NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 217, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING SOL RFP5-58513/235 POC Janet Langweil, Contract Specialist, (301)286-4212 Bradley J Poston, Contracting Officer, (301)6843. This is a notice of intent to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)5-58513/235 on a sole source basis for a firm fixed price contract to Stanford University. This effort will provide for algorithm development and testing for Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) as part of the ''Global Positioning System (GPS)'' software development effort being performed by GSFC. Stanford University has been selected by the NASA New Millenium Project to be an Integrated Product Development Team (IPDT) partner in the development of an advanced GPS receiver using state of the art hardware and algorithms for spaceborne GPS receivers. The following documentation will be acquired under this effort: Wide Area Augmentation Systems (WAAS) Format Architecture, GPS Receiver Requirements, Attitude Algorithms, and WAAS Algorithms and Software Code. Stanford University is considered to be uniquely qualified under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C.(c)(1), as Only One Responsible Source. Any other persons desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their abilities in writing within fifteen (15) days of the publication of this synopsis to the Contracting Officer listed above. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0141)

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