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A -- NASA GSFC Partnership Opportunity Document for Functional prototype of a Space-based x-ray Computed Tomography
- Notice Date
- 6/6/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- 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-FUNCTIONAL-PROTOTYPE-SPACE-BASED-X-RAY-COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY
- Response Due
- 6/24/2019
- Point of Contact
- Irene Bibyk, Engineer, Phone (301) 286-6803, - Alejandro Montoya, Engineer, Phone (301) 286-6883
- E-Mail Address
-
Irene.Bibyk@nasa.gov, alejandro.f.montoya@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1.0 Introduction and Scope NASA/GSFC is seeking partners to propose in response to NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Early Career Initiative (ECI) opportunity. ECI enables early career NASA technologists to deliver transformative technologies while teaming with world-class external innovators. NASA/GSFC is interested in partners that can collaborate on the development of highly innovative space hardware technologies that includes hands-on development and testing of a technology with the potential to enhance or enable future missions. The project team will be led by a NASA/GSFC early career civil servant employee and include any combination of highly qualified external partner(s). Proposing core teams will include one to four NASA/GSFC civil servants and one to four external partners (e.g., from academic, commercial, other government agencies, etc.); the core team may have no more than eight members total. Teams must propose innovative space hardware-focused projects lasting no more than 2 years and costing no more than $400K in procurements per year. The general approach will be milestone-based with a continuation review after the first year and a final presentation to NASA Headquarters in the last year. For this partnership opportunity dealing with the preparation of ECI proposals, there will be no exchange of funds between the partnering team(s). Responses to this notice will serve as the basis for selection of proposal partners for ECI. 2. Technical Objectives NASA Goddard (GSFC) seeks to develop deep-space Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE) systems optimized for rapid "volumetric imaging" to inspect additively-manufactured (AM) parts, existing flight hardware, and for 3D internal assessment of lunar materials as part of in situ resources evaluation and associated scientific analysis. A key first step is developing pathway technologies for a first-ever x-ray Computed Tomography (xCT) scanner in space, designed for whole samples or scanning relevant objects inside containers or encapsulation systems. A lunar surface xCT scanner could be a multipurpose evaluation system to: • provide rapid assessment or science triage to help crew prioritize collected materials for ISRU experimentation • assess the quality of AM-parts manufactured on the Moon • inspect sub-system parts and hardware of suspected of damage. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (06-JUN-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/8d511f7073b00ba2898723c83c83eedc)
- Record
- SN05333297-F 20190608/190606230019 (fbodaily.com)
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