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66 -- LASER REFERENCE SENSOR AND STAR TRACKER SOL RFO5-62167-254 POC Sandy Shin, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-3815, Fax (301)286-1616, Email Sangok.S.Shin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-62167-254. E-MAIL: Sandy Shin, Sangok.S.Shin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for an Offer for the design, fabrication, assembly, development, test, and delivery of a laser reference system (an engineering model, a space flight model, and an option for an additional flight model) and a star tracker (a space flight model and an option for an additional flight model). This procurement shall be fully and openly competed with an anticipated contract type that will be firm-fixed price. Some of the major technical requirements for the laser reference sensor include: a frame rate of 40Hz; a field of view that is 8.5x8.5 mradians; mass that is less than or equal to 4.75kg; power that is less than or equal to 16W; an envelope that is less than or equal to 6"x6"x5" (array plus electronics, optics not included); and a per shot accuracy of .2 arcsec 1 sigma for fiducial images and .4 arcsec 1 sigma or less for star images. Some of the major technical requirements for the star tracker shall include: a frame rate of at least 4Hz; a field of view that is at least 8x8 degrees; mass that is less than or equal to 4.75 kg; power that is less than or equal to 12W; an envelope that is less than or equal to 8"x8"x12" including solar shade; a noise equivalent angle that is less than or equal to 7 arcseconds 1 sigma; and systematic error sources that is less than or equal to 10 arcseconds, 1 sigma. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 3812 and 750 employees, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-A2. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-03. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about March 18, 1998, with an anticipated offer due date of on or about April 16, 1998. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in RTF and Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site and/or the CBD for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0063)

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