SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Coarse Sun Sensor (CSS)
- Notice Date
- 5/17/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- 2018-CSS-GSFC-NASA
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2018
- Point of Contact
- Ian P. Sherry,
- E-Mail Address
-
Ian.P.Sherry@nasa.gov
(Ian.P.Sherry@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for an anticipated Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for twelve (12) Coarse Sun Sensors (CSS) in order to incorporate this information into the PACE Spacecraft conceptual design and to obtain answers to several questions, listed below. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. The PACE Project, which is managed by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, is investigating vendors who can provide Coarse Sun Sensors for the PACE Attitude Control Subsystem (ACS). The PACE spacecraft is in a sun-synchronous polar orbit at a 676.5 km altitude with an inclination of 98 degrees and a 1 pm local ascending node crossing time. PACE is currently targeted to launch in the 2022-2023 timeframe. The purpose of this RFI is to survey vendor capabilities to meet the PACE mission requirements. This request is for information and planning purposes and feasibility of the requirements. Responses should include written and illustrated concepts, specification sheets, basic design information, and descriptions of capabilities for any available CSS and associated baffles that may meet the requirements described below. Responses are requested to identify potential areas of non-compliance. Where there is non-compliance, please state current capability and if a Non Recurring Effort (NRE) could be pursued to achieve compliance on that particular requirement (and associated cost). 1) Coarse Sun Sensor Requirements The CSS shall be able to provide a 170 degree full cone angle, an 85 degree half cone angle field of view (FOV), and a 74.75 degree glint free half cone angle FOV. If baffles are necessary to meet performance, provide details of relevant baffle options. The output of each CSS will be approximately proportional to the cosine of the angle of the sun with respect to the CSS boresight axis. 2) Ground Support Equipment (GSE) The vendor shall provide thermal vacuum compatible optical stimulators for each CSS. 3) Design Lifetime CSS shall meet the required mission lifetime of 38 months with a pre-launch life of at least 2 years. 4) NASA Standards The CSS shall adhere to NASA flight system standards (e.g., mission assurance requirements, NASA-STD-1000: GOLD Rules, GSFC-STD-6016: Materials and Processes, NASA-STD-5001: Structural Design And Test Factors Of Safety, GSFC-STD-7000: Environmental Verification). 5) Deliverables Along with the hardware, the respondent should also cost providing the following deliverables: • Kick-off Meeting • Design Conformance Review (DCR) and presentation • Pre-Environmental Review (PER) and presentation • Pre-Ship Review (PSR) and presentation • Structural Analysis Report • Structural Finite Element Model (MSC-NASTRAN format) • CAD Model - CREO preferred • Mass Properties Report • Electrical Interface Control Document (ICD) • Thermal Analysis Report • Thermal Model & Documentation • Anomaly/Failure Reports • Verification Test Report(s) • Class I Configuration Management (CM) Changes • Trended Parameters List • Limited Life Items List • As-Built Parts List • As-Built Materials List • List of Critical Fasteners • Radiation Test Reports • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis • Reliability Analysis • GIDEP Alert Disposition and Preparation Furthermore, NASA/GSFC requests the following information (# 6 - 11 below) for the requirements above: 6) Characteristics Provide the following estimated characteristics: a. Current Voltage curve for a representative solar cell b. Mass of a Coarse Sun Sensor c. Dimensions of each Coarse Sun Sensor (volume) d. Electrical interface type and locations e. Mounting inter f. Fundamental frequency g. Peak Output current corresponding to full solar illumination on the boresight axis. h. Alignment Accuracy of the Boresight to the mounting surface. i. Alignment Stability of the Boresight to the mounting surface. j. Radiation Total Ionizing Dose (TID) tolerance. 7) Thermal a. Define thermal temperature ranges for survival and operating conditions b. Define thermal power dissipation 8) Reliability Provide a reliability estimate for the Coarse Sun Sensor. 9) Vibration, Acoustic and Shock Levels Please provide vibration, acoustic and shock levels that the unit has been tested to. 10) Cost and Schedule Please provide a cost estimate and schedule for the delivery of twelve (12) Coarse Sun Sensors, and associated GSE and deliverables. 11) Heritage and Capabilities a. Describe any spaceflight heritage designs or similar Coarse Suns Sensor units to the one being proposed in response to this RFI and indicate any future planned missions. b. Provide a brief summary of your fabrication and test facilities that demonstrate the ability of your company to support the PACE requirements. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,250 employees. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Estimated award date for this contract is April, 2019. Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), Woman-owned, Veteran Owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Historically Underutilized Business Zone and Historically Black Colleges and Universities)/Minority Institutions; number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phone number). In addition, please let the contacts below know if you are interested in responding to this RFI prior to the deadline. Notification of interest will allow us to provide updated/revised information to the requirements and questions below. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Ian Sherry Contract Specialist NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Road Greenbelt, MD 20771 E-mail: Ian.P.Sherry@nasa.gov Technical questions should be directed to: Eduardo Linan Components and Hardware Systems Branch NASA/GSFC Code 596 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Email: Eduardo.Linan@nasa.gov This requirement is not considered a commercial item. While our intent may be to team with an industry partner(s), we are not bound by this RFI to do so. This is not a Request for Proposal, nor a Request for Quotation, nor an Invitation for Bid. Therefore, this RFI is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract nor will the Government pay for information provided in response to this RFI. It is not NASA's intent to publicly disclose vendor proprietary information obtained during this solicitation. To the full extent that it is protected pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act and other laws and regulations, information identified by a respondent as "Proprietary or Confidential" will be kept confidential. Comments and suggestions for improving the requirements documents are always encouraged and solicited. All responses shall be submitted to Ian Sherry via electronic mail (in either Microsoft Word or ADOBE PDF format) to the e-mail address above no later than June 7, 2018, 11:00am EST. Please reference 2018-CSS-GSFC-NASA in any response.
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- Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States
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