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

66 -- GPS-AIDED INERTIAL NAVIGATION UNIT SOL 8-P-6-15-B2510 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 a GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation Unit -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Rockwell International Corporation the following items: Item 1: Rockwell International C-MIGITS-II Integrated GPS/INS Receiver consisting of a quartz IMU, 5 channel C/A Code GPS Receiver, RS232 Interface, and associated electronics (see specifications listed below), Test software source code shall be included, quantity 1 EA; Item 2: Rockwell International C-MIGITS-II EMI Filter, quantity 1 EA; and Item 3: Rockwell International C-MIGITS-II Mating Connector, Quantity 1 EA -- The GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation Unit shall meet the following specifications: 1. Accuracies (Standard Positioning Services): * based on: (a) Horizontal Position Dilution of Precision (HDOP) (= 1.45, (b) Three-Dimensional Position Dilution of Precision (PDOP) (= 2.6, (c) Time Dilution of Precision (TDOP) (= 1.21, (d) Vertical Position Dilution of Precision (VDOP) (= 2.21, and (e) HDOP, PDOP, TDOP, and VDOP are root-mean square values; Position: 76 meter (spherical error probability); Velocity: 0.5 meter/sec (1-sigma); Heading: 3.0 mrad (1-sigma); Roll/Pitch: 2.5 mrad (1- sigma); 2. Power: ( 25 W steady-state; 3. Weight: ( 3 lbs.; 4. Size: Fit within a 5'' X 5'' X 5'' envelope; 5. Global Positioning System (GPS) Code: c/a; 6. Global Positioning System (GPS) Channels: minimum of 5; 7. System Data Output: 1 or 10 Hz, selectable by user; 8. Input Voltage: +20 to +35 Vdc; 9. Interface to host vehicle: RS232; 10. Capable of performing stationary and dynamic alignment; 11. Gyro Rate Bias: 1deg/hr (1-sigma); 12. Accelerometer Bias: 0.12 milli-g (1-sigma); 13. Tightly-coupled Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Unit (GPS/INU) System (single integrated Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) Kalman navigation filter); 14. Delivery: 6 months ARO -- 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 predominant experience -- Interested firms have until May 28, 1996 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 May 28, 1996 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 a 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 will be 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''. (0131)

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