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58 -- DIGITAL CCD CAMERAS SOL 1-130-GHA.4360 DUE 060498 POC Timothy P. Stubbs, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-2460, Fax (757) 864-8863, Email T.P.STUBBS@larc.nasa.gov -- Tracy M. Spruill, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-2538, Fax (757) 864-8863, Email T.M.SPRUILL@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-130-GHA.4360. E-MAIL: Timothy P. Stubbs, T.P.STUBBS@larc.nasa.gov. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being conducted under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. This notice is being issued as a Request for Offer (RFO) for Scientific Grade CCD Cameras for the National Transonic Facility to Support Boundary-Layer Transition Detection Scientific CCD cameras are used in wind-tunnel research to detect the boundary-layer transition location on the model surface. The cameras are used to image flow features developed by surface coatings. Post processing of the images using customized computer codes provides the researcher with quantified data of the model flow features. The unique characteristics of the NASA/LaRC National TransonicFacility provides for special requirements in terms of physical camera size and operational conditions (temperature and pressure). A. Camera Head: 1. The sensor shall be a Site 1024 by 1024 pixel, thinned, SI003B, grade 1, thermoelectrically cooled, back illuminated Scientific CCD with VIS-AR coating. 2. The vacuum/sealed sensor chamber shall be capable of operating at applied pressures up to 125 psi. 3. The chamber base, shutter mount, and heat dissipating fins shall be configured to all fit within a four inch form factor (fit in a box four inches wide by eight inches long by thirty-six inches deep with a view port at the bottom of the box). 4. The camera body shall have a standard F-mount lens mount with locking feature. 5. The camera head electronics shall be capable of operating at applied pressures of up to 125 psi. 6. The camera head electronics shall be capable of operating throughout an environmental temperature range of from negative 250 degrees to positive 150 degrees Fahrenheit. 7. The camera headhardware and electronics shall be modified and hardened (vibration damped) to operate under vibration loads of +/- 6 g imposed by wind tunnel operations at the NASA/LaRC National Transonic Facility. 8. The camera head connector shall be 37 pin and the cable shall be cryogenically certified teflon coated twisted line pair wire no less than eight feet in total length. The cable shall have intermediary connectors located six feet from the camera head. These six connectors (three for each camera) will be furnished by NASA/LaRC upon request and include two 37 pin female A&N MS3106A-28-21S connector, two 37 pin I.T.T.-Cannon male feedthrough connector TBFH28-21PP-200 special, and two 37 pin female A&N connector MS3106A-28-21S. The cable shall terminate as required for connection to the camera electronics unit. B. Camera Electronics Unit: 1. The camera electronics unit shall have the capability to provide output of 14 bits at a minimum of 500 kilohertz. 2. The hardware and electronics shall be modified and hardened (vibration damped) to operate under the vibration loads of +/- 6 g imposed by wind tunnel operations at the NASA/LaRC National Transonic Facility. The camera electronics unit shall include a plate aluminum chassis with vibration isolation feet. Thread locking techniques shall be utilized when assembling and electronic components shall be soldered in place and potted as necessary. 3. The boards placed in the camera electronics unit shall have a board locking feature. 4. The camera electronics unit shall have the capability to remotely readout sensor temperature. 5. The camera electronics unit image signal output, control signals and trigger signals shall be transmitted by 270 feet of fiber optic cabling and connectors. The fiber path will be from the camera electronics unit, through the environmental protection package shell into the tunnel plenum area, from the tunnel plenum area through the tunnel shell (70 feet) to outside the tunnel and from outside the tunnel to the control room (200 feet). 6. Protective package feedthroughs and tunnel shell feedthroughs will be fabricated and furnished by NASA/LaRC using six foot fiber pigtails provided by the supplier of the system. 7. The fiber optic cabling shall be cryo certified with a Teflon protective coating or sleeving. 8. Any interface between the camera electronics unit and the fiber optic cabling shall have a form factor equal to or smaller than 150 cubic inches total volume. 9. The hardware and electronics for the fiber optic adapter shall be modified and hardened (vibration damped) to operate under the vibration loads of +/- 6 g imposed by the wind tunnel operations at the NASA/LaRC National Transonic Facility. C. Host and Controlling Computer: 1. Remote camera control and operation (shutter control, camera trigger, image acquisition and retrieval) shall be provided for a distance of two hundred feet from the wind tunnel in which the camera, camera electronics unit, and fiber optic interface shall be located to the host computer. The fiber optics interface for the host and controlling computer shall be supplied with the camera system, as well as all necessary computer interface boards. 2. The host computer shall be capable of acquiring and transporting over the network (saving) an image every four (4) seconds. The processor shall be a Pentium II 333 MHz or equivalent. 3. The host computer shall be rack mountable. 4. The camera operations and image acquisition software for the host computer shall include the necessary dynamic link libraries or script programming capability for customizing by the NASA Langley Research Center. D. Final Deliverables 1. The final delivery shall include two complete camera systems consisting of two CCD cameras, two electronics units, two computer interface boards, and required fiber optic cabling. 2. The final delivery shall include a host computer for controlling the Cameras. The provisions and clauses in the RFO are those in effect through FAC 97-04. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 3829 and 500, respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible small business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to Langley Research Center is required within 120 days ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Offers for the items(s) described above may be mailed or faxed to the attention of Tim Stubbs, Mail Stop/126 by June 4, 1998 and shall include: solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. The facsimile number is (757) 864-8863. However the Government is not responsible for errors in transmission and it is the offer s responsibility to confirm that theiroffer is submitted in its entirety before the closing date of this procurement. Offerors are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Standard_Forms/Index.html to submit a offer. Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1. In accordance with 52.212-1(b)(4), offerors shall provide a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, technical features, warranty provisions, and/or any other relevant documents. Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 are as follows: FAR Clauses, 52.214-34, 52.214-35, 52.233-2, NASA LaRC, Mail Stop 126, Hampton, VA 23681, 52.252-3, 52.252-5, NFS Clauses, 1852.233-70. Please note that payments are to be made by electronic funds transfer, accordingly, you must provide the mandatory information for electronic funds transfer with your representations and certifications. Failure to provide this information may delay or prevent the receipt of payments through the Automated Clearinghouse Payment System. If the end product(s) offered is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the offeror shall so state and shall list the country of origin. FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: A. FAR Clauses, 52.219-6, 52.227-14, (June 1987) (as modified by NFS 1852.227-14), 52.227-19, 52.232-33, 52.245-4 (Apr 1984) Deviation (July 1995), 52.247-34; B. NASA FAR Supplement Clauses, 18-52.215-84, 18-52.219-76. FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference; 52.203-6 Alt 1, 52.203-10, 52.219-8, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-3, 52.225-18, and 52.225-21. Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than May 22, 1998. Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical capability of the item offered to meet the Governments requirements (including warranty), price, and past performance. For selection purposes, technical, price, and past performance are essentially equal in importance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer (see FAR 52.212-1(b)(4)). Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their offer. These may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://nais.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/midrange These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". 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 this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). (0131)

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