NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

70 -- SATELLITE TOOL KIT SOFTWARE SOL 8-W-5-06-72774 POC Contact Kathy Huskey, GP24-J/Contract Specialist, 205-961-0222, or Jane Maples, GP24-L/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for orbital analysis software expansion modules, software maintenance, and on-site training -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Analytical Graphics, Inc the following items: Item 1, Chains software module for satellite tool kit STK, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 2, Interprocess Communications (IPC) module for STK, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 3, STK/Visualization option (STK/VO), Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 4, Space Vu module for STK, Quantity 1 each; -- Item 5, High Precision Orbit Propagator (HPOP) module for STK, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 6, Annual Support and Upgrade for Chains, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 7, Annual Support and Upgrade for IPC, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 8, Annual Support and Upgrade for STK/VO, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 9, Annual Support and Upgrade for Space Vu, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 10, Annual Support and Upgrade for HPOP, Quantity, 1 each; -- Item 11, On-Site training sessions (8 days with unlimited trainees) -- Quantity, 1 job -- Software shall run on Silicon Graphics Iris Crimson Computer -- STK Annual Support and Upgrade shall include: Updates to manuals, release notes, newsletters, software updates including bug fixes and new capabilities, OS upgrades, platform swap and access to the toll free Analytical Graphics Help Desk -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Note: This procurement is sole-source based on proprietary specifications and system compatability requirements -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit in writing their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mentioned above -- Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government -- See Numbered Note 22 -- Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice -- Responses must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to kathy.huskey@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- The solicitation and any related documents to this procurement are available over the Internet -- These documents will be in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC -- The WWW address, or URL, of the MSFC Procurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov''. (0311)

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