NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.4, Greenbelt, MD 20771

99 -- SPACEFLIGHT ION OPTICS ELEMENTS POC Thomas Russell, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-2885, Fax (301)286-0341, Email Thomas.S.Russell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#97211. E-MAIL: Thomas Russell, Thomas.S.Russell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. This is a notice of intent to award a contract on a sole source basis to Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company for the Ion Optics Elements for the Low Energy Neutral Atom (LENA) Imager Instrument for the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) Mission. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. Lockheed was selected in April 1996 as a co-investigator on the Image mission team as a result of NASA Announcement of Opportunity AO-95-OSS-02 for Medium-class Explorer Missions. Lockheed has completed the definition study and commenced the design and development effort under a subcontract to Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), the Image mission prime contractor. This procurement action is to allow NASA/GSFC to contract directly with Lockheed for the required items instead of subcontracting via SWRI. The items will be used in the GSFC-developed LENA Imager instrument. The items include the ion extraction lens, the electrostatic analyzer and the ion optics base plate, integrated into a single unit, and associated testing, verification and data analysis support. The delivery schedule for the items is January 1998. As a result of the extensive knowledge gained during its previous involvement in the LENA effort under subcontract to SWRI, its successful completion of LENA ion optics definition study, and its ongoing LENA ion optics design and development effort, Lockheed is considered uniquely qualified and the only source with the experience and expertise capable of performing the remaining design, development, testing and verification effort within the current Image schedules. Interested firms desiring consideration have 15 days from publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) to submit their qualifications/capabilities. 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 15 days 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. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. See Number Note 22. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0177)

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