission of the Instrument Concept Study Report and supporting Site Visit(s) and potentially other requirements imposed by NASA HQ SMD until a down-select announcement for the implementation of a third-generation instrument. POD Response Instructions for Pre-Selection Support The respondent shall: 1) Demonstrate understanding and experience in the design and fabrication of the Dewar: Identify the means of addressing system requirements that your team assumes are likely to exist and tasks the system is intended for, Highlight particularly critical or challenging areas for the delivery of the Dewar, Provide a technical summary/description of the proposed hardware including relevant heritage with cost information. 2) Identify pertinent missions/instruments for which the respondent has previously provided support for proposal writing in the area of Dewar design and fabrication for the technical specifications listed. 4.0 Development Support SOW: Following CSR submittal, if the instrument is selected for development and flight, the respondent will be responsible for the fabrication and delivery of the Dewar. The period of performance for this interval is expected to last approximately 30 months. The date will depend upon selection timelines and budget allocations. POD Response Instructions for Development Support The respondent shall: 1) Describe the level of experience with similar Dewar and level of experience of supporting personnel. 2) Identify available design and modeling capabilities required to support development of the Dewar. 3) Identify fabrication and testing facilities that will be required to support development and test of the Dewar. 4) Identify a level of sustaining engineering to assist in potential anomaly resolution during instrument and observatory testing. 5) Identify which missions/instruments the respondent has successfully supported (relevant to this POD and its technology) and provide a customer reference point of contact. Provide information on recent similar Dewar deliveries, and describe how that experience is applicable to this instrument. This shall include basic information on scope of work, how well the delivered Dewar(s) met the cost and schedule estimates, and technical requirements. 6) Provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate and timeline for the scope of the design and fabrication of the Dewar. This ROM will not be considered a binding commitment, but will serve as a consideration during the partnership evaluation. Due to the rigid cost cap for these opportunities, the cost range for the Dewar will be an important consideration. The respondent is invited to comment on the reasonableness of the placeholder cost. 7) List ideas and methods of keeping costs low and the risk of cost growth low, including how to utilize existing open market hardware to minimize costs and provide a more robust system. 5.0 General Instructions for POD Response Potential respondents are asked to contact the GSFC team with a Notice of Interest (intentionally not called a notice of intent). This Notice of Interest does not create an obligation to respond to the POD, but allows the GSFC team to disseminate additional details to provide answers to questions from potential partners. Notice of Interest respondents will receive a document containing additional details on the Dewar specifications, which can be used to facilitate a focused response to the partnership opportunity. These details are competition sensitive and are not to be shared outside the teams necessary to prepare a full response. After receipt of the instrument concept supporting document, respondents may send questions to the GSFC point of contact (POC) listed below. All questions and answers will be made available to all those who respond to the Notice of Interest. The source of the questions shall be held confidential. Questions and answers that contain information unique to a respondents proprietary approach will not be shared if they are identified as such. Notice of Interest shall be sent to Julie.A.Crooke@nasa.gov via email with Notice of Interest in the subject line, a simple sentence or two expressing interest and an email address to send further information. For purposes of this partnership opportunity, the contact is Julie Crooke, Julie.A.Crooke@nasa.gov, 301-286-7255. Responses to the Partnership Opportunity Document (POD) shall: 1) Be in a presentation format (viewgraphs: such as PPT, PDF or alike) that shall not exceed 30 pages. The font size for the text shall be no smaller than 12 point. 2) Address all requirements noted in Sections 3.0 through 6.0 of this document. Responses will be treated as proprietary information and controlled as such by NASAs GSFC for the US Government. The respondents shall deliver the requested information in a standard presentation format. Final presentation packages (electronic copy only) must be received by 5 pm EST, December 24, 2015. Presentations are to be delivered via email to the above listed contact. 6.0 Selection Criteria for Awarding Partnership Opportunity Selection criteria will be consistent with the desire to encourage cost effective partnerships between the Government and Industry. The information requested in this Section will allow the evaluators to determine how well the respondents Dewar matches and enables the potential instrument. Selection Criteria Proposal/Pre-selection Support Experience (and Team skills) and past performance in proposal phases Resource commitment Identification and description of key critical areas Understanding and addressing general requirements and needs for the proposed Dewar on the target instrument for which it is intended. Provide a discussion of the assumptions made. Development Support Reasonableness of cost and schedule estimates Experience and past performance in development phases Experience and heritage with respect to similar airborne-flight Dewar. Experience developing and implementing similar airborne-flight Dewar is a minimum requirement. Cost control measures Reasonableness of design and modeling capabilities to support the effort Reasonableness of fabrication and testing facilities to support the effort Mass of the airborne-flight Dewar Ability to survive and operate in target environment 7.0 Acronym List CSR: Concept Study Report EST: Eastern Standard Time GSFC: Goddard Space Flight Center HQ: Headquarters ICS: Instrument Concept Study NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOI: Notice of Interest NRA: NASA Research Announcement PDR: Preliminary Design Review POC: Point of Contact POD: Partnership Opportunity Document ROM: Rough Order of Magnitude ROSES:Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences SMD: Science Mission Directorate SOFIA:Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOW: Statement of Work
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