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70 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR AN ARCHIVE SYSTEM, FOR THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER (MCC), AT THE NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (JSC) DUE 083096. Contact: F. D. Pell, Subcontracts Administrator, 713-335-5075 or FAX 713-335-5070. This RFI #M-652, is being conducted by Lockheed Martin Space Information Systems (Lockheed Martin) in support of NASA Johnson Space Center contract NAS9-18300. The draft Technical Requirement for an Archive System is being released to industry for review by interested sources. This is not a Request For Proposal (RFP); it is a Request for Information purposes only as contemplated by Paragraph 15.405 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Lockheed Martin, on behalf of NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, is requesting information to identify potential subcontractors who can provide an ARCHIVE SYSTEM. This is an initial release of the Archive System requirements as follows: ARCHIVE SYSTEM (SP-49149) Lockheed Martin Space Information Systems intends to issue an Archive System RFI to request responsible sources to provide information to identify potential subcontractors. The Archive System will provide archive services to the Mission Control Center (MCC) located at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lyndon Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. The commercial community will be required to respond with Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) when possible and Modified COTS (Mod COTS) or custom when required to meet the requirements. The Archive System will support the International Space Station (ISS) and Space Shuttle Program (SPP) by providing continuous archival coverage of NASA format MCC data such as systems telemetry data (real time S band and dump streams), command history, and trajectory. The Archive System will support a worst-case ingestion of up to 110,000 parameters per second. Up to 5 terabytes per year of uncompressed archive data must be supported. Data will be retrieved from these NASA formats upon user requests. The Archive System must be able to support up to 65 simultaneous users. The data and control interface to the Archive System will be an existing FDDI NASA network and will service local users on that network, as will as external users via firewalls. The responder should submit a solution providing protocols utilized to support local, as well as external users, for data retrieval. This request is not a request for formal proposals. Information submitted in response to the RFI is for evaluation purposes only and will not impose any obligation, liability, or cost on the part of Lockheed Martin Space Information Systems. Respondents may or may not be notified concerning evaluation results of any information submitted. Potential respondents are encouraged to download a partial RFI without some attachments from the Internet (address http://www.westcam.com/NASA_JSC_archive). Requests for the complete RFI should be submitted to the attention for Frank Pell (713-335-5075, voice) or (713-335-5070, FAX). Responses to the RFI will be due by 8/30/96. Information submitted by vendors in response to this RFI will be used for evaluation purposes only and will not impose any obligation, liability or cost on the part of Lockheed Martin. Respondents may or may not be notified concerning evaluation results of any information submitted. Responses to the RFI will be due by August 30, 1996. Send product information To: Lockheed Martin Space Information Systems, Marina Plaza, Suite 500, 2450 South Shore Blvd., P.O. Box 58487, Houston, Texas 77258, Attention: F. D. Pell, Mail Code F332P. Proposed solutions and product descriptions regarding COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF software must be limited to currently available and industry proven products and versions. Lockheed Martin will not provide any prospective offerors with the comments submitted by other companies, nor will Lockheed Martin provide prospective Offerors with the results of our dispositioning, other than through a formal RFP, which may be issued at a later date. Also, at this time, Lockheed Martin does not plan to conduct a presolicitation conference in the event a formal RFP is issued. The following provisions apply to this RFI: a. This RFI is for planning purposes and as such, Lockheed Martin does not intent to award a subcontract on the basis of this RFI or to pay or otherwise reimburse any offeror for any information received. b. This RFI is issued for the sole purpose of obtaining information, and suggestions from prospective Offerors. Offerors may or may not be notified concerning evaluation results of any information submitted. Lockheed Martin appreciates your interest in the subject RFI solicitation process. Should any additional information Administrator cited above. (228)

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